tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post2659171191824044318..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Misty Upham's PETA interviewRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-86096530880612712722010-12-01T02:40:03.314-08:002010-12-01T02:40:03.314-08:00Blackfeet and Blackfoot (not Black Foot) are relat...Blackfeet and Blackfoot (not Black Foot) are related terms, Kat. But the tribe in Montana calls itself the Blackfeet.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackfeet<br /><br />The Blackfeet are closely related to three First Nations in the Canadian province of Alberta. All speak dialects of the Blackfoot language. These First Nations are the Kainai Nation (formerly the Blood), the Northern Peigan and the Siksika Nation. These First Nations and the Blackfeet are sometimes collectively referred to as the Blackfoot or the Blackfoot Confederacy. Ethnographic literature most commonly uses "Blackfoot people," and most Blackfoot people use the singular Blackfoot. The US and tribal governments officially use "Blackfeet," as in Blackfeet Indian Reservation and Blackfeet Nation, as seen on official tribe website.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-85553415456354815792010-12-01T02:35:51.038-08:002010-12-01T02:35:51.038-08:00I don't see anything about "total animal ...I don't see anything about "total animal liberation" in PETA's mission statement (below). Sounds like anti-PETA propaganda to me.<br /><br />http://www.peta.org/about/default.aspx<br /><br />Our Mission Statement<br /><br />People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is the largest animal rights organization in the world, with more than 2 million members and supporters.<br /><br />PETA focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: on factory farms, in the clothing trade, in laboratories, and in the entertainment industry. We also work on a variety of other issues, including the cruel killing of beavers, birds, and other "pests" as well as cruelty to domesticated animals.<br /><br />PETA works through public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-27573985360617443302010-11-30T12:03:24.118-08:002010-11-30T12:03:24.118-08:00I'm all for humane treatment of animals, but I...I'm all for humane treatment of animals, but I disagree hugely with PETA's views<br /><br />Well also Anonymous # 1, PETA wants total animal liberation. Meaning no animal research for cancer or deadly diseases and viruses. This also means no insulin, which makes PETA's own founder Ingrid Newkirk a hypocrite because she wants to abolish it, but needs insulin so she can live.<br /><br />Not only that, but pretty much all animals with the exception of cats will most likely become extinct when liberated. This is because domesticated animals have been genetically altered, altered so that production is high but survival is unlikely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-84944004088487467202010-11-30T12:02:38.487-08:002010-11-30T12:02:38.487-08:00Sorry, could you explain the difference between Bl...Sorry, could you explain the difference between Blackfeet and Black Foot, please?Katnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-62718122958023468792010-11-30T07:56:29.501-08:002010-11-30T07:56:29.501-08:00The real problem with PETA is that the veganopia t...The real problem with PETA is that the veganopia they imagine gives Indians diabetes. Granted, even <i>imagining</i> a veganopia is enough to give most people diabetes, but still...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com