Ivy Tied Up |

After reading article after article over the years about ‘activists’ bombing places, protesting, ect. I’ve got one question. And what? And what have they accomplished?

Lets take for instance an article on cnn.com about Eric Robert Rudolph who confessed to bombing an abortion clinic, a gay and lesbian nightclub, and the 1996 Olympics. Who knows deep down WHY he did what he did. But what did he accomplish? Death?

Most of the time something is done like this they scream, “In the name of god”. Let me ask you, and what? If they are doing it in the name of God, they believe abortion is wrong, its murder, ect. Correct? Okay then what in the heck have they done when they have bombed clinics, ect. They have killed people. What is the difference? What makes them better? What gives them that right? They do it in the name of god right? So how are they any better or doing god’s will if they are doing the very same thing they are accusing others of doing? What gives them the right or the justification? It’s okay BECAUSE it’s god’s will?????

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals )..
It’s in the news often. Recently an article was published about two PETA employees being arrested for animal cruelty. Not only were they arrested, they were arrested on 31 felony animal-cruelty charges for killing and disposing of dogs and puppies in a dumpster.

Over the years PETA has made a strong name for itself. Mostly it’s not a good name. People hear PETA and the acid in their stomach starts to churn and the need to upchuck shortly follows. You may call this extreme. But I ask you. And what? Think back at all the articles you’ve read in the last 2 years that PETA has been involved in. I’m all for animal rights. But if you want to be heard what is the right way to go about it? PETA is extreme. The images they conjure up are extreme.

The images they’ve plastered all over the place are extreme. The things they’ve told/shown kids are extreme. The things they’ve done in public are extreme. AND what? What are we to think? Are we really hearing their messages? In my not so humble opinion, NO. All we see is what they’ve done and the negative image surrounding them. How many of us actually care what their message is after they’ve put dead animals into garbage bins, protested near schools while handing out leaflets that say “Does your food have a face”, Appearing at theaters with comic books for children that have headlines that read,”Your mommy kills animals”.

Not long ago, here locally, Someone involved with PETA chained themselves to a pole in a busy downtown area. She was protesting the circus. Great! Go for it! Protest all you want. Leave yourself chained all day for a month if you like. However this woman chose to do so with her top half of her body bare. She only had on what you would normally call underware. That was it.. How many parents do you think were outraged? Do you think they gave a damn at that point what her message was?

How many hear their message when you cant get passed your repulsion for the way the message was delivered? And to anyone who doesn’t think this is extreme, then what do you consider extreme?

Of course PETA isn’t the only group who goes out of their way to be radical and have a negative image plastered all over the net, news, newspapers, ect. But my point is still the same.

What are they gaining when their ways are so twisted and backwards? Is the saying ,’there’s no such thing as bad publicity’ ring true in this case?

And what to all those who are lost in the folds? What to tell those who even though they agree with the message walk off from it for the simple way the message is delivered. There are many who would gladly join in the protest if only it wasn’t so extreme.

We keep saying over the years, Eye for an Eye is wrong. It’s unjust, 2 wrongs don’t make a right. Then what are these guys preaching about? It’s okay to kill as long as it’s supporting the cause? It’s okay to scare children as long as it’s supporting the cause? It’s okay to take someone’s rights away from them as long as it supports the cause?

Yeah, I’m on a tad bit of a tirade today b/c I’ve argued this point to a family member lately who can’t seem to get their head out of their butt long enough to see that if you kill a group of people, or bomb and abortion clinic, because you don’t believe in what they are doing, because you believe they are committing murder, you believe they are killing, then WHAT do you think it is you are doing when you blow the place up and kill 20 people in the process? Its okay though b/c its in the name of God, It’s supporting the cause.. That’s their point of view anyhow..