Look, I’m all for animal rights and protection. Anti-cruelty laws? Fine. PETS Act? Okey dokey. Some fishing restrictions? You ‘betcha. But there’s a line of insanity, and PETA’s tap dancing across it.

People don’t seem to like fish. They’re slithery and slimy, and they have eyes on either side of their pointy little heads–which is weird, to say the least. Plus, the small ones nibble at your feet when you’re swimming, and the big ones–well, the big ones will bite your face off if Jaws is anything to go by.

Of course, if you look at it another way, what all this really means is that fish need to fire their PR guy–stat. Whoever was in charge of creating a positive image for fish needs to go right back to working on the Britney Spears account and leave our scaly little friends alone. You’ve done enough damage, buddy. We’ve got it from here. And we’re going to start by retiring the old name for good. When your name can also be used as a verb that means driving a hook through your head, it’s time for a serious image makeover. And who could possibly want to put a hook through a sea kitten?

A sea kitten? Sea kitten? Yeah, that’s a much better alternative. Blur the line between torturing real kittens and fishing. Oh, and generate comments like, “Mmm. Kittens.”  That’s a real effective strategy there.

This is why I can’t stand PETA. It’s counter-productive. Instead of people taking the issue of animal cruelty seriously, they end up laughing at the extremely ridiculous antics that the organization engages in. And those antics become the face, in many people’s minds, of citizens who aren’t whacked out but are concerned. Thanks for that, PETA.

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