One Lettuce Lady's Intimate Plea to the Texas Governor

If people do not want veganism being "pushed" on them they are fools for coming on the PETA website in the first place. No one forced you to read these blogs! Duh!

you people crack me up. nothing you say or do is gonna turn me into a vegan. get over yourselves people. as for the comment about how dairy farmers could grow crops for human consumption? THEN IT WOULD NOT BE A DAIRY FARM. my question to you is have you ever worked or visited a dairy farm? well i have matter of fact my best friend owns one. that being said exactly none of the crops they grow are for human consumption. every single kernel of corn is processed into feed for their dairy cows. with that being said there is absolutly NO money in a dairy farm changing to soley farming of crops for human consumption. here are some numbers for ya. right now as im typing this corn is at $3.44.25 per bushel. my friend has about 80000 acres of land of which about 30000 is crop. they average 56 bushelsacre. do the math and you get $5700000 and change correct? now take in crop loss fuel hauling trucks tractors tractors and machine repair tractor and machine upkeep pesticides herbacides labor storage fees then feed processing fees and they come out with hardly any profit from crops. where they make their money is SELLING THE MILK OF THE COWS which if you go to your local grocery store milk is somewhere around $3.50 a gallon right? compare $3.44 a bushel to $3.50 A GALLON! now how can you say that a diry farm could switch to just producing crops for human consumption and make a profit? you people have some wild ideas about how farming works. its not about people losing jobs or people gaining employment. its about you crazy vegans trying to push your silly ways on us people who truly love a fat juicy steak with two eggs on the side and a huge glass a milk to chase it down. GUESS WHAT? im not buying it. and yes you can say all the stupid ignorant things about my comment that you want but the fact of the matter is you dont know me so you have no clue what my life is like or how i live it so you cant judge me. but on the flip side I DO have a few vegan friends so I DO know how vegan live eat and make a life for themselves. now im not judging anybody because they are vegan. im judging you because you try to push your ways on people who dont want to be pushed. kinda like religion. FOR EXAMPLE did you know a study done earlier this year showed that over 75 of americans actually question the "existence" of god. as for me im religiously unaffilliated. and i have people everyday trying to push their god mumbo jumbo on me. so in short I LOVE MEAT and i also love animals. so STOP TRYING TO PUSH YOUR VEGANISM ON US WOULD YA? its fine if you live the way you wanna live but stop preaching it.

Rachela reminds me of the dog breeders in the other comments that say "hey if laws get passed and we get licensed we won't be able to run illegal businesses skip paying taxes and dump our surplus animals in the shelter and pound system for free." Animal profiteers greedily defending their "rights" to abuse animals.

Texas banned the Sliverstone ad because of its nudity. So...we think it's cool to send something like this to the Governor of Texas? Why not send the second part the "reasons" to go veg to the Governor? This is a good serious presentation of why it's important to go vegetarian. But that tacky beginning is NOT going to move this Governor. In fact it's more likely to guarantee that he will never see this video. It cheapens PETA and its causes to continually come at the public with sex and innuendo instead of facts that inspire compassion. The sustained pressure that comes from exposing the public to the realities of the meat industry may take longer but the results are more longlasting than the shock value of the "lettuce ladies" and the nudie ads. A few of these ads here and there add some spice and humor to The Cause yes but they're getting out of hand when such a video is sent to a state governor as a way of converting him or her to vegetarianism. All it's going to do is guarantee that PETA will be considered more of a nutfringe group than it's already considered to be in places like Texas. People are much easier to convert if you show them WHY it's to their advantage to change than if you force an agenda down their throats like so much foie gras. Or lettuce as the case may be. This particular video is embarrassing not "food" for thought.

If all criminals in the world were rehabilitated all of the police judges corrections officers rehab counsellors criminal lawyers probationparole officers etc would be out of a job. I guess we had better not try to stop crime! It really burns me when people justify bad behaviour by the old "but people will lose jobs" lameass excuse. And that is all that it is. The economy is not going to suddenly collapse because the whole world is not going to become vegan at once. Gradually as the demand for vegan foods and other products increases like nonleather clothing crueltyfree cosmetics etc etc etc people will gradually become employed in those areas. People at L'Oreal will not suddenly lose their jobs if that company stopped using animal testing they will simply be working for a more compassionate company. Dairy and beef farmers can grow crops for human consumption. "Burger" King employees would surely still be dishing out fast food just a different kind. We would still need grocery stores. Do you not think that vegans eat food? In fact because a vegan diet assuming it is not primarily made up of convenience foods is less expensive than a meatbased one vegans have more disposable income for other purchases like books vacations and clothing. The type of economy would shift but it would not collapse. Rachela obviously you are new to this site and have not read through the various sections. If you had done you would know that PETA's socalled "opinions" come from research in a variety of areas. Look at the fact sheets watch the videos. And you know if all of those overweight highbloodpressured heartattacksjustwaitingtohappen Texans NOT something to be proud of switched to a vegan diet they would live longer healthier lives therefore their families would have them around longer. They would be productive members of society for a longer period of time and they would be less of a burden on the social securityhealth care system.