Simi Valley Sophist

The Simi Valley Sophist ruminates on all manner of topics from the micro to the macro. SVS travels whatever path strikes his fancy. Encyclopedia Britannica: Sophist "Any of certain Greek lecturers, writers, and teachers in the 5th and 4th centuries BC, most of whom travelled about the Greek-speaking world giving instruction in a wide range of subjects in return ..."

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Location: California, United States

Retired: 30years law enforcement-last 20 years Criminal Intelligence Detective.

Friday, June 24, 2005

PETA Advocates Euthanizing Homeless?

Have you been giving money and support to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)? You know the group that is always promoting its opposition to the use of animals for food, clothing, medical research and such. Well, for PETA it is apparently OK to euthanize an animal and dump its carcass in a trash can if you can’t adopt it out. Read it here and here. Since PETA members, like many animal rights advocates, elevate animals to the same level as humans, one must wonder what is their philosophy toward humans, like the homeless, who can’t be “adopted out.”