Media Hype and the Fly

I happened to hear about the Fly incident while having breakfast at a cafe.  While at the cafe I over hear this cop griping about PETA’s message to Obama about the killing the fly, he said; it’s common scenes!  Hmmm???  This is a cop in my neighborhood to.  If it’s common sense to kill something that annoys you then get me out of your way, especially when you have a gun!

Seems like people are not evolving.  C’mon, people, ever wonder why we live in a society that has an overcrowded prison system or why we’re a world at war all the time?  All that can stop if people would just learn to respect everything, and teach your children the sacredness of life.  No one expects people to be perfect, or enlightened as Buddha, but the media hate and gripes say a lot about how much society has evolved or not.

This is PETA’s reply to the hyped up media hate frenzy toward PETA.

The PETA Files: Obama and the Fly, Part Deux

Because we’ve heard from so many people who want to know more about PETA’s position on “Flygate,” we’ve decided to explore the question of “to bee or not to bee” in a bit more depth.

As we all know, human beings often don’t think before they act. We don’t condemn President Obama for acting on instinct. When the media began contacting us in droves for a statement, we obliged, simply by saying that the president isn’t the Buddha and shouldn’t be expected to do everything right—if not for that, we would not have brought it up. It’s the media who are making a big deal about the fly swat—not PETA. However, we took the opportunity, when asked, to point out that we do offer lots of ways in which to control insects of all kinds without harming them, including the humane bug catcher we sent President Obama. There is even a chapter in PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk’s book The PETA Practical Guide to Animal Rights about how to rid your home of “uninvited guests.”

[Read the full reply to the media hate on Obama and the fly at PETA's BLog]