Stay classy PETA

Ender · Post by **Ender** » 2008-08-07 10:01pm

Hot on the tails of trying to protest at the Olympics, we have this.

An animal rights group attempted to purchase an ad in a Sun Media-owned newspaper which compares the beheading of Tim McLean Jr. to the slaughter of animals.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals officials hoped to run an ad this week in the Portage Daily Graphic that uses lines such as, "An innocent young victim's throat is cut" and "The man with the knife shows no emotion."

The description leads the reader to believe it's describing McLean's death aboard a Greyhound bus last week about 20 km west of Portage la Prairie. Only later is it revealed the ad is referring to the slaughterhouse treatment of animals.

"We're really challenging everyone who was shocked by this horrendous crime against Tim McLean to go to our website and see for themselves that animals every day go through exactly what he went through," PETA spokeswoman Lindsay Rajt told the Winnipeg Sun yesterday.

Barry Clayton, publisher for the Portage Daily Graphic, said the ad would not appear in his newspaper.

PETA has made the text available on its website.

One friend of McLean's said PETA's ad is misguided. "I'm behind animal protection ... but don't try and take away from what Tim was. He was a great person," said Doug Mitchell, who helped organize a vigil for McLean at the Manitoba Legislature last weekend.

"It just seems they're trying to take that away from the light. I know Tim loved animals ... but don't run something so gruesome with something else that's gruesome."

PETA did not contact McLean's family regarding the ad, Rajt said. She said McLean's death was horrific and that "our hearts go out to his family."

One ethics specialist described the ad as deliberately shocking.

"It's meant to draw attention to their cause," said Arthur Schafer, director of the University of Manitoba's Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics.

The ad seems geared towards forcing people to confront the treatment and slaughter of animals, he said, adding it could backfire and not generate sympathy for animals at all.

"It's timing is such I think it will massively turn people off," said Schafer.

Peter Miller, a scholar in philosophy and ethics at the University of Winnipeg, said the ad is a gamble on PETA's part.

"I would think (the ad) would cause harm for the friends and family of McLean. Others may be revolted by it or think it's in bad taste," said Miller. McLean's family could not be reached for comment yesterday.

Wow, classy

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2008-08-07 10:06pm

Wow. He hasn't even been put in the grave yet has he?

Isolder74 · Post by **Isolder74** » 2008-08-07 11:17pm

classy? They did not get the family's permision to use the name. That is down right taking advatage of a tragedy for their own ends.

All without permission which makes it worse.

MichaelFerrariF1 · Post by **MichaelFerrariF1** » 2008-08-07 11:52pm

This is the group that compared the killing of chickens to the Holocaust in '03.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/02 ... holocaust/

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2008-08-07 11:53pm

Isolder74 wrote:classy? They did not get the family's permision to use the name. That is down right taking advatage of a tragedy for their own ends.

All without permission which makes it worse.

Dude. That's clearly sarcasm.

Isolder74 · Post by **Isolder74** » 2008-08-07 11:56pm

Master of Ossus wrote:
Isolder74 wrote:classy? They did not get the family's permision to use the name. That is down right taking advatage of a tragedy for their own ends.

All without permission which makes it worse.
Dude. That's clearly sarcasm.

Indeed

I was trying it myself how did I do? Epic fail I wager.......

Napoleon the Clown · Post by **Napoleon the Clown** » 2008-08-08 04:13am

Fucking vultures. Then again, it's PETA. I've never really expected them to be considerate of humans. They only really give a shit about animals that don't happen to be called Homo Sapiens.

Glocksman · Post by **Glocksman** » 2008-08-08 06:59am

PETA and hypocrisy? Say it ain't so, Joe?
[url=http://sev.prnewswire.com/publishing-in ... html'Linky[/url]

An official report from People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), submitted nine months after a Virginia government agency's deadline, shows that the animal rights group put to death more than 97 percent of the dogs, cats, and other pets it took in for adoption in 2006.

If I had to give my dog up for adoption and these cocksuckers put her to death without even trying to adopt her out, there'd be fucking Hell to pay.

Glocksman · Post by **Glocksman** » 2008-08-08 07:00am

Bah! could a mod fix the link, please?

Solauren · Post by **Solauren** » 2008-08-08 08:07am

If it wasn't for it's celebrety support by the likes of Pam Anderson, PETA could easily be classified as a terrorist organization.

So, why doesn't any of this surprise anyone?

Isolder74 · Post by **Isolder74** » 2008-08-08 03:27pm

Solauren wrote:If it wasn't for it's celebrety support by the likes of Pam Anderson, PETA could easily be classified as a terrorist organization.

So, why doesn't any of this surprise anyone?

I'm not sure how having big named stars in their pocket give them any exemption from such a classification.