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PETA and the Holocaust

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Exhibit comparing Holocaust, animals decried.

My very left-wing local newspaper buried this in back of the news today but last night it was all over the local TV stations.

PETA put an exhibit near the Holocaust memorial in downtown Boston. It compared the killing of chickens and turkeys to the Nazi Holocaust.


http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/141/metro/Exhibit_comparing_Holocaust_animals_decried+.shtml

"PETA's exhibit, which made its way to Boston yesterday after evoking similar reactions in 22 other cities, consists of several 6-by-10-foot billboards depicting pictures of Holocaust victims next to photos of masses of chickens and turkeys in warehouses.

Known for radical stances and shock campaigns, PETA leaders yesterday were unapologetic. The images may be ''uncomfortable,'' said 21-year-old PETA organizer and campaign creator Matt Prescott, but ''we need to get past our grief and begin to use it to teach lessons.''"

I know of Mr. Prescott. Four years ago he was spotted wearing a woman's skit in public. He explained that this was to show his compassion for women and solidarity. This was at the Boston Science Museum.
 
Peta gets a little to goofy hardcore. We need a more mainstream organization.

PETCA: People for the Ethical Treatment of Cute Animals. Thats what people want. To keep kittens and Dolphins safe. Screw the fish, rats, cows, and chickens.
 
I love this campaign by PETA as it shows what they're really about. I'll bet many people think PETA is some sort of group promoting humane treatment of animals, and not the "animals have the same rights as humans" group it really is.
 
This brings up somthing I was thinking about. How long after an historic event do you pass into that phase where people are no longer offended by tacky references. I thought of this while watching a Civil War reenactment. I couldnt imagine anyone doinga Vietnam re-enactment. That would offend. So might a WWII re-enactment. But a WW1 re-enactment would fly.

Im thinking after about 80years you're OK. That way most everyone who was around for the horros of event has passed.
 
Tmy said:
This brings up somthing I was thinking about. How long after an historic event do you pass into that phase where people are no longer offended by tacky references. I thought of this while watching a Civil War reenactment. I couldnt imagine anyone doinga Vietnam re-enactment. That would offend. So might a WWII re-enactment. But a WW1 re-enactment would fly.
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The civil war is different. The people who fought in it are dead, their kids are dead, their grandkids are (almost all) dead and their great grandkids are old. I had a great great great grandfather that fought in the civil war, and I feel absolutly no offence that people are re-enacting the war.
 
Sport nicknames is another area.

U of Idaho's nickname is the Vandels. They where a murderous bunch of raiders!!! Do you think that hundredes of yaers from now id be ok to have a team called the "Nazis". (Ironically that'd be a fitting name forthe U of I.)
 
Tony said:


The civil war is different. The people who fought in it are dead, their kids are dead, their grandkids are (almost all) dead and their great grandkids are old. I had a great great great grandfather that fought in the civil war, and I feel absolutly no offence that people are re-enacting the war.
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I have somehow got the feeling sometimes, that the people who are re-enacting the Civil War, are hoping it will come out different...:confused:
 
Tmy said:
This brings up somthing I was thinking about. How long after an historic event do you pass into that phase where people are no longer offended by tacky references. I thought of this while watching a Civil War reenactment. I couldnt imagine anyone doinga Vietnam re-enactment. That would offend. So might a WWII re-enactment. But a WW1 re-enactment would fly.

Im thinking after about 80years you're OK. That way most everyone who was around for the horros of event has passed.
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The saying goes, "Tragedy + Time = Comedy"
Just ask Mel Brooks.
 
There was the Hostage label back in the '70s. Political commentary, popular music etc. all made use of the term because of the Iran/Shah/Jimmy Carter issue.
 
Tmy said:
This brings up somthing I was thinking about. How long after an historic event do you pass into that phase where people are no longer offended by tacky references. I thought of this while watching a Civil War reenactment. I couldnt imagine anyone doinga Vietnam re-enactment. That would offend. So might a WWII re-enactment. But a WW1 re-enactment would fly.

Im thinking after about 80years you're OK. That way most everyone who was around for the horros of event has passed.
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All that you have listed have reenactors. Vietnam reenactors are kinda cheesy since there are no NVA or VietCong reenactors. So mostly they just pile up sandbags and hang around cleaning civvy M-16 variants. Usually these guys nly show up at "timeline" events.

WW2 has a hefty reenactment, at least in the US and the UK. Continentals aren't so keen. Mostly its guys who have the vehicles. There's an uncomfortably large number of SS reenactors in both the US and UK.

WW1 reenacting has a hefty following, the problem is locations to play in. Very few state parks want people digging trench lines in the fields. A couple of guys converted some farmspace, but then they lost their access to it.
 
It has just occured to me, that many people who might have an opinion about war re-enactment, but don't particularly give a flip about PETA or the Holocaust, will never click on this thread...:eek:
 
There are some who believe that negative publicity is still publicity. I suppose from the buddhist viewpoint there is an analogy.

Whacked!
 
WildCat said:
I love this campaign by PETA as it shows what they're really about. I'll bet many people think PETA is some sort of group promoting humane treatment of animals, and not the "animals have the same rights as humans" group it really is.
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They actually feel animals have greater rights than humans. They do nothing about animals killing us, but.....
 
Whenever I see PETA I think of that Simpson episode where Lisa becoems a vegatarian. The best part is when her class is watching some 60's pro meat filmstrip when the kid question whether we should eat beef and the narrator tells him " Dont kid yourself Billy, that cow would kill you and your whole family if given the chance."

Classic.


I have a question: How many people look down on the fur industry and customers. Beingthat I wear leather and eat meat, I think its hypocrital to be anti-fur.
 
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