Comments on: PETA upset at Obama

By: Tara

Tara — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:37:56 +0000

I just happened to hear an interview with the PETA spokesman by Mark Levin. As a regular listener, I was catching up on last Thursday’s show and was suprised when he actually interviewed the guy. Apparently, the spokesman draws the line at parasitic insects such as mosquitos and cockroaches. Although, his wife is in favor of capturing cockroaches and freeing them outside. He admits that he is not “perfect” with regard to all creatures in that regard, but that we should all try to be “better”. The interview was more interesting than I thought it would be anyway. Knowing how Mark gets, I thought he would just go off on him, but he was actually very polite, though maybe a little patronizing. If you are interesting in listening to the interview, you can find it (June 18 show) online at marklevinshow.com or you can download the podcast at iTunes. The actual interview is about an hour and 35 minutes into the show and lasts about 10 minutes.

I, for one, feel quite comfortable with killing insects which invade my home and those outside which will not leave me alone.

By: MH

MH — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:57:44 +0000

When a group gets too fanatical, it actually harms their cause, IMO. On the other hand, I’ve heard of PETA, but not IFAW or WWF. I know some people believe any publicity is good publicity, but I’m not one of them.

By: TheFaithfulDissident

TheFaithfulDissident — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:14:59 +0000

I’m an animal rights activist, but I’m not a fan of PETA. I think they’ve done some great things (i.e. uncovered the torture of KFC chickens, utterly appalling abuses at slaughterhouses, such as the inhumane slaughter of cows at a Kosher plant, bringing attention to unethical practices in the farming industries, such as gestational crates and battery cages, among many other things), but they tend to be too fanatical for my taste. This Obama fly thing is a good example. I’ll be honest, I don’t kill flies. I chase them to the window and open it to let them out. With spiders and other insects, I trap them in plastic bags and dump them outside. So maybe Obama should have left the fly alone. But by bringing so much attention to such a minor thing, people become less-inclined to listen to the real stories of cruelty that PETA is very good at uncovering, but maybe not so good at winning public sympathy for.

Personally, I’m more of a fan of The Humane Society and The Fund For Animals (founded by my hero Cleveland Amory), as well as IFAW and WWF (not the wrestling). I think that their approach is more effective among most people than PETA.

By: Adamf

Adamf — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:41:37 +0000

I thought not killing insects was about awakining compassion within oneself, not advertising. I think I’ll send a book on Buddhism to PETA.

By: Randall

Randall — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:21:09 +0000

I think that’s called “Press release opportunity!!!”

I’m sure they’re just being annoying, like they always are.