I picked this up via a useful twitter feed about lighthouses. I like lighthouses for some reason, possibly related to Five Go to Demon Rock when I was about 9 years old. Anyway.
I don’t like PETA. I think there are times when some of their policies appear to be completely detached from reality.
I do worry that someone would seriously entertain this – someone other than PETA, that is. They want to buy a lighthouse to set up a Fish Empathy Center, apparently. I’m having some trouble believing this to be the case but still..see here.
No, seriously, someone apparently did really say this:
We want to renovate the Grand Haven lights as a memorial to the billions of fish killed annually by sport fishermen, as well as for their flesh (commercial fishing industry),” said Lindsey Rajt, manager of PETA’s campaigns department
I like fish. I particularly like fish as served by Beshoffs Fish and Chips in Howth, Dublin Ireland, and on occasion I will buy scallops on a Sunday morning and fry them for breakfast. That happens on Sunday when I have some spare cash lying around. Scallops are a very special treat.
I have seen some fantastic photographs of Grand Haven Lighthouse. I don’t know if I will ever see the place myself; probably not, particularly if Peta are serving fake fish. This is what I don’t get about PETA. They’ll try to fake it. That, in my view, is cheating.
If you’re anti the eating of fish, then don’t fake it. Just don’t eat fish. And don’t run off with one of the most beautiful lighthouses in the world.
EDIT: Things move fast in Michigan. PETA have lost interest, or something.
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