Comments on: PETA Bent Out of Shape Over Road Kill Gummi Candy

By: wendymae

wendymae — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 05:50:48 +0000

I have to say that yes, people do intentionally run down animals on the road. I have seen laughing drivers swerve towards my cat as he crosses the street. A couple months ago a dog was wandering across the road by my house, and my brother and I looked on in horror as a car turned the corner slowly, then stepped on the gas as hard as they could and SLAMMED into that dog. The noise was sickening. Just a few days ago, I overheard someone saying they couldn’t be bothered to slow down as a possum crossed the road, so they just rolled over it. Then they say, “Eh..it was just a possum anyways.” That kind of indifference is upsetting to me. And who is to say that a possum is a “pest” animal? Anything can be a pest, if you don’t like it. That doesn’t mean it is alright to just kill it, especially if it wasn’t doing anything but walking! When I was a child, one of my cats disappeared. A couple weeks later we found out a neighbor had trapped it and had it taken away, because she thought he was a PEST for pooping in her yard. There is no leash law for cats where I live, so that CANNOT be justified. Gosh…I think I lost the point of this comment. Excuse me for my anger, I just think people need to know it does happen and regardless of whether you think an animal isn’t worth much, I guarantee its life mattered to it. PETA goes a little whacko with some of their campaigns…everyone seems to agree there. I guess what I wanna say is that if a kid is compassionate and smart, they will realize that this should not be a big joke to be copied in real life. But there are too many children being desensitized of their natural love for animals and nature…sigh. Nevermind.

By: justcallmeageek

justcallmeageek — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:22:29 +0000

We got these once. I agree they’re hilarious. Politically incorrect, yeah, but funny nonetheless.
Then again, I do have a bit of a twisted sense of humor.
I hate seeing dead things on the road, but usually what you see is mostly pest animals when you think about it. Possums and the like.
Animal cruelty is wrong and we shouldn’t like, run them over on purpose. but some people are way to uptight about this kind of humor.

You don’t have to agree, but I think maybe, if you’re gonna fight for animals fight for them where they need it, where actually cruelty is taking place.

By: lili

lili — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:18:17 +0000

I don’t see what there so upset about.Imean,it’s not like there going to intentionally going to run over animals when they get older.It’s STUPID!!!i think itsa good thing to annoy peta so they should come up with real sized gummies JUST to anoy peta XD.

By: r_demar

*r_demar* — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:24:14 +0000

okay okay…yes animals get run over unfortunately and yes it is sad. but the truth is i’m SO sick of PETA’s B.S. battles… fighting the “evil people” who make road kill gummies isn’t doing nething to help the more important issues like saving animals or stopping cruelty/abuse of pets and farm animals alike. I myself am a vegetarian and an animal rights activist and i absolutely abhore some of the sh*t PETA tries to pull in the name of “helping animals”. PETA, grow a pair and fight a real battle for once!

By: Anne Haight

Anne Haight — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:08:37 +0000

Ironfist, so I guess you never watched Wile E. Coyote cartoons as a kid? Sure didn’t turn me into an animal-squishing driver.

By: Ironfist

Ironfist — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:11:56 +0000

Although I find them overzealous most of the time, I would have to agree with PETA on this occasion. Near my house there is a duck pond with a road running adjacent. Last week I saw a young idiot driver target a duck purposely. It is this attitude that needs to be steered away from. (pun not intended!) Amusing idea until you stop and think for 5 seconds and realise that it is that kind of message that desensitizes people to killing animals on the road. No, it is not going to cause a sudden desire to run down snakes and the like but it will further reinforce it as a socially acceptable, harmless joke. When is the last time you saw someone show some compassion for a cat with its flesh stuck to the road waiting to die?

By: hair transplant

hair transplant — Wed, 11 May 2005 15:28:58 +0000

Who does not want them, huh?

By: Rainne

Rainne — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 11:39:50 +0000

::snort:: I want some of those!

By: JW

JW — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 22:30:25 +0000

I’ve been trolling the quick marts around my place hoping to score a bag of these myself. Like you, I was laughing saying, “Where were these when I was 13?”

Folks need to smoke a bowl and relax, damn.

By: TTK Ciar

TTK Ciar — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 15:22:59 +0000

Poor little misunderstood gummis.. It reminds me of this movie:

http://movies07.archive.org/3/movies/letters_to_patrick

– TTK