
Originally Posted by
eestlinc
of course PETA has ridiculous stances, but that's the point. It's easy to ignore a well-reasoned argument, but it's not easy to ignore a loudly proclaimed and ridiculous hyperbole. PETA wants people to think about what it means to treat animals in various ways. They feel that people thinking about animal treatment in any way whatsoever will be good for animal rights, and when they do something or say something ridiculous, a lot of people start thinking. Of course they say they are ridiculously dogmatic, and I'm sure some people are, but it's a conscious affectation.