View Full Version : PETA Fights for Orcas' Constit. Rights
Barbarian
10-26-2011, 07:42
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_KILLER_WHALES_SLAVERY?SITE=ORLAG&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Because killer whales have been oppressed for way too long.
So, consistent with PETA's bat sh*t logic, before Tilikum one of the killer whales in the article can sue for constitutional rights, shouldn't he first be on trial for the murder of a Sea World trainer in February of this year?
So, consistent with PETA's bat sh*t logic, before Tilikum one of the killer whales in the article can sue for constitutional rights, shouldn't he first be on trial for the murder of a Sea World trainer in February of this year?
It was an understandable and justifiable act against the cruel slave driver.
Roguish Lawyer
10-26-2011, 15:24
Obviously people also should have the right to marry animals, especially if they are in a loving, consensual relationship.
greenberetTFS
10-26-2011, 15:30
It was an understandable and justifiable act against the cruel slave driver.
:D:D:D
Big Teddy :munchin
Have to say. I'm a little divided on this one. Keeping those Majestic creatures in a Fish Tank. For stupid peoples entertainment. Just rubs me the wrong way
Barbarian
10-26-2011, 18:50
It was an understandable and justifiable act against the cruel slave driver.
And besides, they are waiting first on the court hearing to decide wether or not Tilikum should be allowed to administer hormone blockers to his son. That way, the son can decide wether or not to have a sex change operation.
The Reaper
10-26-2011, 19:22
Have to say. I'm a little divided on this one. Keeping those Majestic creatures in a Fish Tank. For stupid peoples entertainment. Just rubs me the wrong way
A rat, is a dog, is a chimp, is a boy to PETA. And no eating fish either, they feel pain too.
I appreciated these creatures much more after actually seeing one in person.
TR
ZonieDiver
10-26-2011, 20:36
If they can start paying taxes, I'm down!
Team Sergeant
10-26-2011, 20:39
There's a place for all God's creatures, right next to the mashed potatoes and gravy...:munchin
Occupy Sea World! .....Who's with me?
1stindoor
10-27-2011, 11:48
Occupy Sea World! .....Who's with me?
Outstanding response!
Badger52
10-27-2011, 12:30
Given the recent television special about how Orcas learn to incapacitate large sharks I think they need to get in some nice seal-colored wetsuits and go hang out offshore near the Farallons. They can then advocate against the Orca's persecution of the Great White.
Someone should naturally be onshore with some quality optics to capture their valiant efforts on film. Any trained observers available?
A rat, is a dog, is a chimp, is a boy to PETA. And no eating fish either, they feel pain too.
I appreciated these creatures much more after actually seeing one in person.
TR
As PETA would say Mr Reaper. There are many ways to view these creatures in their natural environment......:D
I appreciated these creatures much more after actually seeing one in person.
TR
...............................you were not in the splash zone. Brrrrrrrrrrrrr
cetheridge
10-27-2011, 17:32
There's a place for all God's creatures, right next to the mashed potatoes and gravy...:munchin
I agree.
I'm a member of P E T A.......:D
People Eating Tasty Animals.....:munchin
Looks as if PETA may have bit off more than they could chew.
:munchin
PETA draws flak for comparing SeaWorld to slavery
PETA may claim to speak for the animals, but it has a whale of a problem when it comes to human communication.
Law professors and African-American groups are criticizing the animal rights group for comparing whales being held at SeaWorld to “slaves.”
Last week, PETA filed a lawsuit against SeaWorld, asking a federal court to declare that five wild-caught orca whales at SeaWorld are slaves — a supposed violation of the 13th Amendment.
The Thirteenth Amendment reads: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”
The lawsuit is the first time that a group has tried to extend Thirteenth Amendment protections to “nonhuman animals,” as PETA’s press release refers to them.
The five whales have been named plaintiffs in the case. They are not expected to testify. Hummmm .... I wonder why ??? :confused:
“All five of these orcas were violently seized from the ocean and taken from their families as babies,” said PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk. “They are denied freedom and everything else that is natural and important to them while kept in small concrete tanks and reduced to performing stupid tricks. The 13th Amendment prohibits slavery, and these orcas are, by definition, slaves.”
The stunt has drawn the ire of legal scholars and African-American groups across the country. Project 21, a national conservative black leadership network, said in a release that many members were “amused and appalled” at the comparison.
“Oops! I just fell out of my chair. PETA’s comparison of SeaWorld and slavery insults the remains of hundreds of thousands of slaves who are buried across the American South,” wrote Project 21′s Deroy Murdock, a syndicated newspaper columnist. “To equate performing killer whales with human beings who suffered the worst possible exploitation short of actual genocide makes the jaw drop. Half of me wants to laugh. The other half wonders if I have been whisked from Earth to another planet.”
“For PETA to compare penning killer whales to human slavery would be hysterical if it wasn’t so offensive,” continued Project 21 spokeswoman Shelby Emmett. “Our ancestors were raped, whipped, taken from their families, stripped of their religion and culture and defined as property. This is a perfect example of how the left now defines everything as a ‘civil rights movement’ — diluting the history of slavery and human cruelty. If our children are taught SeaWorld is the equivalent to the plantation, how will they ever understand the evils of slavery? Sadly, it seems that PETA, like the plantation owners of our past, also think humans are animals.”
David Steinberg, a professor at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, characterized PETA’s claims as “patently, absolutely frivolous” in an interview with The Guardian.
“The 13th Amendment abolished the abhorrent, despicable practice of the slavery of human beings,” he said. “Peta is demeaning the integrity and humanity of people who were owned as slaves. That is outrageous.”
PETA did not immediately respond to requests for comment. What's the matter PETA .... Cat got your tongue ??? :munchin
http://news.yahoo.com/peta-draws-flak-comparing-seaworld-slavery-183205583.html
Occupy Sea World! .....Who's with me?
In Florida,, If you fish on private land,, you don't need a fishing license, it's called subsistence living.
Sea World has a lot of good eating... :eek::D:eek: