“Animal Rights”: Treating animals like human beings

"So-called “animal rights activists” are aggressively promoting this incredibly dumb idea. Carried out to the extreme, this cockamamie idea means to ascribe to animals the rights and privileges that human beings have.

You have probably heard of the organization called PETA, which is an acronym for “People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.” (Its detractors have a more humorous explanation of the name.) This wacko group believes in “recognizing that animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment.”

What is the source of these ideas? It seems to stem partly from ancient, pagan religions which ascribed a “spirit” to all life, i.e. the belief in reincarnation, etc. Then there is the misguided generation of young people who have grown up watching cartoons and animations with animals talking and acting like humans. And a lot of folks who must have, in my view, way too much time on their hands!"

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http://www.tomorrowsworld.org/cgi-bin/tw/commentary/tw-comm.cgi?category=Commentary1=item=1185546408