PETA Problems at Fair

[Sir William Marcus]

   

[Brother Robert of Essex]

What the?!?   I come back to catch up on what was an intelligent discussion and what do I find?  Hamburgers interloping on this thread!  LOL.   

My bad..I got hungry..

[PurpleDragon]

What the?!?   I come back to catch up on what was an intelligent discussion and what do I find?  Hamburgers interloping on this thread!  LOL.   

Blame it on the Meatatarian's.  They always do that.

Oh Yeah.. I forgot one;

The South's answer to White Castle (although it falls WAY short)  KRYSTAL'S.  

[Blue66669]

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[Poof Bird]

My fox tail came from roadkill, lol. 

Well, at least that's what the vendor told me!

[renfairewench]

If you are what you eat, then a cow is a vegetarian and that makes it a vegetarian meal for me as far as I'm concerned.  (lol).

I have a vegetarian friend whom I call an ethical meatatarian. He will only eat meat if it's had a name. In other words, if you have a cow and everyday you go out and you say "HEY BESSIE!" and slap it on the bum and then you slaughter it for food, he'll eat it. Otherwise, meat is not on his daily menu.

Personally, I am not a friend of PETA and feel that PETA needs to stay the hell out of my faire (NYRF) or any faire for that matter. You know, just because a sword is peace tied doesn't stop a New Yorker from yielding it should a fellow rennie be doused with paint! We have many people at our faire who wear fur, fur tails, horse tails, short fur cloaks, dress like vikings with fur and others who wear lots of leather!  Hell, I just bought my hubby a leather jerkin and I'm proud of it!  I work in a leather boot store at faire and for chits and giggles I'll wear my cow print ren skirt that I made and tell people that THIS is what is left of the cow when I'm done making boots! 

(Last year at Day of wrong. I was a "cow girl" HERZALL YA'ALL! YA'ALL SEEN DA QUEEN? (in my most obnoxious southern accent!)

[DonaCatalina]

Actually, I haven't seen much local activity out of any PETA people lately. I wonder if lack of disposable income has narrowed the focus of the general membership.

[Sir Ironhead]

Actually, I haven't seen much local activity out of any PETA people lately. I wonder if lack of disposable income has narrowed the focus of the general membership.

Or a return to reality

[Merlin the Elder]

What the?!?   I come back to catch up on what was an intelligent discussion and what do I find?  Hamburgers interloping on this thread!  LOL.   

Intelligent discussion? HERE?!? There doesn't seem to be a PETA problem around here since the Donner family moved in on one side, and the Lecter family on the other. I think some of the other neighbors have moved out. I haven't seen them in a while.

[floater]

I have been lucky enough to work with several species of animals during my life, and I'll tell ya - I have yet to meet anyone from peta that knows the first thing about animals. In fact, many seem to be afraid of, if not openly hostile to animals (not too fond of people either).

But the real point I'd like to make is this - wouldn't it be great if people could leave their politics at home for ONE stinkin' day? It's hard to get away from it - especially in an election year, but if there's one thing RenFests offer, it's escapism. Leave the t-shirts, the buttons and the attitude at home for the day. Time to go out and have some fun! Get into the spirit of it! It's not that hard - for even the most mundane of us, it's hard NOT to get sucked into the festivities, and want to be a part of it. Politics can suck the fun right out of anything.

The crowd that likes hassling people over fur and leather, cry "no fair" when you point out their own leather belts, shoes and jackets. Take it outside, buddy.

[Ser Niall]

I used to work with a guy who claimed he was vegan for ethical reasons.  He took me to lunch one day in his car with full leather seating....

Anyway, PETA is one of those organizations that make "liberal" people look bad.  They go to the extreme on their views, which is basically don't eat meat or use animal products.  KFC is bad, they abuse chickens, that's fine.  Wearing a fur coat made from an endangered species is bad.  It's fine to protest against these things, work with politicians to regulate the industry better, etc.  But throwing paint on people and yelling at them in public isn't going to get you much support.

Living in Michigan, I know people who hunt rabbit, deer, etc, legally, and use the entire animal.  Some people use the deer and rabbit skins for part of the ren fest costume, or give them to friends to use on theirs.  I think this is great, and should be commended.  More of the animal is used.  There are also places that farm animals like rabbits for their pelts, but also sell the meat so that the entire animal is used.  You can do a google search about ethical fur farming and read about it.

Fake furs are also a great alternative.  I don't buy into the fact that fake furs encourage the fur industry.  That's like saying giving a kid a root beer is going to encourage them to become and alcoholic.

[Merlin the Elder]

Extremism just doesn't work...for ANYONE. Part of what PETA stands for, I support. I do not like for animals to be tortured, and unfortunately, that's the big business model when you get right down to it. There is a better way.

PETA doesn't like zoos. Like it or not, without zoos and rescue organizations, there are species that would have already become extinct...and may yet! Just because we keep animals, doesn't mean we don't care. While it is true that some zoos don't do a very good job, but certification is helping to raise the standards.

[Baron Frederick]

Do I hear an amen to that

[PollyPoPo]

Amen!

[BLAKDUKE]

I have never run afoul of PETA people.  They have their point and the right to express it.  However if one of them ever throws someting on my clothing that is not ale or wine, I have been told that my size 14 boots with spurs would feel very uncomfortable entering an indivduals nether regions and even worse when extracting said footware.