PETA: A BIG LIE...Oh, and now they are WEIGHT LOSS COUNSELORS, TOO!
Thursday, 20. August 2009, 04:08:05
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Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 6:29:01 PM
To: Teresa Marshall
Subject: Report Animal Cruelty Form
PETA's Online Community
The issue I'm reporting involves:
Animals used for entertainment
Please enter your contact information below.
Please describe your concern, including the names and contact information of the individuals and agencies involved, dates and times, the exact location of the incident, and what has been done thus far:
My email to PETA:
"I am concerned that your organization is abusing animals with its billboard that states "Save the Whales" and depicts a large woman in a bikini. Humans are animals, too, the last time I checked, and I happen to be an overweight female who has dealt with ridicule, abuse, unfair treatment, and humiliation almost all of my life. Now, your organization has chosen to jump on the bigoted bandwagon, and I do not appreciate it one bit. Please remove my name from your lists. You will never receive another dime from me. Thanks for perpetuating the abuse and hatred. I thought maybe your organization was above that, but obviously your attention whoring ways have gotten the best of you. Abuse is NEVER okay, even when it's directed towards a human that sometimes CAN defend themselves."
Their stupid, insulting response:
Dear Ms. Fink,
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on PETA’s “Lose the Blubber” billboard. We apologize for any offense we may have caused; that was not our intent. We agree that a world where self-esteem is unrelated to body size would be a wonderful place. Our aim is not to insult people who are overweight but to persuade them to make a simple, positive change for their health.
While many people have found our billboard humorous, we take obesity very seriously. We want to encourage overweight people to go vegetarian to protect their health. Researchers have found that a higher body mass index is associated with a greater risk of premature death from all causes. For example, according to the American Heart Association, obesity contributes to heart disease, America’s number one cause of death. The American Dietetic Association says that vegetarians have lower rates of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and obesity than meat-eaters do.
Studies have shown that “weight loss” diets don’t work long-term—but going vegetarian does. Studies published in the Journal of Clinical Nutrition and the New England Journal of Medicine have found that vegetarians are far less likely to be overweight than meat eaters are. By encouraging people who want to lose weight to go vegetarian instead of resorting to unhealthy diets, we hope to offer them a choice that the multimillion-dollar diet industry won’t give them: a long-term strategy for maintaining a healthy weight.
Certainly not every single vegetarian is at a healthy weight, as some have suggested our billboard implies, but there are many more meat-eaters who are obese and unhealthy. For most people, eating vegetarian meals is an effective way to achieve and maintain a healthy weight. But weight loss isn’t the only reason to try a vegetarian diet; we also promote going vegetarian as a great way to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of many diseases. For most people, a vegetarian diet is an effective prevention strategy.
Our billboard is just one of the many ways that PETA promotes healthy vegetarian living. Other efforts include distributing free copies of our “Vegetarian Starter Kit,” hosting free public food tastings, offering meal plans and thousands of meat-free recipes at http://www.VegCooking.com, and educating people about the meat industry’s disregard for animal welfare (http://www.GoVeg.com/factoryFarming.asp) and its devastating effect on the environment (http://www.GoVeg.com/environment.asp).
To read more about how obesity can be addressed by going vegetarian, please go to http://www.GoVeg.com/obesity.asp. To read vegetarian weight-loss success stories, please visit http://www.GoVeg.com/f-veganweightloss.asp. You can order a free “Vegetarian Starter Kit” for yourself or a friend at http://www.GoVeg.com/order.asp to learn even more.
Thank you again for sharing your thoughts and for giving us the opportunity to share ours.
Sincerely,
Carrie Edwards
PETA Foundation
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH....What a load of SHIT. Pure shit.














