PETA Is Not the Enemy.

[athena]

49. I'm not convinced that PETA is doing that much damage.

It seems to me that they just give certain people an additional excuse to avoid the question. Would the people who have been insulting PETA on the other thread have really considered a switch to a plant-based diet if it weren't for PETA? PETA's tactics don't make the issue less important. One might argue that it puts the issue on people's radar screen. That's probably why they do it.

Let me put it this way. Which is worse: PETA or the factory farming industry? Which is more important: PETA or the factory farming industry's abuses of animals, environment, and our health? Which one are we discussing: PETA or factory farming? Is it really all PETA's fault? Would we have been discussing factory farming here if it weren't for PETA? I think that any post on the issue would have sunk like a rock.