[Harley_chik]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

I hate to make the Hitler analogy, but it is the easiest to use to help people understand why some of us have misgivings about this. So, I'm not saying Ingrid is a Hitler; in fact there are many things about her I admire. I'm just using this as an analogy. First, Hitler brings up ideas that millions of people thought were great ideas - more jobs, better pay, training the youth to have strong morals, etc. As he got more power, he said that his goal was the extermination of Jews and other people that he thought were "defects". No one believed him; they denied over and over that he meant this. Even Jewish people could not believe this. Besides he would never have that kind of power, and he did do so many wonderful things. Look it up, Hitler had done lots of great things for improving the economy and factory production, advances in technology, and some might even say "medical advancement." I don't believe in supporting any organization that does, "lots of good", but their leader's main system of belief is extermination of all pets. You say that it would never happen, but these things happen in steps, sometimes tiny steps, and because of this many good breeders are fighting all breeding legislation as well. Sometimes, I think PETA does more harm than good because so many people believe that if PETA's behind a law, it most be bad. I would rather support an organization whose final goal is the same as mine.

I don't think that's such an extreme comparison, considering PETA compares Holocaust victims to chickens.