I'm sure Humane Society members have been arrested doing stupid things, too, and on the other side of the political spectrum, I imagine a lot of those who consider themselves "anti-abortion" aren't happy with those who commit violence in the name of that movement. The issue is whether it's a group's official stance, or what affiliated members do on their own time without sanction.
Incidentally, while I was paying more attention to this in the late '80s and early '90s: while cases of blood splashed on fur wearers and the like were frequently cited by critics, there weren't any substantiated instances of it in America. That kind of aggressive (and obnoxious) action was going on in England, led by anti-fur activists. The only thing they exported here, though, was a brilliant anti-fur public service announcement that only MTV had enough courage to play. (It was the sort of PSA that would incite a lot of angry calls to a station, but it also won the advertising industry's award for best PSA that year!) In recent years, PETA has staged protests by throwing pies, but that's the closest to officially-sanctioned assault I've heard of.
As for Chinese government money in PETA: while anything's possible, it's difficult to imagine what interest the Chinese government would have in turning America against wearing fur and eating veal scallopini. I don't doubt that membership would be grounds for denying secret clearances--known affiliation with any group that's perceived as having an "insurgent agenda," from the Black Panthers to Sea Shepherd, is going to raise flags with intelligence agencies.
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Date: 2002-04-29 18:00 (UTC)Incidentally, while I was paying more attention to this in the late '80s and early '90s: while cases of blood splashed on fur wearers and the like were frequently cited by critics, there weren't any substantiated instances of it in America. That kind of aggressive (and obnoxious) action was going on in England, led by anti-fur activists. The only thing they exported here, though, was a brilliant anti-fur public service announcement that only MTV had enough courage to play. (It was the sort of PSA that would incite a lot of angry calls to a station, but it also won the advertising industry's award for best PSA that year!) In recent years, PETA has staged protests by throwing pies, but that's the closest to officially-sanctioned assault I've heard of.
As for Chinese government money in PETA: while anything's possible, it's difficult to imagine what interest the Chinese government would have in turning America against wearing fur and eating veal scallopini. I don't doubt that membership would be grounds for denying secret clearances--known affiliation with any group that's perceived as having an "insurgent agenda," from the Black Panthers to Sea Shepherd, is going to raise flags with intelligence agencies.