Posted by
Rural Anorak on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 8:08:03 AM
This past weekend, I caught a story on the news that just made me shake my head. This story was yet another example of how certain organizations on the Left advance ideas that are just odd, attempting to force people to change behavior to conform to the Left’s narrow view of the world.
In this story, the organization was PETA. Yeah, they are at it again. This new idea is their most laughable; they want to remain fish. Apparently, they think that by changing the name “fish” to something “warm and cuddly” would cause people to eat less fish, so they propose to call fish “sea kittens.”
PETA is getting stranger the longer it continues. Now there is nothing wrong with treating animals humanely; its common sense to do so. Now where PETA gets wonky is in the extremes they promote. Actually, some of their ideas and suggestions could cause more harm, even death to the animals. I have heard suggestions that milking cows should be released. OK, then what happens to the cows? They need to be milked twice a day or they will die. The milk will build up in the utter and unless it is removed it will cause toxic stock to the cows.
Last year Anheuser-Busch was sold to a European company and there was some talk about the theme parks being sold. PETA announced that they were interested in purchasing Sea World and releasing the animal performers to the wild while replacing them with animatronics. This would be a disaster. Those animals at Sea World would not be able to survive in the wild. In all likelihood, they have either never developed or lost the aptitude for hunting. And in the case of the “face” of Sea World, Shamu, the first killer whale pod he encountered would be the last, as the alpha whale would attack the intruder.
The people who make up PETA and other Left-leaning organizations appear to mean well and have the “best intentions.” We now what is paved with “best intentions.” The problem is they do not think long term. In the two examples above, their thought was to release the animals. Fine, but what happens then? For all actions there are consequences and those must be weighed before a final decision is made. And sometimes the best choice is to keep the status quo. It’s not a perfect world and there are no easy answers.