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PETA - Get a life!!
Topic Started: Jun 20 2009, 07:47 AM (1,118 Views)
ashwinder
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http://news.uk.msn.com/world/article.aspx?cp-documentid=148042775&ocid=hotmail

I couldn't believe this... seriously! I mean SERIOUSLY?!
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I know, they are idiotic beyond belief. How do you prefer them, strangled or left to bleed to death?
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How about squashed by Obama's mighty fist?
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That would be too nice
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Why would they worry about some stupid fly? It would die within twenty-four hours anyway. I guess PETA should get angry with me. I've killed hundreds of flies in my life. Sue me! :)


I'm all for animal rights (I'm fine with animals in captivity. I just don't like animal abuse (not like killing a bug)), but this PETA stuff is just ridiculous.
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I wish I had the money to their headquarters and by thousands of flies and just smash them every day for months.

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I feel the need to point out that flies do NOT live for just 24 hours - this is a misconception. House flies can actually live for days, if not weeks. However, if you were poised to kill any fly that enters your house, then they could live less than 12 hours, depending on how well you do. :D

I don't think insects and other arthropods have nociceptors (pain receptors), although an experiment conducted on fruit fly larvae showed that they (the larvae) are capable of nociception when heated up. More info: http://www.cell.com/retrieve/pii/S0092867403002721

But because the adults may not be capable of nociception, I don't think you should worry about them suffering, although more research needs to be done.

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How do you prefer them, strangled or left to bleed to death?


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How about squashed by Obama's mighty fist?


That made me laugh a bit! :lol:
Edited by Giant Blue Anteater, Jun 20 2009, 02:05 PM.
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I shall name this situation "Disguised Racism"
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How is this racism with a fake moustache?
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Had he hurt a dog, then there would be a cause for offense, but it was a fly, and they can be health risks. Also with a fly too slow to duck a human hand deserved to die :D JK, although the fly could've have been already dying ? But Obama loves animals, and I think he's very good at his job, kind, and intelligent ! I mean they get pissed at this, come on, get pissed about the geese executions in NYC, they're gassing 2,000 Canadain Geese, because apparently one situation of a geese getting stuck in turbine was too much *please*. There were protestors and the did seem normal. What was offending as well was that Bloomberg sarcastically wished the geese sweet dreams, mocking the death of the animals ! He should be gassed and see how he likes it, how would he like to breath in CO2 !



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This is getting ridiculous. Now... a fly? Only, like, three adult species of fly have nociceptors(pain receptors), and they live for a few days! At the most, a week! Really? Now... now come on! I bet they've stepped on bugs when they walk... I don't know, everywhere.

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How would you prefer them, strangled, left to bleed death?


I'll shoot them in each joint excluding neck joints, and throw them down into an outhouse. (Which we have in Arkansas. HAHAHAHAHA!)
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Oh, just leave them to dissolve in watered down hydrochloric acid.

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As much as I do believe all animals deserve a chance at life (I don't kill flies, just catch and release) what a waste of a news article. Honestly, big fuss over nothing. GIVE US SOME REAL NEWS DAMMIT!
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The President of Ingushetia*, Yunus-bek Yevkurov hero of the Chechen wars was almost assassinated, probably by some Islamic separatist group in the Caucasus.

A Russian federal subject.

And I don't kill bugs either unless they are massive moths that smack into my face.
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The President of Ingushetia*, Yunus-bek Yevkurov hero of the Chechen wars was almost assassinated, probably by some Islamic separatist group in the Caucasus.

A Russian federal subject.

And I don't kill bugs either unless they are massive moths that smack into my face.
If you're suggesting what I think you are (I strained to find the relevence) then I think I see your point. :ermm: I dunno...
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