Shown to the left is a photo of a “protest” by PETA. The woman by the police officers is Ashely Bryne, a coordinator for PETA. The officers are inquiring about the well-being of the two shrunk-wrapped women due to the hot weather that day.
Upon inquiry, Shawn Herbold (on the bottom) stated that she was in pain and feeling nauseated from the heat after being displayed like that for 30 minutes.
Byrne’s response to her statement? She had Herbold remain as she was for another 30 minutes while she debated the cops. As the photographer states – PETA would never treat a cow that way, but human women seem to be another matter.
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As a soon-to-be vegetarian (I’m converting slowly and giving up one meat group at a time over the course of a year), I think groups such as PETA are the reason I struggled with my decision to give up meat for so long. And I’ve grown to dislike this organization more and more as years go by.
No, I don’t think we should eat animals, but the reality is that most people are going to continue eating meat for at least another century or so. I’d rather concentrate my activism on making sure that free-range/organic/kosher/ethically treated meat was affordable to everyone. My fiancé only wants to eat Kosher (he’s Jewish) meat, but we can’t afford it right now; he’d settle for free-range meat, but even that’s out of our price range. I think the best thing to do is to convince people who eat meat to buy local and work free-range into their budgets if possible, and find ways to lower prices on said products. That’s going to be a huge step in the right direction.
Don’t put people under display, especially not in ways that damage their health. Insteadm go after the actual problem. What’s so difficult about that?
Interesting post and I missed this in the news.
While I am in no way a vegetarian, I can (largely) agree with the need for a more humane (for a want of a better word) treatment of animals. While I have no problem with eating them, I think it is fundamentally wrong to torture them for long periods before they die.
I have no idea what PETA were trying to prove with this stunt and cant for the life of me see why some one would endure as this woman did. However, I am not convinced this is an indictment of PETA itself.
The woman who was suffering under the plastic surely chose to go in there and chose to remain there. If she really was suffering so much why didn’t she get up? If she was forced to be in there and suffer, then quite rightly a criminal prosecution should ensue.
There is a huge difference between some one choosing to suffer to make a point (weird though it may be) and being forced to suffer.
Equally worryingly, if the photographer was so concerned about the people (and outraged by PETA’s apparent hypocrisy) why didn’t he intervene? What was preventing him “rescuing” the poor woman or was he too busy taking photos and thinking of a text for his web page?
I understand what they’re going for, but don’t you think that’s a little extreme? Also, if the PETA is going to hold demonstrations like that, they should probably make sure the people aren’t going to have any real problems with being wrapped up like that.
I think the way PETA has chosen to make their statement is bold and creative. A picture speaks a thousand words and in this case maybe even more. I think they should be applauded for their willingness to suffer for their cause.
“They bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting into. I say let them crash…”
//not obscure
It looks like standard fare for PETA. The models are almost naked, and PETA’s not above abusing their supporters to make a point that abusing animals is bad.
No male models, what’s up with that? It’s neither bold nor creative, it’s business as usual.
I agree with earlgrey here. Grocers need to hard sell the stuff they get from local growers. I like the coops and farmers markets but that stuff makes it to the grocery stores too and since they buy in bulk, it’s cheaper. HEB in Texas does a good job of buying locally but they slap their own brand on it so you never really know.
How would you feel about seeing Jeremy’s Catfish or Linda’s avocados in the store?
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