Klarinet Archive - Posting 000555.txt from 2003/12

From: NoName4882@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] vegan
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 02:28:29 -0500

Sigh....

PETA is an extremist group, but they are not a "terrorist organization," at least in the sense of the word that 99% of the people on this list will identify with. You know full well that when people today read those words they're thinking about large-scale, massive threats, something PETA does not represent, no matter how law enforcement agencies supposedly classify them. Again, I think they're extreme, but they're also a major player on our political scene, and Rebecca making reference to them WHEN ASKED is not doing ANY harm.

Similarly, not all anti-abortionists are "radical organizations cloaked in a worthy cause." Refering to them as comparison was not necessary, and only a cheap shot. Please, please don't try and deny that. It's one thing to make a joke or two about a political leader on this list once and a while, but it's another to start assaulting widely-held views and groups of people.

-James

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