[quote][b]PETA is one of the most controversial activist groups operating today. The group's contentious media campaigns, undercover operations, infamous advertising, and high profile demonstrations have made them perhaps the most notorious--and most polarizing--nonprofit organization there is. But are they terrorists? According to the US Department of Agriculture, they are now.
And right when PETA was about to be able to call it quits, too. The USDA has just released a new security profile form (pdf), which it distributes to animal experimentation facilities. The form reveals that PETA has been classified as a terrorist threat by the US government--potentially opening up its members to prosecution as terrorists. According to Green is the New Red, an eco-activist rights website, the document was given to all facilities that conduct experiments on animals. They were asked to disclose whether they were the target of attacks or harassment from a list of terrorist groups--one of which, evidently, is PETA.
Here's an excerpt from the form:
[release]B. Terrorist Threat. What terrorist activities have occurred in or around your building/facility in the past 5 years (documented cases)? Please check all that apply.
[ ] Attack from international terrorists
[ ] Attack from domestic special interest terrorists
-[ ] Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
-[ ] Animal Liberation Front (ALF)
-[ ] People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
-[ ] Animal Defense League (ADL)
-[ ] Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC)
-[ ] Formal hate group(s) (please specify):
-[ ] Other (please specify): ____________________
[ ] Cyber Attack from a known or unknown source. [/release]
As you can see, PETA has apparently been classified as "domestic special interest terrorists", along with the far more radical likes of the Animal Liberation Front.
This clearly reveals that the government has taken to treating PETA as a terrorist group. Now, I've had my many beefs with PETA (hello, pun) before, but this seems beyond the pale. PETA may be controversial, yes, but they are lawful, nonviolent and publicly funded. So how did they end up on a list of the nation's most dangerous domestic threats?
[release]Because they expose what goes on behind closed doors . . . Animal industries are quite open about their desire to use terrorism laws to keep their practices out of the public spotlight. I recently posted about the Animal Agriculture Alliance calling for federal prosecution of undercover investigators. It's not because the investigators are violent. It is because they pose an even greater threat: educating the public.[/release]
In other words, industries that rely on factory farming (the bane of PETA, and one of their hot button issues) may have the lobbying muscle to get PETA listed as a terrorist threat for their benefit.
That may be so. Even if it's not, the 'terrorist' categorization has some very troubling ramifications. For instance, according to the Sacramento Bee, four animal activists in California are currently facing terrorism charges for protesting at individual homes and creating fliers with names and addresses on them. Because they committed what amounts to trespassing, they've received some of the same charges leveled at groups that use bombs and carry out physical harm. While these protesting individuals' actions may very well have been illegal, do they really constitute terrorism?
We'll have to see what develops as more information is revealed--as it stands, listing PETA as domestic terrorists seems be more threatening to the general right for citizens to protest than anything else.
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[B][url]http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/peta-classified-terrorist-threat.php[/url][/B]
:cawg::cawg:
I knew it was inevitable
I fucking lol'ed
Does that mean I can fucking kill them and say it's in the name of freedom?
elf
About time...
Maybe it's because they send money to those crazy fucks who firebomb animal testing labs.
FUCK. YES. About time this 'PETA' shit is put to an end.
Time to sift some heads. With paintball guns. :synpa:
[QUOTE=Daddy-of-war;18706841]Does that mean I can fucking kill them and say it's in the name of freedom?[/QUOTE]
No, they have to blow up a meat processing plant, then we will invade the Animal Humane Society in an effort to procure WMDs.
This is hilarious
:lol:
[QUOTE=Billiam;18706919]No, they have to blow up a meat processing plant, then we will invade the Animal Humane Society in an effort to procure WMDs.[/QUOTE]
God bless America.
[QUOTE=Mr. Mcguffin;18706864]Maybe it's because they send money to those crazy fucks who firebomb animal testing labs.[/QUOTE]
This makes sense.
Nice, I wonder what their website says about this.
Jesus Christ!
[media]http://www.treehugger.com/peta-terrorist-threat-usda.jpg[/media]
Media tagged to hide the ugly. :gonk:
Crazy ass hippies! :argh:
Finally, PETA is going down.
People support this shitty "foundation" while the ASPCA actually does something and no-one gives a shit about it.
[QUOTE=Musicfreak59;18706968]Jesus Christ!
[media]http://www.treehugger.com/peta-terrorist-threat-usda.jpg[/media]
Media tagged to hide the ugly. :gonk:
Crazy ass hippies! :argh:[/QUOTE]
They're bombing our eyes!
[url]http://www.peta.org/[/url]
Terrorist website! Everybody send to the FBI!
[QUOTE=gReplay;18706845]elf[/QUOTE]
Those are the crazy fucks who tear gas bomb Japanese whaling ships aren't they?
Please note! There is [b][i][u]Absolutely Nothing[/u][/i][/b] on PETA's webpage regarding this article. What could they be thinking?
Animal Humane Society is a superior organization anyways.
[X] Attack from international terrorists
[X] Attack from domestic special interest terrorists
-[ ] Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
-[X] Animal Liberation Front (ALF)
-[X] People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
-[X] Animal Defense League (ADL)
-[X] Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC)
-[ ] Formal hate group(s) (please specify):
-[ ] Other (please specify): Stealing my deer, sheep, and cows.
[ ] Cyber Attack from a known or unknown source
Fucking PETA, Get off my doorstep and stop trying to steal my meat.
[QUOTE=Musicfreak59;18707028]Please note! There is [b][i][u]Absolutely Nothing[/u][/i][/b] on PETA's webpage regarding this article. What could they be thinking?[/QUOTE]
There was also absolutely nothing about the lobster incident and there are no negative comments whatsoever on the blog
and yet
[img]http://blog.peta.org/archives/costumed_animals4.JPG[/img]
They should've been labeled as terrorists about ten years ago...
Finally.
[editline]06:07PM[/editline]
[QUOTE=Umi-hebi;18707171]There was also absolutely nothing about the lobster incident and there are no negative comments whatsoever on the blog
and yet
[media]http://blog.peta.org/archives/costumed_animals4.JPG[/media][/QUOTE]
I love how they support animal rights over the human rights of free speech, will, and criticism.
"PETA: Helping Animals by Killing Humans"
You know what? They truly had this coming, I am proud of USDA, they seriously owned their asses.
[QUOTE=SomeRandomGuy18;18707205]Finally.
[editline]06:07PM[/editline]
I love how they support animal rights over the human rights of free speech, will, and criticism.[/QUOTE]
The world's full of hypocrites my friend. Not even North Korea, where free speech is limited, could satisfy these fucknuts.
:lol:
Well of course they're terrorists.
Terrorism is to cause people to do things by using threats and terror tactics. That's exactly what PETA does.
Since when was this news?
Haha Awesome.
I found the PETA's twitter, [url]http://twitter.com/officialpeta[/url] SEND TO THE FBI NOW
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