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Re: Why is PETA Making Fun of Fat Women?

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:15:05 -0000

There's nothing better than BACON. And a good steak... and chicken is so versatile... turkey, whole, ground, baked, barbecued... And I'm not overweight, and according to my physician, my last set of labs were all, and I quote "perfect"...

PETA continues to be ineffective because they focus on getting attention to THEMSELVES - they completely drop the ball on drawing attention to the ethical treatment of animals.

Re: Why is PETA Making Fun of Fat Women?

Roflmao — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:22:31 -0000

And all people who eat meat are fat? What the hell. Just get off your ass and eat less Maybe. walk your dogs that Peta is so worried about.

Re: Why is PETA Making Fun of Fat Women?

valcor2 — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:43:06 -0000

Come on ladies...You all seem to miss the point...

has nothing to do with you all personally...

Great advertisement for the awareness for PETA..

Stay FOCUSSED : :ETHICAL TREATMENT FOR ANIMALS......Unless you are an ANIMAL.....STOP YOU WAIST OF TIME by taking it personal.

SUPPORT PETA......& stop thinking of your insecurity seeing an overweight women in an advertisement.

Grow up ! !

Re: Why is PETA Making Fun of Fat Women?

AV — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:05:36 -0000

ps. I am an lacto-vegetarian and reading lisa's post about milk turned my stomach and my mind about drinking milk.. I kind of needed that little push of information to make it necessary.

Re: Why is PETA Making Fun of Fat Women?

AV — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:43:48 -0000

I laughed. I think it is ridiculously witty. The billboard will obviously draw in attention (the reason why PETA did it in the first place) knowing positive and negative feedback would be surface. I think people are getting way too heated about it. It is just a billboard..

Re: Why is PETA Making Fun of Fat Women?

Adem — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:11:19 -0000

I am not a fan of PETA, I like animals but they go a little too far for me. I do however think they did a good thing with this billboard.

It is about time someone said something about "fat" people. I think calling it a disease is ridiculous too. It is a habit. I used to bite my nails, was that a disease too?

Along with the overall health issues caused by being fat, it also progresses Global Warming. If food producers have to keep up with the demand of these heavy eaters then they have no choice but to create more CO2.

Forget about being a vegitarian, simply stop eating so much. The late comedian George Carlin used to say, "it is not what you eat, it is how much you eat. If you eat 1000 lbs of lettuce, how much will you way?...1000lbs".

Re: Why is PETA Making Fun of Fat Women?

Whitney — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:57:03 -0000

The problem with "Lose the blubber, become a vegetarian" is that there are still many overweight vegetarians! Now I'm not saying meat eaters are skinny by any means either, but you don't just gain weight from eating meat. You gain weight by eating bad carbs. There are vegetarians who are mostly "Carbatarians".... no meat? Okay! Onion rings, French fries, chocolate cake, ice cream, fried mozzarella sticks, fried twinkies, fried burittos, fried crispidos, potato chips, candy bars, cookies. The message would have to be something more direct. There are fat vegetarians, it's just how it is..

Re: Why is PETA Making Fun of Fat Women?

Katheryn — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:46:42 -0000

Yes, the ad is offensive, but I can't deny the fact that a lot of fat people do choose to be overweight with their eating habits. Will becoming vegetarian stop them from being overweight? No, because vegetarians have the same chance of being fat as people who like to eat meat. Instead, they should all just exercise, with this: http://www.sportsncs.com/rd_p?p=191614&t=9536&a=3070-exercise&gift=3070

Re: Why is PETA Making Fun of Fat Women?

Rena — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:28:28 -0000

Yes the ad is offensive. PeTA meant for it to be offensive. That's what they do. Do you remember the Superbowl ad that didn't get aired?

They say all press is good press, but I disagree. I use to be a PeTA supporter, but I can't give money to an organization that uses it to insult people. They just turn me off.

I think that some of the ads that they put up are to make the organizers of PeTA feel good about themselves and their way of life. This as obviously is there to show us that they are better than the average American.

Re: Why is PETA Making Fun of Fat Women?

BradyDale — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:17:39 -0000

Folks don't get it... PETA just doesn't care about any of the other issues. In fact, they don't even care about public health. They just don't want you to eat animals. And they will do anything,

anything at all,

to get you to quit.

I disagree with the poster that PETA loves offending the right. They've been offending the Left for years, too. They'll tick off anyone if they think it might push the ball a little closer to being veggie.

I admire their focus. I wish progressive groups had anything like it.

Re: Why is PETA Making Fun of Fat Women?

mark — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:02:07 -0000

Its an ad. All ads have a point of view and a message. We don't have to agree with them. We can choose to ignore it if we don't like the message. No reason to hate.

Re: Why is PETA Making Fun of Fat Women?

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:14:45 -0000

I think this interview may be of interest to TreeHugger writers. I found it on a good website called Food Renegade and here's the link to the interview of a vegan woman who talks about the dangers of soy and a slew of other things. It's a good interview...check it out.

http://www.ournaturallife.com/blog/?p=365

Re: Why is PETA Making Fun of Fat Women?

Greg M. — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:13:25 -0000

Aside from the misogyny and negative message (which really pissed me off), I have a big problem with people suggesting radical one stop dietary changes to lose weight. If that sort of approach worked then fad diets would have solved our weight problems long ago.

It's predatory (if you'll pardon the term) for PETA to use people's weight problems to gain support. People are insecure and will try ANYTHING to lose weight, especially if you make it sound easy. Why not go back to promoting the benefits of vegetarianism instead of denigrating those who haven't seen the benefits of consuming fewer animal products.

Re: Why is PETA Making Fun of Fat Women?

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:01:05 -0000

"PETA has a free 'Vegetarian Starter Kit' for people who want to lose pounds while eating as much as they like."

Yeah, because fat vegetarians don't exist.

This is disgusting and pathetic -- like most of PETA's stunts. They are fundamentalists and should be treated accordingly.

Re: Why is PETA Making Fun of Fat Women?

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:01:11 -0000

In my opinion, it's obesity that's offensive, not the billboard. Fat people should be confronted over their condition. It's as bad as alcoholism or drug abuse. Maybe worse because it's so widespread.Obesity is the physical manifestation of sloth and gluttony.

Re: Why is PETA Making Fun of Fat Women?

Becca — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:51:48 -0000

I'm both an active animal rescue worker and animal rights advocate. I'm also a vegetarian.

I once belonged to PETA but quickly disassociated myself from the organization. I found their ad campaigns offensive, isolating, and quite destructive to a true welfarist's aims.

This billboard is yet another example of wasted money that could have been spent on REAL efforts.

Have you looked at the statistic for PETA's "animal shelter", if it can even be called that?

If not, click here.

And, on an unrelated note, I think their design/illustration choices for the billboard are as tacky as their concept!

Re: Why is PETA Making Fun of Fat Women?

T. Jones — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:55:10 -0000

I don't mind this ad at all. People are overly sensitive about everything. Folks need to start taking responsibility for what their eating.simple.

However what I do mind is the organization PETA itself that has been involved in multiple controversies on the treatment of animals.

Here is the website:

www.petakillsanimals.com

Re: Why is PETA Making Fun of Fat Women?

SG — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:23:23 -0000

I was raised vegetarian, and have had weight problems my entire life. This billboard is absolutely ignorant, not based on true data, and meant to offend and attract attention for all the wrong reasons.

Re: Why is PETA Making Fun of Fat Women?

VF — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:22:26 -0000

This ad was in very poor taste, both fat-phobic, and anti-woman. PETA really needs to re-think what messages they send to the general public and why. People are not going to respond favorably to ads in which they are being insulted.

Re: Why is PETA Making Fun of Fat Women?

Greg Charles — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:45:06 -0000

I like the ad and would like to see more of this sort of thing. Obesity is a national epidemic. I'm tired of having my health care costs rise due to unhealthy lifestyle choices.

Re: Why is PETA Making Fun of Fat Women?

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:30:24 -0000

Keeping in mind PETA is all for euthanizing innocent dogs and cats...

Did any vegans or vegetarians ever wonder how their crops are grown? Did they also forget about the amount of resources are devoted to fertilizing the soil or keeping pests away (producing runoffs of nitrates and hazardous materials not to mention the use of fish for fertilizer) or that when they throw away their left overs, that goes to a landfill meaning that the material isn't going to be recycled and that to replenish the land, more fish or whatever other source will have to be used. There are studies that show that organic crops are simply an inefficient use of land and other resources. That is why we have GMO and other such modern conventions. How many of you would buy produce that has clearly been bored into by some beetle's larva?

Unintended vilification aside, don't blame the food, blame the individual.

Re: Why is PETA Making Fun of Fat Women?

AAC — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:21:20 -0000

The ad is misogyny at its best. Why no depictions of chubby men?

Re: Why is PETA Making Fun of Fat Women?

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:16:07 -0000

'Does clearing land for cows cause problems? What about clearing land for more vegetables, is that any better?'

---Yes, clearing land for cows causes problems. Yes, it is better to clear land for vegetables than for cows because you have to clear seven (or higher) times more land for cows than for vegetables to produce the same amount of edible food (calories).

Re: Why is PETA Making Fun of Fat Women?

Amy — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:10:20 -0000

Even though I think this is a very typical anti-fat person ad that isn't as as inflammatory as half the stuff they've done, I find this more personally offensive than anything else. Do they not realize that they had obese supporters, that there are obese vegetarians and vegans? And they want to make fat people the scapegoats like everyone else? This is one fat person who is not supporting their work any longer.

No, you really can't eat all you want as a vegetarian and become skinny (at least not without serious drugs). There are no studies that support that.

Re: Why is PETA Making Fun of Fat Women?

Don Rodrigo — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:06:39 -0000

I think we should feed all the PETA people to some very hungry, very large pigs.

When are people going to realize that the ultimate intent of the animal rights movement is not to elevate animals to our level, but to lower humans to the same level as all other animals.

That being PETA's real intent, then we should go by our nature and be omnivores, and, if we go with PETA's ultimate logic, we should feel free to practice cannibalism as well.