[arista]

[PETA sparks outrage by barbecuing fake dog to promote veganism
The canine prop was being cooked over a banner stating:
"If you wouldn't eat a dog, why eat a lamb? Go vegan!"]


The Photo
is a burnt fake dog

https://news.sky.com/story/peta-spar...anism-11616185

[Children who saw the fake dog were said to be 'visibly upset'. ]

Typical of Down Under PETA.



And Lamb's are farmed for our Dinner
In our nation Dogs are our pets

[Niamh.]

Bad form to put that somewhere kids can see it. I mean I get their message but it's really not appropriate to hang it in a shopping centre

[arista]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Bad form to put that somewhere kids can see it. I mean I get their message but it's really not appropriate to hang it in a shopping centre

Yes it is wrong

[Jordan.]

Mess, I don't think this is outrageous though it's pretty valid (although I'm still gonna ignore it )

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Bad form to put that somewhere kids can see it. I mean I get their message but it's really not appropriate to hang it in a shopping centre

Yes agree with this ,there is a time and a place.

[Twosugars]

well they simply point out our hypocrisy in treatment of animals

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

well they simply point out our hypocrisy in treatment of animals

This comment uummm I don't think so

"That supposed protest in Sydney is more inhumane than any slaughtering of animals.

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

This comment uummm I don't think so

"That supposed protest in Sydney is more inhumane than any slaughtering of animals.

my comment or that comment?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

my comment or that comment?

The one I quoted, it was a response to the protest. I agreed with yours to an extent

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

The one I quoted, it was a response to the protest

ta, Niamh

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

well they simply point out our hypocrisy in treatment of animals

Good grief!

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

well they simply point out our hypocrisy in treatment of animals

why who said we should treat them all the same?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

why who said we should treat them all the same?

How is that an answer to what he posted? It is hypocritical to say it's not OK to kill one type of animal but it is for another

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

How is that an answer to what he posted? It is hypocritical to say it's not OK to kill one type of animal but it is for another

why is it, who says we have to treat all animals the same, we dont treat all insects, fish, humans the same so why animals?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

why is it, who says we have to treat all animals the same, we dont treat all insects, fish, humans the same so why animals?

No one has to say anything, why are you obsessed with finding a person who said this as if it somehow proves your point? ................it's still hypocritical to say it's wrong to eat one but Ok to eat another

[Twosugars]

the same kids who delight in playing violent computer games and experience bullying in the playground?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

the same kids who delight in playing violent computer games and experience bullying in the playground?

Violent video games at 3/4/5 though? I should hope not

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

the same kids who delight in playing violent computer games and experience bullying in the playground?

This point bothers ms, there's a major difference between violence in a video game and violence in real life. You can blow someone's head off in a game but not be affected before it's simulated and you don't experience the true horror that you would if you witnessed someone's head being taken off in real life.

The dog might have been fake but the kids wouldn't have known that, they would have seen a dog being barbecued in front of them and thought it was real.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

This point bothers ms, there's a major difference between violence in a video game and violence in real life. You can blow someone's head off in a game but not be affected before it's simulated and you don't experience the true horror that you would if you witnessed someone's head being taken off in real life.

The dog might have been fake but the kids wouldn't have known that, they would have seen a dog being barbecued in front of them and thought it was real.

I think it's easy to observe this effect with TV / movies vs real life recordings even. You can watch people being beheaded and gutted on telly all day long, but when you see an actual death on something like LiveLeak - or if you've been unfortunate enough to witness a death in real life, the horrible fight-or-flight adrenaline spike and just that feeling of "dread" in your gut is completely different. The difference in reaction is on a really basic, instinctual level but if a "fake" is convincing enough and the person observing it isn't aware, the emotional response in that moment is going to be exactly the same as if it was real.

[Beso]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I think it's easy to observe this effect with TV / movies vs real life recordings even. You can watch people being beheaded and gutted on telly all day long, but when you see an actual death on something like LiveLeak - or if you've been unfortunate enough to witness a death in real life, the horrible fight-or-flight adrenaline spike and just that feeling of "dread" in your gut is completely different. The difference in reaction is on a really basic, instinctual level but if a "fake" is convincing enough and the person observing it isn't aware, the emotional response in that moment is going to be exactly the same as if it was real.

Or this....my sentiments as well
.

[Beso]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

This point bothers ms, there's a major difference between violence in a video game and violence in real life. You can blow someone's head off in a game but not be affected before it's simulated and you don't experience the true horror that you would if you witnessed someone's head being taken off in real life.

The dog might have been fake but the kids wouldn't have known that, they would have seen a dog being barbecued in front of them and thought it was real.

All that said you can still.sit and gape at your telly and go online on it and repeatedly.watch someone's head being blown off for real. I wonder what percentage of COD over 21 game players have watched **** like that.

[armand.kay]

wth is wrong with them I'm SCREAMING

[user104658]

Meh. I'd eat a dog if it was farmed to be eaten, just as I wouldn't eat a lamb if it was my (or anyone else's) pet. It is hypocrisy to be OK with one but not the other, I just don't like the assumption that "I wouldn't eat a dog!!". Don't tell me what I would and wouldn't eat .

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Meh. I'd eat a dog if it was farmed to be eaten, just as I wouldn't eat a lamb if it was my (or anyone else's) pet. It is hypocrisy to be OK with one but not the other, I just don't like the assumption that "I wouldn't eat a dog!!". Don't tell me what I would and wouldn't eat .

I wasn't telling you what you would or wouldn't eat. I was saying pretty much what you did there

[Niamh.]

Sorry you were replying to the OP not my post, I think