Last week’s Forward had a story chronicling the animal rights work of Hannah and Philip Schein, PETA employees who met at a Hillel in the late 90s. Apparently, the two have found a niche investigating kosher slaughterhouses. Since 2002, the Scheins have engineered nearly 20 investigations.
The Scheins have also directed their attention to more glamorous initiatives (though to be fair, it’s hard to get any less glamorous than kosher slaughterhouses). Hannah had a brush with fame when, after PETA won a dinner with Beyoncé, she and another employee sat down and confronted the singer about the use of fur in her clothing line. Apparently, Beyoncé has not been seen in fur since.
These investigators are doing great work. The video footage of cows having their tracheas ripped out (at AgriProcessors) and of shackling and hoisting (at a South American slaughterhouse) exposed people to the ugliness of the meat industry (even for koshe
One can definately make a case for certain standards in slaughtering methods within industrial institutions. I believe those represent our attitudes towards life in general. Legislative initiatives should reflect a common appreciation for what is humane.
Bah @ veganism.
If we weren’t eating all those cows we’d need to kill them off anyway, apart from contributing to greenhouse gases and deforestation, they serve no purpose.
Besides, I’d be happy drizzled with mayonaise, nestled in a bed of lettuce and s
Hesed. so first I thought you had an ” appreciation for what is humane.”
Yeah, then….” FUCK PETA ” ??
it seems that you really don’t mind eating or wearing something that had a mother.
It’s just that I dont see anything inhumane about killing an animal, eating it and then using its various bits a pieces for something utilitarian. I’m talking about a humans state of being as an omnivore being completely ammoral.
Granted, how some of
so, Googled PETA. After the predictable, about celeb supporters,
found PetaKillsAnimals.com. Shocking stuff .
OK Hesed, I agree now ” fuck PETA.”
But what I cannot agree with , is your humans will be humans philosophy. …..” people who eat me
I dont see how there is anything to agree or disagree with. I didn’t choose to be a human, I didn’t choose to be an omnivore, I didn’t choose my place in the food chain, I didn’t choose the countless selective pressures which brought our (that means you t
I’m a vegan, I only eat vegetarians.
Animals eat other animals, it’s part of the natural order.
Seriously, what are we gonna do with all the cows if we stop eating them…slaughter them all as they serve no other purpose and they’re an environmental nig
These ” potentially dangerous ” ” meat is murder people ” …..
are they arriving with the killer tomatoes??
( need more info please Hesed. )
Murder is considered to be one of, if not the highest crime in society. Somehow these people have convinced themselves that people who eat meat are murderers. Their “Holocaust on your Plate” campaign equated non-vegetarians with Nazis and the chicken we e
true I didn’t dig to bedrock. When I hit PETA shit, I stopped digging.
Seriously these meat is murder people are potentially dangerous.
But when you chomp away on that meatyness, is it real to say that you are making a cow happy? (Puck)
Seeing as animals lacks the capacity to feel anything even remotely approaching human emotion…who really cares what the cow is feeling?
The important thing is, as I chomp away on that meatiness, that it makes *me* happy.
If cows want me to stop eating t
waiting for that to happen Puck.
Meanwhile, continue keeping those cows ” happy ” (as you said earlier ) “nestled in a bed of lettuce ” ” and snugly wrapped …”
between your jaws.
I’m an environmentalist, just doing my bit to reduce methane emissions…one burger at a time.
Yeah…you are a regular Al Gore.
Yes, Al Gore without the massive estate spewing thousands of tons of carbon emissions into the atmosphere every year while I jet around telling people how badly we all need to reduce our carbon footprint :P
Seems kinda like a PETA activitst decrying the
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