In defense of PETA's total stupidity, by Mark Morford

[madokie]

Who, pray who, will save the houseflies? And our sanity?
By Mark Morford

Oh, how easy it is to laugh and mock and sigh with savage delight.

How easy it is to point at extremist groups like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals as they come out and admit, in public, to an actual reporter, that they wish President Obama had not killed that fly, that tiny little hunk of bacteria and regurgitated food bits and death, but had instead taken a moment to capture it gently between his loving presidential palms like it was universal health care reform and then set it free outside, so it could go spread germs and fecal matter and disease to various flowers and small children and Republicans.

How delightful it is to point out how this group is, once again, so laughably insane and out of touch, how they have jumped the shark once again, which they seem to do with delightful, if obnoxious, frequency.

But hang on a sec. Maybe there was something in that hilarious little story that gave you pause. Maybe you decided to drill down into the idea for just a moment, just to see, and then perhaps realized, well, yes, OK fine, there is an actual point to be made in there, somewhere, just behind the roaring ludicrousness of it all. ...

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[hobbit709]

1. Or Megan Fox

:rofl: :rofl: I'm glad my coffee cup was empty.

[BlooInBloo]

2. Even better than the original comedy is when people riff off of it.

[aikoaiko]

3. "In short, no matter what you eat, some animal, somewhere, has suffered and died for your meal"

oh noes.....