PETA Outraged at Presidential Fly Execution
The “Obama the fly-killer” story struck me as so mind-numbingly trivial that I wasn’t really interested in it — but now with PETA in the mix, it tips over into theater of the absurd: PETA miffed at President Obama’s fly execution.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, calling it an “execution,” wants the commander-in-chief to show a little more compassion to even “the least sympathetic animals.”
“Believe it or not, we’ve actually been contacted by multiple media outlets wanting to know PETA’s official response to the executive insect execution,” a blog on the group’s website explained. “In a nutshell, our position is this: He isn’t the Buddha, he’s a human being, and human beings have a long way to go before they think before they act.”
The group has sent Obama a device that traps a fly so it can then be released outside.
UPDATE at 6/18/09 3:09:14 pm:
Here’s the device the President will be using from now on when a fly gets in the White House: Katcha Bug™ Humane Bug Catcher.
Frank says: