PETA: Hard to believe the comments

[Split Rock]

I'm starting to wonder if there is much of a difference between PETA and Anti Abortion activists. I'm actually afraid of some of the people affiliated with these two organizations.

It is amazing that if PETA had anyone associated to it that could formulate a rationale sentence and do a little investigating into the issues within horse racing, they would have a forum and a compelling story. Excessive whipping and pain numbing drugs are serious problems and would potentially fall into "cruelty".

However, here are some of the comments by people involved with PETA:



"I know you'll think I'm crazy but I love animals so much I feel this is a disgusting "sport" if you want to call it that. I think in cases where the horse dies (and let's face it, it's only for money) the jockey, trainer and owners should die also". <----Scary stuff.

"A long time ago when one of my co-workers was betting on the Derby, I told him what I thought and he stupidly said that horses were made to run. Ignornant people". <---- No horses were bred to sit on their large ass behind a keyboard and type non-sensical things.

"HORSES & CLASS in the USA? The black football star goes to prison for electrocuting dogs. The white race horse owners get condolence letters when they murder their filly on national TV. What's wrong with this picture"? <---- Reminds me to send my condolence letter via US mail to Larry Jones.

"How stupid is horse racing? Why don't we make people wear harnesses and be whipped because they're not going fast enough? Maybe THEN people will listen"! <---- Might be on to something here. Only thing I really need to know is whether there is trifecta or pick 3 betting involved. By the way, Harness racing should be banned because it is as real as a cartoon. That's for another time.

"How many more horses have to die at the Kentucky Derby before this barbaric spectacle is banised from our culture? We all heard the horror story about the race yesterday. Stop supporting this event. Look at the sponsors who have invested financial support to the derby. Don't buy thier products! Write to the Govenor of Kentucky to include KY Senators. Boycott Kentucky. Tourism dollars are big business. They will get the message when it hits their bottom line. We can make a difference so that Eight Belles did not die in vain". <----Boycott Kentucky? Tourism? She makes a good point. I've been debating between the Carribbean, Bahamas and Kentucky for my upcoming vacation.

"I would be very surprised if Gabriel Saez is suspended, more likely he will be treated as a hero who went through a traumatic time. I hope that one day, somebody takes a horsewhip to him,and beats him to within an inch of his life". <----Hard to argue the effectiveness of this in terms of highlighting issues in racing.

"Get them Peta!
Shame on jockey Gabriel Saez—for whipping poor Eight Belles mercilessly as she came down the final stretch, no doubt in agony from two front legs that were about to snap.
Shame on the Racing Industry!
Get them Peta"! <---- That is how those breaks work, they slowly bend before breaking. Saez really should have known.

"I'm so upset over the senseless death of Eight Bells that I can't seem to stop crying...." <----1-800-Mental-Health

"How awful!!! I am so sad about this!! I want this greedy, despicable jockey brought up on charges!! Scum of the earth"!! <---- Good idea. If Saez is out of the game, it would deter others from riding superstar horses.

"Truly a sickening spectacle. It grieves me deeply to think of all the racing fans who think nothing of the tormented lives these race horses are forced to endure, only whether they make a few bucks off their suffering. This "sport" -- although couched in legend and fabulous welath -- is absolutely on par with dog fighting, cock fighting, and bull fighting. All are vestiges of an earlier, inhumane culture. Anyone who partakes in them deserves jail time and needs an immediate soul transplant". <---- Jail time.

"What a shame! I can't understand the attraction to this "sport". Real men won't have anything to do with it". <----This post is by Gerald Kastner. I'm wondering if real mean go by the name of "Gerald".

"90% of us are good people who do not drug, beat, abuse, or try to hurt our animals in any way. We love them and treat them with the resect they deserve. My mother has been doing race horses for over 20 years she has never druged or abused her horses". <---- Probably not the endorsement the horse racing industry was looking for.

"People should also contact Hillary Clinton and reprimand her for sending Chelsea to the race to bet on the filly in some sort of morbid symbolic political gesture. If Clinton is going to be our next president she should set a better example". <--- Might be some people that wish Hillary was wearing the #5 saddlecloth Saturday.

"How sick and sad. I wonder if politics had anything to do with it?" <--- Might be right....one of the runners looked very similar to Al Gore....at least from behind.

"I just wonde....what was that poor horse saying or thinking as she ran down that final stretch"? <----You need to sit in a padded room.


There are many more. Go to http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/0...ucky_derby.php to read on how many mentally disturbed and unintelligent people we share the planet with.

One final excellent post on the PETA site:

"I work in the racehorse industry. I am a groom. My job is to do everything I can to make the horses happy. I feed, water, clean, keep there stalls spotless, brush - and do everything they might need to be as happy as possible. This is a very tough job with long hours, I get up a 4:30 every morning and don't get to bed until 10 that night. 7 days a week. I sleep in a tack room no bigger than 7 by 7 feet.The wages are very low, 400 dollars a week. Many people would never do such a job, but I do it out of my love for animals. I'm not the only one, there are many hard working grooms dedicating there life to horse racing for low wages and hard working conditions. When you call it a dirty business only associated with weathly owners you are insulting me and basically spitting in my face. The rage I feel toward your organization cannot be put into words. I would invite you do follow me around for one day to see the hard labor I do to make sure these horses are happy before you write such harsh words about the racing industry".

[Split Rock]

I was just prodding around the PETA site. These people are insane. Mentally insane. Read this:


After 122 years in business, the world's largest stockyard closed down last month, holding their very last livestock auction in front of a nostalgic crowd on April 11. After we had finished celebrating here in the office, we decided that, much as one might like to forget them, the actions of South St. Paul Stockyards—where around 300 million cows have been poked, prodded, kicked, and dragged to their deaths in the last century—need to be commemorated. Today, we sent a letter to Greg Miller—president of Interstate Partners, the company that plans to redevelop the stockyard property—urging him to erect a memorial to the animals who passed through the stockyard's gates. As PETA President Ingrid Newkirk puts it:


"Millions of cows were bought and sold at South St. Paul Stockyards with no more regard for their feelings than if they were made of tin. At the very least, they deserve a stone or plinth that helps people remember the suffering the animals endured on their way to people's dinner tables."


That's hard to even believe. PETA wonders why no one outside of their crazy little community listens to them. They are run by lunatics and lose credibility the minute they speak or act.

[DaTruth]

Not to get too far afield, but with many of these groups the issue is about power and control. Take global warming, for instance. I recently read an article that pointed out the huge amount of carbon emissions caused by deforestation in Brazil and Indonesia. One illustration was that over 24 hours the effect of losing these forests is the same as if 8 million people flew from London to New York. Some have suggested that one simple way to reduce emissions would be to pay the landowners in Brazil and Indonesia not to cut down the forests and find other uses for their land. Even though this would be an effective measure with the clear benefit of reducing emissions in a huge way, some in the environmental movement don't like it because it does not have the effect of punishing the West by forcing us to live our lives as they think we should.

[sumitas]

ummm, if you think i'm gonna read all ur crap u r full of kaka.