PETA replies
http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/06/obama_and_the_f.php
http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/06/obama_and_the_f2.php
This mitigates my opinion of PETA significantly.
Although I still think it's funny that they consider swatting a fly a character flaw. It's also funny that they "forgive" the President partly because his swatting of the fly was reflexive. In other words, if he had swatted the fly with malice and forethought they'd have thought much worse of him.
Interesting how humans "reflexively" swat at flies without thinking. Almost like it's a natural, normal thing, and not the animal cruelty it obviously is.
http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/06/obama_and_the_f2.php
This mitigates my opinion of PETA significantly.
Although I still think it's funny that they consider swatting a fly a character flaw. It's also funny that they "forgive" the President partly because his swatting of the fly was reflexive. In other words, if he had swatted the fly with malice and forethought they'd have thought much worse of him.
Interesting how humans "reflexively" swat at flies without thinking. Almost like it's a natural, normal thing, and not the animal cruelty it obviously is.