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Otherme
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Fishy Newsday article ?
Newsday article
PETA asks Spearfish High School officials to change name to Sea Kitten High
By Associated Press
8:09 PM EST, January 9, 2009
SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) — The activist animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has asked school officials to change the name of Spearfish High School to "Sea Kitten High School." The new name would "reflect the gentle nature of its current marine namesake," the organization said in a letter to Steve Morford, Spearfish High School principal.
PETA said the letter is part of a new Sea Kitten campaign aimed at children.
If children were taught to refer to fish as "sea kittens," reflecting that fish, like cats and dogs, are "individuals" that "do have friendships," fewer fish might be killed for food or sport, said Pulin Modi, a PETA spokesman.
"We want people to realize that more fish are killed each year than all animals combined," he said. "They don't have the sympathy of more popular animals like cats and dogs."
Morford said he did not want to share his feelings about PETA. "Obviously, it's nothing we're taking seriously," he said.
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I'm sorry, but fish are not cats. The word fish, means fish. A "sea kitten" conjures up images of poor little drowned kittens.
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Re: Fishy Newsday article ?
A McSeaKitten sandwich just doesn't sound good they must stay fish.
Would people going fishing say they are going Sea Kittening?
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| Posted 1/14/09 4:46 PM |
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Otherme
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Re: Fishy Newsday article ?
And is a Catfish now a Cat Sea Kitten?
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| Posted 1/14/09 4:52 PM |
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rose825
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Re: Fishy Newsday article ?
PETA asks Spearfish High School officials to change name to Sea Kitten High
My brother and his friends would've taken this as an open invitation to see high kittens.
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| Posted 1/14/09 4:57 PM |
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Jax430
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Re: Fishy Newsday article ?
This is just ridiculous!
Fish=Fish
Kitten=Kitten
A fish is not a kitten!!!
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| Posted 1/14/09 5:01 PM |
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Kara
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Re: Fishy Newsday article ?
Posted by Jax430
This is just ridiculous!
Fish=Fish
Kitten=Kitten
A fish is not a kitten!!!
Ah, but PETA = radical, irrational, and inflammatory.
So in their minds it's not ridiculous.
I am an animal lover and could never, EVER support PETA. I've read very few things about PETA that don't make me , , or  ...
but to each his own...
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WhatNow
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Posted by Otherme
If children were taught to refer to fish as "sea kittens," reflecting that fish, like cats and dogs, are "individuals" that "do have friendships," fewer fish might be killed for food or sport, said Pulin Modi, a PETA spokesman.
Wouldn't that cause a health crisis? I mean, fish is the healthiest protein you can eat!
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| Posted 1/14/09 5:27 PM |
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Kittens taste a lot gamier than fish anyway 
But they are small enough to make mittens with the fur.
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GoldenRod
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http://www.lifamilies.com/chat/topic.aspx?ID=376625
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