Mitt Romney apparently relayed a story ~25 years ago going on a trip and strapping a dog kennel/carrier to the top of the car, and created a windshield for it and then taking off on a 12 hour trip. Now this probably wasn't the smartest thing to do but isnt really any different than a dog riding in the back of a pickup. PETA, of course, is outraged. Ingrid Newkirk, president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, told Time magazine's "Swampland" blog: "If you wouldn't strap your child to the roof of your car, you have no business doing that to the family dog!"
So the brain, and I use that term loosely, in charge of PETA wants to compare children to dogs. Fair enough, lets run with that.
Now do any of those make any sense? Is it really that hard to see a difference between a child and a dog? And if it is, perhaps that is actually a sign of sociopathy. American Heritage defines a sociopath as "interested only in their personal needs and desires, without concern for the effects of their behavior on others." Dictionary.com defines it as a person "whose behavior is antisocial and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience."
Does this describe our Ingrid Newkirk? It would seem so. She is associated with ALF, which was and probably still is the most dangerous domestic terrorist group (its a toss up between ALF and ELF) Both ALF and ELF have caused tremendous economic damage and even several deaths(ELF.) And this is the woman who admitted to going into work before the others and killing animals herself, "I must have killed a thousand of them, sometimes dozens every day." or as Debra Saunders writes, "PETA assails other parties for killing animals for food or research. Then it kills animals — but for really important reasons, such as running out of room."
And then there is this gem from Ms Newkirk explaining why she had herself sterilized: "I am opposed to having children. Having a purebred human baby is like having a purebred dog; it's nothing but vanity, human vanity." And what, pray tell, would you have a child with? There is no such thing as a hybrid human. It isn't even possible. Not even from our supposed closest relative, the chimpanzee. Truly, I think this last one could be a posting unto itself, but my mind just reels at the stupidity and this simple post should be more then enough to point out the absurdity of PETA.