Didn't condone? Didn't they make $70,000 in "loans" to the perpetrator and the perpetrator's father? PETA has always been suspiciously silent about the aggravating, even violent tactics used at protests done in their name, ... but letting go of that money was criminal negligence, IMO.
Though in fairness, P&T selected the most embarrassing footage they could possibly use. Doe-eyed college girls chained to pet store railings? Hoodlums in hoodies trashing research labs, and filming the action so they can use it later to rally the troops? Very hard to take seriously.
At least I can still get behind the ASPCA (and it's English sister the RSPCA). They're more involved with building the infrastructure to lessen the suffering of animals, and generally avoid PETA's tactic of staging protests that play like an emotional kick in the nuts.
No animal rights group does anyone any favors when they gather together initially sensible ideas and then affront and assault people to the point where those ideas look extreme.
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Date: 2005-12-07 11:16 pm (UTC)Though in fairness, P&T selected the most embarrassing footage they could possibly use. Doe-eyed college girls chained to pet store railings? Hoodlums in hoodies trashing research labs, and filming the action so they can use it later to rally the troops? Very hard to take seriously.
At least I can still get behind the ASPCA (and it's English sister the RSPCA). They're more involved with building the infrastructure to lessen the suffering of animals, and generally avoid PETA's tactic of staging protests that play like an emotional kick in the nuts.
No animal rights group does anyone any favors when they gather together initially sensible ideas and then affront and assault people to the point where those ideas look extreme.