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To: The Philosopher who wrote (106205)	6/18/2005 1:07:49 AM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

I am not sure what is going on with the two PETA employees who are being investigated. I would like to argue that they acted alone, just as the "conservatives" here argue that there are no widespread human rights violations in our war against terror and the Iraqi nation, just a few low-ranking bad apples in our military. I think it is fair to wait and see how this all unfolds. If it is not just these two, or if PETA leadership defends their actions and they are found to be culpable, I think PETA will lose a lot of support from its members and big contributors, as it should. At the same time, the far right, especially the Center for Defense of Free Enterprise, has jumped on this story. It is important for me to state once more that this is a lobbying group supported by all the corporations that profit from factory farming. Even if the PETA employees euthanized a few animals that were adoptable, factory farming as a crime against nature kills billions of sentient animals every year. I think this is a much larger obscenity in general. That does not excuse the behavior of the PETA employees, however. Animal rights activists believe that the lives of ALL animals are important, and I don't think it is ethical to rationalize this away, if it really happened as stated in the news articles.