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Originally Posted by labrown

I got there! I used the whoever posts last wins thread to get there, too. LOL

OK, BACK ON TOPIC, sorry!

2005 posts as of right now. Go girl- you're on fire!

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

You've given me something to think about, and you are right, I don't acknowledge all their good, I use to be a big supporter of them, and don't really respond to the "positive" PETA threads anymore. I just believe the pendulum has swung the other way, and they could get accomplish more by different methods.

As an analogy, in the early days of woman's rights, militant bra burners were necessary to get the message out. Some people listened, the message got out there, and the militants were no longer the ones that were most useful in educating others. A softer approach was necessary, because militant woman scare men, and men needed to be part of the evolution. It bothers me today when I read of young woman making fun of those old militant feminists or even saying that they aren't feminists. They have so many choices at wonderful careers; nobody is bashing them for working if they have children, and I don't think they realized how much has changed in the last 30 years, when going on a job interview always included questions pertaining to your plans for marriage, and children.

The pendulum moves back and forth in many areas, and I think many people are open to listening to such things as animal rights, but I just don't think the militant animal activists do the most good any more, and can even do much harm, and in areas that concern me most, I believe they are doing harm to animals.

Nancy there is an animal activist group who's actions I do not agree with at all. I am not comfortable personally with the way they conduct their organization or really even what it's founded on even though I know they do a lot of good. They feel too "militant" for my comfort and I think they do a lot of harm unintentionally. There are probably many but this is a fairly large one and it's the one I know about (not peta or HSUS big but big enough). I wouldn't post anything bad about them but I do not support them so I think I really do understand where you're coming from.

There are also many things I discuss with my family and friends that I wouldn't post because things get taken out of context on a forum. Also there are people who like to argue for the sake of argument which isn't something I like to do and so I try not to open myself up to it. There are pros and cons to everything and it really does make for fun conversation in the right place.