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Norfolk, VA - A vice president of Norfolk-based People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said today that his group was not behind any e-mails that a Brooklyn, N.Y., rabbi claims contained anti-Semitic messages in protest of the method of killing for Kappores, a ritual to atone for sin before Yom Kippur.
As reported first here on Vos Iz Neias, the rabbi said that some of the people who sent e-mails had added threatening and anti-Semitic comments to an online PETA form letter. He said he made a complaint with police, but it's unclear if an investigation is underway.
Bruce Friedrich, vice president of PETA, said today that his group sent a letter to police, asking for clarification of the complaint. By midday today, they hadn’t received a reply, he said.
“We are asking the police to let us know if there’s any basis to the claims,” Friedrich said. Although the animal rights group does oppose the ritual, PETA doesn’t condone anti-Semitic messages, Friedrich said. “We hope that police do fully investigate,” Friedrich said. “We’d be happy to chat with them.”
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Oct 13, 2008 at 02:54 PM Anonymous Says:
They might not be behind these messages but they create the climate that prompts
bigots to send anti semitic messages,
nowadays leftists are the biggest racists and anti semites
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Oct 13, 2008 at 03:51 PM Anonymous Says:
Oh, I believe them, they're so ETHICAL, right???
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Oct 13, 2008 at 04:49 PM PS Says:
New York Times
Dead Chickens, Amends, and an Outcry
Excerpt:
“If anyone is really sending threatening or anti-Semitic e-mails, that is both immoral and counterproductive,” Mr. Friedrich said. “It’s unfortunate when someone hands an animal abuser cause for self-righteousness.”
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Oct 13, 2008 at 05:00 PM bigwheeel Says:
“ They might not be behind these messages but they create the climate that prompts
bigots to send anti semitic messages,
nowadays leftists are the biggest racists and anti semites ”
Just to enhance #1s comment. It's like loading a gun and handing it to a criminal, telling him (or her) to shoot and walking away before they pull the trigger. Technically, they (the peeetah (rhymes with Cheetah) ) didn't shoot!
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Oct 16, 2008 at 12:13 AM Mark Levin Says:
ethical my aunt fanny!
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Oct 16, 2008 at 08:51 AM Anonymous Says:
PETA people are very lucky. They obviously never had any illness which needed anti-biotics which, to make sure they work and don't kill any HUMANS, were first tested on animals.