From: "Terry Donaghe" <Terry@Donaghe.com>
>I would be willing to bet that PETA would go all out to protect a
>species that was really cute and cuddly. They sure wouldn't give
>a damn about a cold AI or an ugly insect like creature, but if
>some lab creates a living, breathing Furby and then suggested that
>we slaughter and eat it - I guarantee that PETA would pitch a fit
>and probably support releasing the Furby into the wild - where it
>would promptly die of starvation and predation.
The "inner core" of PETA is also again't pet ownership (or was)
which is something their glassy-eyed subscribers are probably
unaware of.
Brian
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