> -----Original Message----- > From: Robyn F [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 1:48 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: this has to be a fake... > > Hi Jim, > > >Please don't construe this as a personal attack of any kind. > > No worries! I know my own personal beliefs, and, as I said before, I'm > not completely on board with everything that PETA does. I don't take > critisism of PETA as critisism of me. Some of the things you all are > mentioning I knew about before, and some I didn't. This discussion has > been informative for me.
Great - I know very well that I can often come across as an ass and I didn't want any bad feelings. ;^) > This website just picks out a handful of the cheapest donations they made > in 2001. I don't see this site (um... affiliated with > www.huntersunite.com?) as a very unbiased source. Also, how is spending Well - it's definitely not unbiased (you won't find many unbiased sources on this topic, unfortunately). That site doesn't contain all the information, but it was the closest I found in a brief search. It would be interesting to see their tax records however... You can get some of this information from someplace like http://www.guidestar.org (registration required for detailed information). Some reports from ratings organizations are below: http://www.give.org/reports/care2_dyn.asp?373 http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/4314.htm > This guy went to my college. He's also running for president! > (http://www.votebruce.com). I don't agree with this statement, nor any > actions that he describes. As a sidenote, I think he tried to sue our > dining hall for serving tater tots that contained lard, but were labeled > as vegan. Sheesh. Aside, though, from the statements in support of ALF, I > still havent' seen evidence of donations in their direction. Am I missing > something? Mostly through legal fees paid for defense of extremists and payouts to the families of extremists who were convicted. > >PETA has two very distinct faces: one they show to the civilized world in > >effort to gain support and donations. Another however is shown when you > dig > >deep: one that supports extremism, fanaticism and hate. > > Quite possibly. What are some other animal rights orgs that are not > affiliated with such practices? I've not done any serious research in this direction personally. I'm a member of the local Animal Rescue League here in Boston and I like them very much (although they did inflict my demon of a cat upon us). ;^) There are also several "no-kill" shelters around that seem well worth the effort. I've not researched them thoroughly but the American Human Association has always struck me as being very good (http://www.americanhumane.org/) At the very least they are very definitely pro-pet. In general I prefer to give to local charities whenever possible simply because they tend to be easy to investigate and talk with. PETA definitely doesn't stand alone as a large organization that seems to have either lost its roots or is misleading its supporters. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:144670 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
