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sojusucks
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 Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 5:29 am Post subject: G20 and PETA |
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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20022538-503543.html
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November 11, 2010 1:06 PM
S. Korea Uses Goldfish to Test G20 Water; PETA Protests
Posted by Stephen Smith 23 comments
Goldfish are providing security at the G20 Summit in South Korea.
First monkeys are deployed as security guards at the Commonwealth Games in India.
Now, South Korea has turned to a tiny aquatic vertebrate animal to provide security for world leaders at the Group of 20 Summit.
According to AFP, six goldfish will be placed in the G20 restrooms' water supply to ensure purity. Essentially, the goldfish are guinea pigs: if they survive, the water is perfectly safe - and so are world leaders. If not, well...
The bizarre security measure is not sitting well with animal activists, namely the rights group PETA, which is known for its provocative protests and campaigns like trying to re-brand fish as "sea kittens."
"Protecting world leaders is very serious, but so is protecting animals who feel pain just as people do," said PETA's executive vice president, Tracy Reiman.
"There are a variety of modern scientific methods that would better protect world leaders and keep fish from enduring agonizing deaths from contaminated water," she wrote in a letter to South Korean authorities.
It should be noted that South Korea will also have a contingent of thousands of armed police in place.
So is it really necessary to potentially sacrifice goldfish?
A spokesperson for the G20 convention center defended the decision, telling AFP that the fish "symbolize an eco-friendly water policy" with used water recycled for the bathrooms.
Presumably, if the goldfish perish in the bathroom water test, South Korean authorities won't have to travel far to lay them to rest. |
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dongjak
Joined: 30 Oct 2010
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| Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 5:32 am Post subject: |
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| I love animals, I don't eat meat and would do just about anything to help an animal (especially a dog or cat) in need. But, PETA people are f****** nuts. |
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itistime
Joined: 23 Jul 2010
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Meenam
Joined: 16 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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That was nuts...catchy, but nuts. Kinda like them PETA folks. |
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geldedgoat
Joined: 05 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:55 pm Post subject: Re: G20 and PETA |
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Here's yet another great example of how PETA does more harm to its own cause (mine, too) than good.
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| According to AFP, six goldfish will be placed in the G20 restrooms' water supply to ensure purity. Essentially, the goldfish are guinea pigs: if they survive, the water is perfectly safe - and so are world leaders. If not, well... |
The fish were not thrown into knowingly contaminated water; they were put in water thought to be safe and were used merely as a 'just in case' measure.
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| "Protecting world leaders is very serious, but so is protecting animals who feel pain just as people do," said PETA's executive vice president, Tracy Reiman. |
This is a complete load of bullshit. Fish have never been shown to feel pain as people do. Of the three types of pain we know of, thermal, chemical, and mechanical, fish have only been shown to have responses to one, chemical; they lack the nerve receptors for anything else. And even at that, scientists have never observed anything that would suggest that any of these pain sensations cause suffering as they do in humans. For all we know, a fish having drano poured in its eyes could elicit the same mental response as some human having his arm gently squeezed. |
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