[nagdu] PETA and their threats to our safety

Sun Feb 14 23:13:08 UTC 2010

last year Marion and I gave an article for Donna Hill on the subject.

They are idiots.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] PETA and their threats to our safety

> Good evening everyone,
>
> And holler "Fire" at the top of your lungs! Self defense and rape crisis
> management organizations recommend that one use the word "Fire" when they
> feel they're being threatened or attacked.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
>
> Peter Donahue
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Linda Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 12:23 PM
> Subject: [nagdu] PETA and their threats to our safety
>
>
> Kolby,
> There MUST be some kind of legal action you can take against those PETA
> people?  They are directly endangering you and your safety - not to 
> mention
> the threats and harrassment which violates a few laws.  Can they be banned
> from the campus or do you encounter these idiots on the streets in town?
>
> At any rate it looks like legal action is in order.
>
> Too bad I couldn't show you some self defence tecniques to use against 
> these
> idiots - to keep them arms length away from you and your dog so they can't
> unhook your dog's leash.  If they are coming to harrass you, yell VERY
> LOUDLY, "GET AWAY FROM ME!!!!!" and put your hand up and straight out
> towards them with your palm facing them. Make sure your body is facing 
> them
> squarely, look them firmly in the eye - yes, blind folks can do this. 
> Like
> the "Stay" command we learn at guide dog school.  Make a real big scene -
> you want to attract attention from passersby.  If there's no passersby,
> you're in a more secluded place, avoid this.  If you can't, then you may
> have to travel with other people for your safety.
>
> Where are the Campus Police?  You have the right to safety - this is just
> like when women are harassed by guys. Bottom line, Kolby, this behavior is
> totally UNACCEPTABLE and you need to make it stop before something happens
> to you and they are successful in taking Sunny away from you and you're 
> left
> alone on a street without a mobility aide.
>
> PETA folks are a real danger and they don't fool around.  Members of this
> group have bombed labs and have killed people and have had animals 
> escape -
> many of the sort that would pose a phsycal or medical threat to people and
> pets.  They are zealots who have no caring at all for people or animals. I
> have heard that they actually kill more animals in their shelters than
> regular shelters do!  They are extremists who don't give a crap about the
> welfare of animals - they just use animals to further whatever agenda they
> have and it isn't pretty - no more than the Operation Rescue folks who 
> bomb
> clinics or murder doctors who perform abortions.
>
> Kolby, take this seriously and do something about it NOW!  I wish you and
> Sunny well.
>
> Regards,
>
> Lyn and Landon
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kolby Garrison" <kolbygarrison at triad.rr.com>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 8:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] calling the program was researching programs
>
>
> > Hello Jenine and All,
> > I love you Jenine, because you get it. As a resident advisor in a
> > residence
> > hall on my college campus, I cannot stant it when residents come to me
> > with
> > complaints about other residents. My first question whenever I receive a
> > complaint is have you addressed the issue with the person you are
> > complaining about? Residents' responses the majority of the time are no. 
> > I
> > usually tell them to address the issue with the person first, and talk 
> > to
> > me
> > about the issue again if the disruption does not cease. I also have had
> > people from peta stop me while Sunny and I are out and about on campus 
> > and
> > tell me how cruel I am to make that dog work for me. Peta people have
> > threatened report me to animal control, have threatened to take Sunny 
> > away
> > from me, have threatened to remove Sunny from her leash, have removed
> > Sunny
> > from her leash, or have lectured me about animal cruelty. The few times
> > that
> > they have removed Sunny from her leash, Sunny has stood beside me and
> > looked
> > up at me without moving a muscle. The few times that the peta person
> > called
> > her to come with them, she refused to move. I praised her for that one. 
> > I
> > love how dogs know people better than humans do, and if Sunny is 
> > directly
> > telling me that she does not like someone by putting herself between me
> > and
> > the person whom she does not like I listen to her. If only the peta 
> > people
> > could see Sunny whenever she is out of harness, or if they could see her
> > when I take her harness and leash off of the door knob where they hang.
> > They
> > would understand that she loves her job, and that she receives 
> > abundances
> > of
> > exercise, play, and love.
> > Just my two cents worth,
> > Kolby
> >
> >
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