Guest T-Bone Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 Fishing For A Name Change Animal rights activists at PETA (search), or People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, are asking residents of Fishkill, New York (search) to change the name of their town to something more fish-friendly. The Poughkeepsie Journal reports that Fishkill is actually derived from Dutch words meaning Fish and Stream, but PETA says that when most people think of Fishkill "they think of abusing fish and that's not the right message." So what do the folks at PETA want the people of Fishkill to call their town? They're suggesting "FishingHurts.com" — the Internet address for PETA's "fish empathy project." [url="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,162709,00.html"]From Foxnews.com[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corban711 Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 (edited) what the people of Fishkill probably think of PETA Edited July 16, 2005 by corban711 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fidei Defensor Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 I like PETA (People for the eating of tastey animals) better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keighters Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 people are so weird i swear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picchick Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 wow interesting. I guess their is nothing bigger to fight right now.... Meg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geetarplayer Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 Are there even any PETA members in Fishkill? I wouldn't want some foreign third party changing my hometown's name! On a related note... :roll: -Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picchick Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 Sorry I forgot to vote. I say that we keep it the same. Why should we change anything that is really not harming anything at all? Hey, I mean really, what if that was someone's last name? Should we change all people's last names that have to do with hunting? I am seriously not a huge PETA fan. I believe in working on human rights and supporting that over animal rights. Respect God's creatures but that is ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 I suppose we should go after Buffalo, New York as well, since there are no buffalo in North America and it's obviously just a stereotype that the American Bison finds offensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 I think we should change it to Cowguts, NY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avemaria40 Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 [quote name='homeschoolmom' date='Jul 16 2005, 07:48 PM']I think we should change it to Cowguts, NY [right][snapback]645761[/snapback][/right] [/quote] haha, either that or the choice putafishinablender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
journeyman Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 Salmon puree? (after PETA moved from New York to Virginia, the initials were transformed into an acronym for People Embarrassing Tidewater Area) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mateo el Feo Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 Doesn't PETA have bigger fish to fry? Sorry...I couldn't help myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaidoh Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 [quote name='Mateo el Feo' date='Jul 16 2005, 11:10 PM']Doesn't PETA have bigger fish to fry? Sorry...I couldn't help myself. [right][snapback]646097[/snapback][/right] [/quote] lol thats funny if they want it to change so much then change it to something funny like "Fishhugs" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest T-Bone Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 [quote name='Mateo el Feo' date='Jul 16 2005, 10:10 PM']Doesn't PETA have bigger fish to fry? Sorry...I couldn't help myself. [right][snapback]646097[/snapback][/right] [/quote] :bugeyes: :bugeyes: :bugeyes: :bugeyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonSlayer Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 That is just stupid. How about Petakill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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