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Stig Larsen — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:15:07 -0000

PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals

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fefetoo — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:40:00 -0000

Hey PETA F U! I've read skinny bitch. I've been thin and now I am heavy and dieting. I have maintained weight on a vegetarian diet. But like my vagina is no business of the GOP; my being overweight is no business of yours.
How very,very rude and offensive and sanctimonious.You have set back your purpose yet again.
What asshole promoted this idea ?
You know , for an organization for humane treatment of animals you are sorely lacking in judgement and compassion.

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OpenYourEyes — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:59:31 -0000

I sincerely hope you have not taken your life- why hasn't anyone here reached out? I apologize for them ALL, and want you to know that you are NOT your weight- PETA are unfeeling, ego-maniacal jerks. Get some professional help, and stay with us- you matter.

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Letitia — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:37:11 -0000

your a wanker. a gutless, anonymous wanker. thanks.

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Lordgarion514 — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:45:00 -0000

Humans were NEVER designed to eat food raised on farms of any kind. As far as history goes farming is a pretty new invention, so to all of those who say animal products are bad for you I give you this challenge, Move to ANY part of America you want during any season you want and live on only what the earth provides for you, just like the animals peta wants to protect and say we aren't supposed to eat. No man made anything, and that includes supplements that so many vegetarians and vegans rely on(most of which ironically are synthetic, which means made from long dead ANIMALS) and see how long you stay healthy without eating animals from the area your in. I guarantee within 6 months you'll end up in the hospital from malnutrition.

It is only the relatively modern invention of modern farming, transportation and pharmaceuticals (synthetic vitamins and minerals) that allows non meat eaters to exist in the first place.

When you can prove to me that someone can live only on the non meat products(that means no milk, eggs, cheese etc also) that nature itself provides(foraging) and before we were able to kill big animals we caught bugs, rodents and other small MEAT prey) (and stay healthy and fit enough to do at least some hard physical labor daily)for an extended period of time I'll concede the fact that humans were designed to live on a vegetation or even vegan diet alone. But it can't be done, plants just don't contain all of the nutrients that humans need, nor do they contain the nutrients the human body needs for it to manufacture the nutrients it can produce.
If peta wants to prove me wrong I'm quite certain some TV network like the history channel or National Geographic would be thrilled to move into the woods with them for 6 months to a year and let them prove it. But like I said it isn't posible so let them try it and make themselves look stupid.

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HAHAHA — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:16:27 -0000

wow you're a total self-centered, egotistical jackass aren't you? Maybe someone should confront people like you about your jackassery.

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Denverman — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:07:42 -0000

anyone ever see The Biggest Loser? Diet and exercise has been demonstrated to be the answer to obesity and the negative health issues related to being obese. Also, diet and exercise has also been demonstrated to be the cure for the fat bias- lose the weight and you can lose the bias. It simply requires taking personal responsibility for being fat rather than blaming others for being anti fat.

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Mel1475 — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:34:52 -0000

Too Bad I know just as many overweight vegetarian's as I do overweight carnivores. Not to mention the extremely healthy, muscular meat eaters in my life!
Vegetarianism is not an easy fix for people that have issues with emotional eating or are not active!
Get a life PETA!

I am all for animal rights, but PETA exploits women by trying to use their naked bodies to attract attention to their cause. Unfortunately I have witnessed many people seek out the ads who don't give a damn about animal rights. They just like to laugh at the ads and appreciate the nice scenery!

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Rileygsd — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:03:09 -0000

Peta's only worry about dogs is having enough room in their new freezer to put the bodies.

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anna dreamer — Fri, 07 May 2010 08:24:34 -0000

im fat, ugly fat. i have been vegan for 12 years. my best friend is fat, my size just a little taller. she is a meatatarian. i hate myself so much for it and have had absolutely nothing to eat except fruits and veggies, no protein, no fat, no salt, no grains for over a year. have not lost the weight. i just wanted to post this, that peta was a group that i identified with, and now im taking this life partially because of them.

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hanonymousbosch — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:44:43 -0000

Yeah, where *is* the pot-belly nekkid guy?

PETA does little else than stir the proverbial pot with this sort of asinine 'campaign'. They preach to the choir whilst alienating the people they claim to want to change.

In fact, I think it's because they don't really care about truly affecting any sort of lasting change, they just want celebrity!

PETA is shallow, ineffective, ignorant.... blahblahblah.

Oh, and puh-leeze stop trying to create a causal relationship between vegetarianism and health/weight loss. I know more vegans than vegetarians and not a single one of them could be considered healthy (they smoke --- ironically, camels, which are animal-tested --- drink too much, eat mostly processed shite covered with nutritional yeast and a bit of kale on the side) and several of them are, indeed, pasty and overweight.

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genitz — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:07:43 -0000

Does this bilboard fall under the hate crimes act of 2009, and if so then who is going to jail, and if not then why not?

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Boo4Life — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:23:39 -0000

The only way you lose wight as a vegetarian is if you give up the sweets. I'm an over-weight female in Florida, I have been all my life. It's not the meats that I eat that make me big, it's the sweets that I'm addicted to.

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betty — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:13:39 -0000

I would rather have a fat butt than a veggy fat head that is where their fat went is between their ears

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petasucks — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:13:46 -0000

are you ignorant or just plain stupid? Not everyone is OVERWEIGHT (the proper term) because they eat too much, it can be a genetic issue and it IS actually a medical issue for many people. I just hope that the next advertisement peta makes is offensive to you and other ignorant people.

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petasucks — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:07:19 -0000

the problem with this advertisement is that it doesn't draw attention to the animals at all. People become more upset about how offensive the message is that they don't even care about the fact that PETA 'meant well'. I completely support PETA's efforts to help animals but they go about it all wrong. They try to shock people and don't care who they offend, but in the end that brings about less support for their cause, and this advertisement sure as hell has lost them a lot of people that could have been influenced to support them.

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petasucks — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:02:49 -0000

PETA has gone too far... that is horribly rude and offensive, and not just to people who are overweight.

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Name — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:58:17 -0000

Not all people who eat meat (or animal products) are fat, and not all vegetarians (or vegans) are that skinny. Being a vegetarian isn't a magical weight loss solution. It's kinda funny how PETA implies that.

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Anonymous — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:15:05 -0000

There's nothing better than BACON. And a good steak... and chicken is so versatile... turkey, whole, ground, baked, barbecued... And I'm not overweight, and according to my physician, my last set of labs were all, and I quote "perfect"...

PETA continues to be ineffective because they focus on getting attention to THEMSELVES - they completely drop the ball on drawing attention to the ethical treatment of animals.

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Roflmao — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:22:31 -0000

And all people who eat meat are fat? What the hell. Just get off your ass and eat less Maybe. walk your dogs that Peta is so worried about.

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AV — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:05:36 -0000

ps. I am an lacto-vegetarian and reading lisa's post about milk turned my stomach and my mind about drinking milk.. I kind of needed that little push of information to make it necessary.

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AV — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:43:48 -0000

I laughed. I think it is ridiculously witty. The billboard will obviously draw in attention (the reason why PETA did it in the first place) knowing positive and negative feedback would be surface. I think people are getting way too heated about it. It is just a billboard..

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Adem — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:11:19 -0000

I am not a fan of PETA, I like animals but they go a little too far for me. I do however think they did a good thing with this billboard.

It is about time someone said something about "fat" people. I think calling it a disease is ridiculous too. It is a habit. I used to bite my nails, was that a disease too?

Along with the overall health issues caused by being fat, it also progresses Global Warming. If food producers have to keep up with the demand of these heavy eaters then they have no choice but to create more CO2.

Forget about being a vegitarian, simply stop eating so much. The late comedian George Carlin used to say, "it is not what you eat, it is how much you eat. If you eat 1000 lbs of lettuce, how much will you way?...1000lbs".

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Whitney — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:57:03 -0000

The problem with "Lose the blubber, become a vegetarian" is that there are still many overweight vegetarians! Now I'm not saying meat eaters are skinny by any means either, but you don't just gain weight from eating meat. You gain weight by eating bad carbs. There are vegetarians who are mostly "Carbatarians".... no meat? Okay! Onion rings, French fries, chocolate cake, ice cream, fried mozzarella sticks, fried twinkies, fried burittos, fried crispidos, potato chips, candy bars, cookies. The message would have to be something more direct. There are fat vegetarians, it's just how it is..

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Katheryn — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:46:42 -0000

Yes, the ad is offensive, but I can't deny the fact that a lot of fat people do choose to be overweight with their eating habits. Will becoming vegetarian stop them from being overweight? No, because vegetarians have the same chance of being fat as people who like to eat meat. Instead, they should all just exercise, with this: http://www.sportsncs.com/rd...