On Monday, Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea got a pie in the face. When Shea was beginning to speak to a group, a woman came up and pressed the pie in her face followed with some offensive words like "Shame on you, Gail Shea.." It was later discovered to an act by PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), who want to stop the seal hunt that Gail Shea promoted the continuation of. Gail Shea reacted very well to this attack, simply cleaning the pie off her face and continuing her speech. She later said that the pie actually created more reasons to support seal hunting. None the less, Liberal MP Gerry Byrne of Humber-St. Barbe-Baie Verte said that acts like this makes PETA a "terrorist". He wants to use this incident as a test case to file PETA as a terrorist organization that would make it difficult to run and make funds.
It is completely wrong for PETA to even try to such a thing like what happened on Monday. I cannot say that it is wrong for PETA to protest about the seal hunting as they have their rights to have their opinion and express it. However, harming other people's lives while doing so should not be approved of and also violates the rights of Canada. It is unnecessary to attack Gail Shea to share their opinion and bring it in awareness, and acts like this should be stopped immediately, even if it means going to far lengths like MP Gerry Byrne. What Gerry Byrne is doing is right as we can see that PETA is not an organization that is helping the society. If making PETA a terrorist organization is the only choice that we have to stop hurting events like this, then it must be done so.
Check this article at:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/01/25/burlington-shea-pie-100125.html
I agree with your statements Sean! It isn't wront to protests about seal hunting and harming other people's lives while doing so isn't correct as well. This should be stopped immediately as animals have their own rights as people. They have their own rights and should not be harmed!
ReplyDeleteAnimals do have rights. I agree completely with you opinion. However I think there are reasons that PETA has to do this. It is bound by rules and sometimes stopping organizations isn't that easy.
ReplyDeleteI think actually that the reason radical groups exist is because the government refuses to listen. I think shoving a pie in someone's face won't harm their lives at all, though, so I do have to disagree there. I think she should have used her time more efficiently, and done something that didn't make PETA look ridiculous, like shoving a pie in someone's face. She should have written a speech or shown intellect. I thought though that this was a very interesting article, and one that sparks debate.
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