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Originally Posted by phillyaggie
None at all, that I can think of. That's why what they're doing is illegal. But I don't think these people are stupid, or have not a clue of what they're doing. They're wilfully disobeying the law and in fact being violent about it.
I would not put ELF in the same league as PETA, though. I never heard of PETA burning down abbatoirs or something. PETA has every right to spread its word as much as the "Pork-the other white meat" has rights to spread its word...and in fact, meat industry lobbies the Congress hard and gets pretty beneficial (to them) economic policies passed.
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Here is PETA's 2000 annual tax return showing them donating money to ELF.
http://www.animalscam.com/references/peta_elf1.cfm
Being a catholic and supporting the unification of Ireland, I would be furious if I found out the catholic church was funding violence by the IRA. I am so sick of animal lovers defending PETA and not acknowledging FACTS like this, or the fact that PETA paid for Rod Coronado's legal defense, or the $50,000 "loan" they gave his father. Basically, I am sick of everyone in this world condemning violence, except when it supports something they believe in.
And yes, I will easily place PETA in the same league as ELF just like I place Sinn Fein in the same league as the IRA. Ingred Newkirk has repeatedly stated she supports ELF and ALF, even on 60 minutes. How someone can say, well she loves animals, and then ignore these actions is sickening. I don't care that Sinn Fein had some good looking guys in suits begging for Ireland's freedom on worldwide television, the fact they were openly supporting a violent group should be an automatic turnoff for anyone with a conscious. Why people don't put this with PETA is sickening. Its well within PETA's right to do a lot of their "whacky and zany" protests. But when the president openly acknowledges and even signs off on checks to support a convicted terrorist (Not a protester, a terrorist, he taught classes on how to make bombs, and was convicted of arson), this should be front page news because when it comes to collecting donations, they position themselves as "animal lovers" who want a peacefull resolution. They remind me of Hamas opening "schools" to "educate" the children and take donations from Islamic charities around the world to help these children. When in reality, they aren't spending that money on books and pencils, but on bombs and guns, and their "education" is actually bomb making and sniping lessons.
IRA put down their guns and renounced violence, there is no reason these groups can't do the same. For shame on anyone that makes a donation to PETA.