Now, I usually try to avoid giving any press to those who are obviously and blatantly pandering for it but I will make a small exception in this case. PETA is now trying to equate cannibalism (in general, the act of eating the flesh of your own kind but in this case the reprehensible criminal practice of eating the flesh of another human being) with the ancient and time honored act of hunkering down to a nice piece of cooked herd animal. I know that this isn’t the first time they’ve done this, but the tactic still annoys me to no end and drives me to a near violent rage when I consider the fact that these asshats value the life of a chicken more than they value the lives of human beings.
Their latest foray into epic idiocy? Demanding that the Smith County Jail where Christopher Lee McCuin is being held for murder and cannibalism be subjected to a totally vegetarian diet because eating animals is the same as murder and cannibalism. Okay, so the savage murder and [alleged] consumption of a sentient human being is the same as the humane and anesthetized processing of a chicken (with the cognitive powers of, well, a chicken)? Gimme a break.
I understand that this is a publicity stunt. Hell, the Eco-thugs at PETA admit that it’s a publicity stunt (although they use the term "…to raise the consciousness of the public that eating meat is cruel.") but that still doesn’t clear them of the egregious offense of equating sentient human life with that of lesser intellects such as birds, cows, PETA members and Code Pinkers. Fer Krissakes, can’t someone install a faulty propane heater in their headquarters and pass out organic candles for them to burn in memoriam of the poor innocent cows that met their untimely demise dancing on my grill in nice Thai BBQ sauce?
Better yet, let’s just drop them in the jungle without anything but a knife and their wits and see how long they last against all of the other vegan animals. I’m sure there’s a tiger out there that only attacks tofu-beasts.
