Comments on: By reader acclaim: “PETA Sues SeaWorld for ‘Enslaving’ Killer Whales”

By: Ron Miller

Ron Miller — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:01:20 +0000

Everyone is falling over themselves to try to make a good joke. No one succeeded.

I don’t think whales are covered by the 13th Amendment. But if the whales are as miserable as some claim, wouldn’t it be a good idea to consider whether these whale shows and such are a good idea?

I don’t think lawyers are searching for a good “animals are not people” cite. I think that is already out there.

But, to be sure, if you think some level of concern for these whales is ridiculous, you are on the wrong side of history. Because, like it or not, we are going to be treating animals very differently 20 years from now.

By: Mark Biggar

Mark Biggar — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:54:30 +0000

Can we sue Peta members for enslaving their eye mites and intestinal bacteria?

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:37:31 +0000

Oh, no. I am screwed. Do you know how many gold fish have died in my house?

By: John David Galt

John David Galt — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:08:13 +0000

With every leftist city and state in the country passing stupid animal-rightist laws, it would be nice to have a citable legal precedent that plainly says animals are not people.

Those who think they are should move to India, where the law (like the majority faith) presumably says they are.

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:12:12 +0000

You know, within my adult lifetime one could get whale steaks at a restaurant at Dupont Circle in DC.

Now, I’m holding out for PETA steaks…

By: Smart Dude

Smart Dude — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:37:12 +0000

In other news, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is accusing the Helen Keller Foundation of keeping service dogs for the blind in conditions that violate the 13th Amendment ban on slavery.

And in even more news, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is accusing Terminex of mistreating termites , cockroaches, and bed bugs in conditions that violate the 8th Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

By: OBQuiet

OBQuiet — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:04:45 +0000

Next Up: PETA calls for elimination of Service Animals.

By: Bob Lipton

Bob Lipton — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:30:19 +0000

They bill by the hour.

Bob

By: marco73

marco73 — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:42:02 +0000

So killer whales are now slaves?
Kind of insulting to the decendents of the brave men and women who gave their lives to free the human slaves in America, and the brave men and women around the world who are trying to stop human slavery today.
Keep up that ongoing, intense debate.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:14:16 +0000

I’m trying to figure out how PETA’s “five-member legal team” could possibly have “spent 18 months preparing the case”