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PETA: Creeping Me Out More

TUESDAY APRIL 22 2008 6:00 AM

Submitted by FearTheReaper. Edited By erin_broadley.

TAGS: PETA, In Vitro Meat

Oh PETA, why so crazy? There is a way to fight for the rights of animals without sometimes looking like complete and total lunatics. In this latest episode of PETA creepiness, they want someone to make Frankenmeat.

The organization said it would announce plans on Monday for a $1 million prize to the �first person to come up with a method to produce commercially viable quantities of in vitro meat at competitive prices by 2012.�

Mmmm, daddy wants a big tub of meat. I�m trying to think of a type of food I�d rather eat less than meat created in a test tube and I�m at a loss. This also shows a total lack of understanding of meat eaters. Meat eaters aren�t creepy, bloodthirsty psychos; they just like meat and they don't care that animals have to die for their nourishment.

I can�t even begin to understand what PETA thinks they are going to accomplish with their in vitro meat contest. Wasting one million dollars is amazing, even for them � and it seems a bit off target. PETA's slogan is "animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment." So, I guess they think if they create some awesome fake meat in a lab, they will save animals. FAIL. Huge fail. Spectacular fail.

The decision is actually causing a PETA civil war. Soon the group may break into PFMPETA (Pro Fake Meat PETA) and AFMPETA (Against Fake Meat PETA). I guess some PETA members are not as crazy as I thought.

But, Ms. Newkirk said, the decision to sponsor a prize caused �a near civil war in our office,� since so many PETA members are repulsed by the thought of eating animal tissue, even if no animals are killed.

Lisa Lange, a vice president of the organization, said she was part of the heated exchange. �My main concern is, as the largest animal rights organization in the world, it�s our job to introduce the philosophy and hammer it home that animals are not ours to eat.� Ms. Lange added, �I remember saying I would be much more comfortable promoting eating roadkill.�

Let me re-phrase that. I guess some PETA members are crazier than I thought. Also, I don�t want to live in the world where one has to choose between eating roadkill or in vitro meat. Can�t I just have a banana?

If you are interested in the million dollars, you have to create laboratory chicken and sell it to the public by June 30, 2012. (Hi, arbitrary fake meat date.) The winner must also do the following:

� Produce an in vitro chicken-meat product that has a taste and texture indistinguishable from real chicken flesh to non-meat-eaters and meat-eaters alike.
� Manufacture the approved product in large enough quantities to be sold commercially, and successfully sell it at a competitive price in at least 10 states.

Why would non-meat eaters care about the taste and texture of chicken? Why not make a realistic lab vagina that feels natural for gay men? Actually, that�s a good idea. I�m offering one million for lab-grown vaginas � and I want them created in bulk and sold at competitive rates to real vaginas in 17 states.

I am no fan of meat. Beef farms are the worst things on the face of the Earth for the environment. The volume of waste they produce and the amount of water consumed is astounding. The beef produced is full of hormones and toxins. But the solution is not lab meat - I actually find that less appealing than toxin filled meat. The solution is to not eat meat.

I am horrified by the idea of giant labs pumping out huge slabs of juicy, fake meat. It is a future I want no part of. I will do everything in my power to free the slave meat, if that day ever comes. Please join FIVSMOD (Free In Vitro Slave Meat Or Die) before it is too late.

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Colinism

Atlanta, GA

July 2005

APR 24, 2008 01:36 PM

DevilsReject said:

Colinism said:

DevilsReject said:

RudieCantFail said:
You can see in our ancestors, however, that their is a direct correlation between their brain size and the amount of concentrated protein (meat) that made up their diet.

Believe me, i watch the history channel/NatGeo/Discovery non-stop. Meat has played an important part in our development. What bothers me is that it seems we've hit the peak of our intelligence and are now on the downward spiral.

That cus we no eat lot meat.

i blame cell phones

Magic talk box also no eat meat. Magic talk box evil spirit.

agent1708

I'm lost

April 2006

APR 24, 2008 04:01 PM

Nothing wrong with Lab made meat. Have you seen a slaughterhouse? Any lab would be an improvement in terms of cleanliness and ethics. Lets face it people think that meat is thier dog given right and third world nations are eating more meat as incomes grow. How do you 'meat' this demand and reduce cruelty? Well, taking a page out of Star Trek is one answer.

agent1708

I'm lost

April 2006

APR 24, 2008 04:05 PM

Colinism said:

DevilsReject said:

Colinism said:

DevilsReject said:

RudieCantFail said:
You can see in our ancestors, however, that their is a direct correlation between their brain size and the amount of concentrated protein (meat) that made up their diet.

That cus we no eat lot meat.

i blame cell phones

Magic talk box also no eat meat. Magic talk box evil spirit.

When humans started eating meat and our brains evolved, we were living in harmony with our environment, not so anymore. Meat may have been a good source of protein for millennia but we've evolved and our world has changed. We can get the same nutritional requirements without meat. Move on. Go Vegan.

FearTheReaper

NEWSWIRE

I'm lost

APR 24, 2008 04:31 PM

agent1708 said:
When humans started eating meat and our brains evolved, we were living in harmony with our environment, not so anymore.

Bullshit..

ItsSoDamnHot

I'm lost

April 2008

APR 24, 2008 05:14 PM

Has anyone spoken with Ted Nugent about this yet? Ya' can't affirm your manhood by stalking and taking down a Tubeofchicken with a bow and a 14" Buckmaster. Plus, what the hell do ya' nail up on yer wall? How the hell do ya' make boots & buckskins out of a tube?

malkav11

Saint Paul, MN

July 2003

APR 24, 2008 05:28 PM

I really don't get the "this is creepy and icky" mindset any more than I get all the hysteria over genetically modified organisms. I would definitely have concerns - anything like that needs plenty of testing to make sure that it's actually safe and doesn't have unforeseen consequences. But there seems to be a whole lot of knee-jerk "if science was involved I won't eat it" nonsense floating around.

strndniowa

Grimes, IA

May 2007

APR 24, 2008 06:01 PM

FearTheReaper said:

agent1708 said:
When humans started eating meat and our brains evolved, we were living in harmony with our environment, not so anymore.

Bullshit..

Bullshit..+1
There aren't many records of early homo sapiens...but I can't think they all hugged and asked "Can't we all just get along?"

xazapdmytinu

Fort Collins, CO

July 2007

APR 24, 2008 07:16 PM

I am sure someone already asked this but...how is someone supposed to make fake test tube meat without experimenting on animals?

FearTheReaper

NEWSWIRE

I'm lost

APR 24, 2008 07:55 PM

malkav11 said:
I really don't get the "this is creepy and icky" mindset any more than I get all the hysteria over genetically modified organisms. I would definitely have concerns - anything like that needs plenty of testing to make sure that it's actually safe and doesn't have unforeseen consequences. But there seems to be a whole lot of knee-jerk "if science was involved I won't eat it" nonsense floating around.

so true.

ItsSoDamnHot

I'm lost

April 2008

APR 24, 2008 08:53 PM

"If science was involved I won't eat it"...... Yep, that makes a lot of sense, can't argue that. Now excuse me while I go grab another bucket of Mountain Dew from the creek running out behind my house. On the way back I'll dig up some Skittles from the garden, they're planted right next to the tomatoes.

DevilsReject

Cleveland, OH

February 2007

APR 24, 2008 08:54 PM

ItsSoDamnHot said:
"If science was involved I won't eat it"...... Yep, that makes a lot of sense, can't argue that. Now excuse me while I go grab another bucket of Mountain Dew from the creek running out behind my house. On the way back I'll dig up some Skittles from the garden, they're planted right next to the tomatoes.

Skittles come from Rainbows. duh.

ItsSoDamnHot

I'm lost

April 2008

APR 24, 2008 09:08 PM

Damnit, that's right... 100% natural.

ckdexterhaven

Redding, CA

December 2005

APR 24, 2008 09:18 PM

Y HULLO THUR

JB131

Duncan, OK

March 2008

APR 24, 2008 09:43 PM

Most meat eaters do so out of mear conveniance to them. Being responsible for the death of another rather than the bother of awareness. They would eat shit if that is what was sold at McDonalds or what hot dogs were made of. So who's to say they wouldn't eat lab meat? Seems a better alternative. Doesn't mean we have to eat it.

StevenJohn

Alexandria, AL

May 2006

APR 24, 2008 09:55 PM

The solution is to eat meat.. because there are absolutely no alternatives to road kill, test tube meat, or meats produced by the industry. You know, we can't actually raise our own animals for consumption. That's just not possible.

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