PETA2 is currently on road with the "Think About It" campaign, which highlights the striking similarities in the mental capabilities of dogs and pigs, then brings to light the torture pigs are currently enduring on factory farms.
Our table was in the middle of the festival, a beacon for animal lovers to come, learn about pigs, sign a petition against the cruelty AND... get a set list. Yes, PETA was the only booth with a set list, and I flashed my winning smile while insisting that anyone interested in knowing when their bands were playing must first sign to help our cloven-hooved friends. And help they did! Chris told me later that evening that even with less help than usual and my only being able to be there a few hours, we still almost made the daily average.
It's easy to help animals, people!
7 comments:
Is that Chris in the photo? The guy in the red shirt??
No bees, that's not Chris. This is though! Yay!
Thanks again for coming on such short notice, Carrie. Peta2 owes you.
No, that's PETA's cutest vegetarian, Leonard. Brittany, this is Chris. Chris, Brittany. Brittany thinks smoking is hot. Chris smokes. You're both vegan. Discuss.
And PETA2 owes me nothin' but pig-lovin'!
p.s. Three reasons I heart Chris:
1. He clearly made a blogger account just so he could comment on this blog.
2. He likes my doggies.
3. He looks like John Darnielle.
What do you think about this:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5937293.html
and this:
http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/08/cannibalistic_a.php
??
Hey Sarah (Downs?) !
For some reason, that first link isn't working to me, but about the second...
From the point of view of someone who sees animals as living, breathing, sentient beings, I think the comparison is valid. In fact, if we find ourselves upset by the statement, I think we'd be hard-pressed to explain why it is actually upsetting. After all, if the piece relayed what happened to the man on the bus and then pointed out that similar things were happening to humans in Darfur, I doubt many people would find it offensive. The reason that pieces like this are so controversial is that the world is usually not ready for comparisons like this. We have historically been very prejudiced toward our own species, and these comparisons shock us because we aren't prepared to face them.
That being said, there is a lot of discussion about whether it's appropriate to shock the public this badly when they are not ready to hear your point. Some feel this is counter-productive to the movement. Others feel it is entirely necessary to get the truth out and push the public into action. On this, I tend to have trouble deciding, so I take each case as it comes.
Thanks for reading my blog!
p.s. Sarah, what do you think?
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