Author Topic: What IS so bad about PETA? (Read 3073 times)

JB88 · « **Reply #135 on:** January 02, 2005, 09:08:59 PM »

i also have a dog named "wigglebutt"

german shepard.

hes better too.

JB88 · « **Reply #136 on:** January 02, 2005, 09:09:58 PM »

wigglebutt george.

NUKE · « **Reply #137 on:** January 02, 2005, 09:22:22 PM »

pets are great.

But anyone who thinks an animal has any legal rights is insane.

JB88 · « **Reply #138 on:** January 02, 2005, 09:57:40 PM »

says "nuke".

NUKE · « **Reply #139 on:** January 02, 2005, 09:59:19 PM »

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Originally posted by JB88
says "nuke".

name one legal right any animal has.

I wanna represent specific animals in lawsuits and make big money...

Holden McGroin · « **Reply #140 on:** January 02, 2005, 10:13:48 PM »

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The Animal Welfare Act (US 1966) requires that minimum standards of care and treatment be provided for certain animals bred for commercial sale, used in research, transported commercially, or exhibited to the public.

Individuals who operate facilities in these categories must provide their animals with adequate care and treatment in the areas of housing, handling, sanitation, nutrition, water, veterinary care, and protection from extreme weather and temperatures.

One can argue that the animals covered in the animal welfare act have the right to be treated to the minimum standards set forth in the act.

NUKE · « **Reply #141 on:** January 02, 2005, 10:17:56 PM »

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Originally posted by Holden McGroin
One can argue that the animals covered in the animal welfare act have the right to be treated to the minimum standards set forth in the act.

nothing to do with a right any animal has. That act is no different than any other fed regulation regarding any industry.

It's just a law for humans to follow.

No animal has legal rights. How many lawyer study animal rights law in hopes of representing animals in court?

Holden McGroin · « **Reply #142 on:** January 02, 2005, 10:25:30 PM »

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Originally posted by NUKE
That act is no different than any other fed regulation regarding any industry.

EPA, OSHA, or SEC regulations exist in order to protect the rights of humans to live, work, and invest safely.

You could treat animals cruelly and still live, work, and invest safely. The AWA exists in order to provide minimum standards for animal welfare.

NUKE · « **Reply #143 on:** January 02, 2005, 10:26:53 PM »

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Originally posted by Holden McGroin
EPA, OSHA, or SEC regulations exist in order to protect the rights of humans to live, work, and invest safely.

You could treat animals cruelly and still live, work, and invest safely. The AWA exists in order to provide minimum standars for animal welfare.

you mistake laws protecting animals with animals rights.

Animals have no rights.

vorticon · « **Reply #144 on:** January 02, 2005, 10:31:16 PM »

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Originally posted by NUKE
you mistake laws protecting animals with animals rights.

Animals have no rights.

why bother protecting a living something if it doesnt have rights? as far as i can tell, most animals have more rights in america than terrorists...wether the rights are "official" or not does not matter.

NUKE · « **Reply #145 on:** January 02, 2005, 10:33:08 PM »

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Originally posted by vorticon
why bother protecting a living something if it doesnt have rights? as far as i can tell, most animals have more rights in america than terrorists...wether the rights are "official" or not does not matter.

We have laws protecting plants, forests, rocks and land.....do they have legal rights?

Animals have ZERO legal rights. I dare anyone to prove otherwise.

Holden McGroin · « **Reply #146 on:** January 02, 2005, 10:33:12 PM »

Semantics... If I neglect an animal, I pay a legal price. If I neglect my car, it is my business.

Both the car and the animal are property, but they are treated differently.

NUKE · « **Reply #147 on:** January 02, 2005, 10:36:16 PM »

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Originally posted by Holden McGroin
Semantics... If I neglect an animal, I pay a legal price. If I neglect my car, it is my business.

Both the car and the animal are property, but they are treated differently.

And none of that has anything to do with animals having any rights.

We have laws protecting trees, plants, cacti and land. Do they all have legal rights too?

NUKE · « **Reply #148 on:** January 02, 2005, 10:37:25 PM »

I'm fighting for plant rights myself....I'm gonna be a rich plant lawyer someday.

Holden McGroin · « **Reply #149 on:** January 02, 2005, 10:40:44 PM »

So you tell me why if I neglect a car I do not get into trouble, I neglect a horse and I go to jail.

There is a difference, a legal difference, on how I neglect my property. Neither act of neglect effects anyone other than me, yet I pay a different price.