PETA sent me an early birthday present yesterday by responding to an e-mail I sent them.  I thought it may have been too over the top, but I guess not.  I'll put my comments in red and the e-mails will be bolded black.  Here's the first e-mail I sent them:

I just got this from a friend of mine and it was sickening.  We are great friends on all other fronts, but he is an avid fisherman.  Every time I bring up the issues I have with fishing he jokes calling me a sissy or a pansy and laughs it off.  I'm not sure how to show him the horrors of what he is doing without causing a problem with our friendship.

 

Could someone please send me an e-mail or some information on how I should approach my friend? 

 

Thanks,

Alex

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Nate Reeves.

To: alex@xxxxx.com

Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 4:16 PM

Subject: Fishing this weekend!

I know you aren't big on fishing, but I thought you might want to look in the cooler from this weekend.  A cooler full of fish!!  I'll get you to come out with us one time and you'll see why we love it so much.

 

Peace,

Nate

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Thank you for your e-mail to PETA. Please accept our apologies for the delay in responding to you--we've been swamped with mail!

We're sorry to hear about your friend's insensitivity. The only advice we can offer is that you may want to reevaluate your friendship with this individual. He is certainly aware of how you feel about fishing, and it appears the sole intent of his e-mail to taunt and upset you. That's certainly not the kind of behavior one would expect of a true friend. If you do choose to continue this friendship, you may just want to avoid the subject of fishing altogether. You're not going to be able to convince him of anything, and he will only continue to use this information as a way to upset and manipulate you.

We hope instead that you'll focus your efforts on those people with an open mind who are more willing to listen. For more information about fishing to share with others, please visit our site http://www.FishingHurts.com. Here are a few additional links that will show you how you can do more to save the animals who so desperately need our help:

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Thanks again for your e-mail, and for your compassion for animals!

Sincerely,

Elizabeth XXXXX
PETA Correspondent
 
"There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is." --Isaac Bashevis Singer

So, Nate, I can no longer be your friend.  Your sole intent is to taunt and upset me and I'm tired of it.  You use information as a way to upset and manipulate me.  Oh wait a second...isn't that what PETA does?