Originally Posted By DAR <a href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/6477509.html" target="_blank">http://www.chron.com/disp/stor...509.html</a>
Originally Posted By Mr X When I'm dead, they can do whatever they want to me (not that anyone would complain, since I don't fall under the category of "PETA Protected Species").
Originally Posted By DAR <<When I'm dead, they can do whatever they want to me >> I can think of one unprintable whatever you might not want done.
Originally Posted By Mr X Like I said, whatever. I'll be dead, thus I won't know about it anyway (and if by some odd quirk there actually IS a heaven, I certainly won't be concerned about my old bag-o-bones back on earth now will I?).
Originally Posted By ecdc The stupidity of PETA: something we can all agree on. The thing is, PETA has a decent cause. There is some pretty horrible animal cruelty that goes on. But they just go so extreme. I'm not going to be a vegetarian. Sorry. And I love PIke's Fish Market. The irony is, the fish there are probably treated far more humanly that the fish at giant fish farms. You want me to sign a petition to make slaughterhouses humane? Put me down. You want me to treat animals like they're humans and agree to never eat one again? You've lost your bloody mind.
Originally Posted By mele Sadly, I knew what this topic was about before opening the thread. So. Stupid.
Originally Posted By mele We also had Phelp's churchies here last weekend. It was a busy weekend of stupid here in Seattle last weekend.
Originally Posted By Mr F Personally, I wouldn't want to be killed & have my bodied tossed around in the air just for the amusement of other people.
Originally Posted By Mr X Butters, how is that any worse than being burned to a crisp or buried as worm food?
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Personally, I wouldn't want to be killed & have my bodied tossed around in the air just for the amusement of other people.<< <--- would do anything for comedy.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Personally, I wouldn't want to be killed & have my bodied tossed around in the air just for the amusement of other people. >>> I certainly don't want to be killed for any reason. And I especially wouldn't want to be killed with the motivation being that my body could be tossed around in the air for others' amusement. But, if I were to be killed or otherwise die for whatever reason, I myself don't particularly care what's done with my body. My only concern would be for how loved ones left behind would feel about it.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>Personally, I wouldn't want to be killed & have my bodied tossed around in the air just for the amusement of other people.<< Personally, I wouldn't want to be killed and have my body equated with that of a bunch of dead fish. Since fish aren't self-aware or capable of complex emotions, I'm pretty sure we don't have to worry about hurting their feelings about what happens to them when they're dead. Just a friendly reminder, PETA, "Finding Nemo" was just a movie.
Originally Posted By ecdc On a larger level, I just do not get the animal rights movement. I'm as liberal as they come, but they lose me on this one. And again, I'm not advocating cruelty by any stretch. I like seeing animals in their habitat and think they're usually beautiful creatures. I don't like hunting either. Proving what a tough man you are by killing a defenseless animal and tossing it into the back of your truck isn't my cup of tea. But there are differences between humans and other animals. Big ones. Ginormous differences. Animal rights advocates always get crazy and tell you stuff like about how dolphins can communicate and use it to equate them to humans. Sweet! Get back to me when they invent nuclear energy, discover penicillin, and write Othello. There is a chain and I'm happy to be at the top. If grizzly bears become self-aware and intelligent, well, we're probably screwed. But in the meantime, here we are.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***I don't like hunting either. Proving what a tough man you are by killing a defenseless animal and tossing it into the back of your truck isn't my cup of tea.*** To play devils advocate here for a moment, doesn't the fact that you've already acknowledged being a meat eater simply mean that you prefer to have your killing done for you?
Originally Posted By Mr X ***I'm as liberal as they come*** Oh, I wouldn't say that. Spend a little time over at Democratic Underground and get back to me (heck, I feel like a GD foaming right winger when I read some of those posts!).
Originally Posted By u k fan I want to be fired out of a cannon when I die. I thought it might make the funeral more interesting!!!
Originally Posted By Mr X <--would pay to see U.K.'s funeral trick! as for me, no cannons BUT I wouldn't mind pre-planning a nice looping recording to be placed under my head at the wake and randomly shout out phrases like "get me out of here!", "boo!", and "don't I look like myself?" (got the last one from Cosby ).
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF >>We also had Phelp's churchies here last weekend. It was a busy weekend of stupid here in Seattle last weekend.<< I saw that! A friend of mine e-mailed me a picture of both sides. I didn't realize you lived in Seattle. I was just there last month!
Originally Posted By Mr X Be careful with those Phelps kooks if you ever run into them...their specialty is lawsuits (they are *all* lawyers) and their schtick is to goad people into starting something and then suing them, the city, and anyone else for interfering with their freedom of speech. You have been warned.
