PETA and Breast Milk (Why, Oh Why?)

I have always disliked PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). I have nothing against Vegans (thou I do love meat), and believe me, I'm all for Animal Rights, just not at PETA's cost. Ever since they passed out graphic pamphlets to school aged kids, called "Your Daddy Kills Animals" and "Your Mommy Kills Animals," I have been appalled by their actions. These comics told kids things like, your daddy goes fishing and kills animals, lock up your kittens from daddy or he will kill them all. I’m serious, I'm not even exaggerating, and what's worse is the covers of the pamphlets which cartoonishly depict a crazed mom and dad viciously mutilating a fish and a rabbit. These were passed out at elementary schools to scare the kids into submission. Propaganda at its most evil. I wont even get started on their campaign put up in high schools to teach high school kids that drinking milk can lead to acne, cancer and strokes.

Milk leads me to the most recent crazy gimmick by PETA. Read this excerpt from a letter that was seriously sent by PETA to Ben and Jerry's this past week.

“On behalf of PETA and our more than 2 million members and supporters, I'd like to bring your attention to an innovative new idea from Switzerland that would bring a unique twist to Ben and Jerry's. Storchen restaurant is set to unveil a menu that includes soups, stews, and sauces made with at least 75 percent breast milk procured from human donors who are paid in exchange for their milk. If Ben and Jerry's replaced the cow's milk in its ice cream with breast milk, your customers--and cows--would reap the benefits.”

They go on to explain that cows milk is hazardous to our health, and that dairy cows are often mistreated, etc. Again, I’m all for the proper care of animals, but what the hell? First of all, remind me never to order anything with milk products in Switzerland. Luckily, Ben and Jerry's wrote back; "we applaud PETA's novel approach to bringing attention to an issue, but we believe a mother's milk is best used for her child." PETA is so crazy that they believe donated human breast milk is vegan because it was knowingly donated by the mother. So, if someone dies and donates their body to be eaten, will PETA go carnal on us? What a crazy world we live in.