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| PETA Sticks Head up Ass Outside Westminster Dog Show |
| 2009-02-11 |
| People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals knows how to grab attention. And show off its laundry. The animal rights group, which every year stages a protest at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, had two of its members dress in Ku Klux Klan garb outside Madison Square Garden on Monday. Their goal, according to a post on the PETA website, was to It's also a false comparison. The treatment of these dogs is in no way comparable to how the KKK treated Blacks, Jews, Catholics, and anyone else who disagreed with them. But the AKC is trying to create a "master race" when it comes to pure-bred dogs, he added. "It's a very apt comparison." Horse-hocky. Than Klan wasn't trying to create a MAster Race, just elevate white Protestants to a position of mastery over others. Dog breeders aren't trying to create a Master Race, either. The group passed out brochures implying the Klan and AKC have the goal of "pure bloodlines" in common. "I can't speak for everyone, but the vast majority of the people exhibiting and handling and showing at Westminster are more interested in the health of dogs than anything else," Westminster spokesman David Frei told the AP. "We want to produce the next generation of healthy and happy dogs," he said, "not just for the show ring but for the couches at home." Bystander Fatima Walden told the AP the KKK imagery was inappropriate no matter what the message. "They could have used something else as an example," she said. "You should be considerate to everybody." Other than a shouting match during the hour-long protest, police said the scene remained calm. |
| Posted by:Deacon Blues |
| #3 Can't make a Nazi uniform out of your mother's sheets? |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2009-02-11 19:25 |
| #2 But the AKC is trying to create a "master race" when it comes to pure-bred dogs, he added. "It's a very apt comparison." So why not dress up as Nazis? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-02-11 13:41 |
| #1 So the Robert Byrd wing of PeTA decides to hold a fashion show... Anybody know if the semi-cadever Klaverner got an invite? |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2009-02-11 12:47 |