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RE: Tax-Exempt Terror?
Good thing they were in VA, I guess. Where I grew up, it was common (still
is, I hear) for people to carry a gun when they went fishing (snakes of
various kinds). Having been capsized once from an accidental "bump" while on
a jet ski, I guess I'd be inclined to discourage anyone from doing it on
purpose, especially if my family were present (as my daughters were on the
jet ski). I suspect people where I grew up would be typically inclined.
Jack Earley
Radiological Engineer
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim [mailto:tstead@ntirs.org]
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 1:05 PM
To: radsafe
Subject: Re: Tax-Exempt Terror?
Off-topic, but I just had to interject some "facts"
about PETA that are quite interesting. They say all
their tactics are legal and squeeky clean, I say bull.
PETA reminds me of those companies that make people
pay to sell their product to you. If the rep says
something to you that is false, the company wipes
their hands of it and says that they cannot control
what their reps say and they certainly aren't liable
for them since their reps are "independant
contractors."
I used to live in Va Beach and I lived there when PETA
moved it's headquarters to Norfolk. I remember going
fishing one day with my friends when a bunch of PETA
people came by, stood on the shore, and held up signs,
calling us "murderers" and throwing rocks and such in
the waters to scare the fish away from our
lines....and to annoy us.
We simply went to a part of the water where they could
not gain access. We ignored them. Some boaters did
not and yelled remarks back to them.
When PETA figured out that they couldn't get to the
part of the inlet where we were at, they got a boat
and came out after us. They didn't hit our boat, but
they "bumped" several boats near ours.
One of the boats that they "bumped" (as they called
it) had a very irate person in it who looked like they
were about to go ballistic on them. Then the cops
came. I'm not sure if the owner of the boat filed a
complaint with the PETA people that bumped him or not
since we left and went somewhere else.
The point of this was that PETA came to the shore just
looking for trouble. People go out fishing to have a
good time with friends, not to be hounded, jeered,
insulted, and assaulted (yes, ramming someone's boat
is a form of assault) by a bunch of ultra-liberal
fanatics with a cause.
If PETA has a problem with fishing, then they need to
petition the government to ban fishing. They should
not go about it the way they did - by ramming people's
boats and almost causing a fight.
This is just one instance. As far as their assistance
with ALF/ELF, ANYONE who assists in ANY way with a
person whose sole goal in life is to spike trees (to
kill or injure a logger), burn down a house (because
the house affects the environment), or vandalize an
SUV (because they don't agree with the mpg the vehicle
gets regardless of how many miles the person actually
drives the vehicle) is condoning terrorist activities.
Most rational people consider ALF & ELF as terrorist
groups. I would think that groups that consider
themselves honorable & respectable to run as fast as
they can from groups like ALF & ELF.
Tim
--- Sandy Perle <sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:
> My younger son is a Communications Coordinator with
> PETA, and, works
> for one of the PETA individuals quoted in the
> article. PETA does not
> contribute to terrorist groups. They have however
> given support to
> some individuals who needed financial support, to
> fight litigation.
> As I recall, individuals are assumed innocent until
> proven guilty in
> our judicial system.
>
> Those who attack PETA do so due to their own agenda.
> Those
> organizations that PETA does target, in most cases,
> are notorious for
> the manner in which they treat animals. While I
> don't condone all of
> what PETA does, I do support their continual support
> for animal
> rights.
>
> Before we attack an organization because of what is
> printed in the
> media, who we all know are lily white, we need to
> have all of the
> facts first.
>
> Just my informed opinion.
> -------------------------------------------------
> Sandy Perle
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> ICN Worldwide Dosimetry Service
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>
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