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ML: PETA Provides Food For Thought

I'm rethinking this morning how I treat all living beings, and I'm gonna have to repent for some very recent infractions of the rules. Why just yesterday I took one of those cans (2 for $7) of deadly wasp/hornet spray and assaulted all the little nests that have started forming in the horse trailer. My intention was to spare Miss Lily from having to get stung several dozen times during the trailer ride over to my sisters' place. Little did I consider that I was a murderer and that should this act become as public as the President's recent fly smacking incident, I might have had naked people show up and start lying in my driveway to prevent me from taking my horse for a ride/Marianne Love, Slight Detour. More here.

Question: Marianne, of course, is being facetious re: her thoughts re: PETA. How about you? Have PETA's off-the-wall stunts caused you to reconsider how you treat animals, including flies?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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