PETA has asked Pet Shop Boys to change their name to something more animal friendly. What do you think?
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ANSWERS: 52
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Really? Wow, that's ridiculous.
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*LOL* What should they change it to? "Gather Animal Young Boys" - no wait - that would be GAY Boys - that would never do
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I heard! to something like 'Animal Shelter Boys'!! I think its ridiculous!
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PETA are doing more and more stupid, attention grabbing stunts to publicize their views. I think they have gone too far, and instead of taking them seriously, we now just think that it is PETA at it again. So I think that this is just PETA at it again.
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Lol!Are they running out of things to B!$@#% about?
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Seriously...how does the name of a band harm animals? What is animal "unfriendly" about the name? Should they be the Humane Society Boys? Or the APA Boys? This band has been around for ages. Who the hell cares?
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Why would a pet shop offend peta? There are many humane ones.
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WTF? 'Pet Shop Boys' is a perfectly fine name. I'm all for animal rights, and protecting animals, and all those issues, but I think PETA goes off the deep end sometimes.
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P.E.T.A. People Eat Tasty Animals
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It's ridiculous, I love animals and am all for protecting them wherever we can, but this is just more crazy Peta crap.
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peta needs to relax.
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Really? that is ridiculous. I don't see anything unfriendly or offensive in the name. And, hell, they've been going for years. Why ask them to change their name now?
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PETA - Good concept & bad execution.
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Bloody Stupid.
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i think they need to get a life, i mean the band has been around since 81 and all of a sudden they want it changed? and its not like there called the torture pets. this is america and they can call themselves whatever they want. (even tho there origins are from london england lol)
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PETA is known for being a stupid organization. I hate that some people associate them with vegans and vegetarians, considering no vegan or vegetarian I have ever met actually liked PETA, due to their stupidity, misogyny, etc.
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Talk about free publicity - I never even heard of Pet Shop boys until PETA started complaining. If you ever want free publicity, make PETA mad at you and you'll be all over the news.
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That PETA needs to focus on the issues with animals which are actually important.
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PETA has euthanize more than 20000 animals in the last 15 years. They are not the group they want you to think they are. http://www.petakillsanimals.com/
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PETA needs to mind it's own damn business. If you really want to save animals, it severely inhibits that goal when you piss everybody off. Too many inside "personalities" and ranking officers are enjoying the spotlight. It is blowing PETA's credibility all to hell. +5
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First thing that comes to mind is who do they think they are!
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must be a slow news day in the world of animal protesting lol.
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They're missing the point. If they're truly concerned about animal rights, then they should investigate inhumane pet shops and leave the PSB alone. Sometimes it seems that they are all talk and not much action.
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yes but first PETA should change there name to Misguided Ignorant Yuppie Spawn
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"Pet Shop Boys politely declined a request from PETA to change their name to Rescue Shelter Boys. The request - and its eventual publication on the band's official website - was designed to highlight the alleged animal welfare benefits of getting pets from shelters rather than stores." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Shop_Boys This could make some people think about it. That is what PETA usually does: make people think about it.
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pet shop boys? whats wrong with pet shops? my dog loves to shop. should they be called dog with no money can't have the red rubber ball boys my dog is disgusted.
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PETA can get lost
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They can be pretty stupid that seems to confirm the fact.
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PETA are a bunch of Nazis.
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They should change their name to the Beef Eater Boys.
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PETA? aren't they the ones that tried to rename "fish" as "sea kittens"? who are these fools? do they not realize that their ridiculous bullshit ony lends to further illegitemizing their integrity?
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Why do we allow a group representing less than one tenth of one percent to dictate to us? These people need to get over themselves and direct their energys towards something more important.
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The right has their crosses to bear and the left has PETA.
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I think they're f*cked in the head.
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That's just dumb. PETA= People Eating Tasty Animals! LOL
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Hell Yeah!, let's change for Pets Chop Butchers! :P
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I think they're a bunch of nuts and they should spend their money to actually help animals in need instead of trying to pay off bands and cities to change their names. A few years ago, I ALMOST joined PETA. The very day I was going to send them a check, I got something in the mail from them saying they were trying to convince the city of Hamburg, Germany to change it's name to Veggie Burg. They were going to pay them a hundred thousand dollars or some outrageous sum that would've bought a great deal of education, pet food, or even property for wildlife habitat. They really need to change their tactics.
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I would tell them where they can shove all their crap. Its my store and I will name it anything I want. I dont listen to terrorist groups.
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Good idea. I suggest Pet Shop Dog Toys.
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PETA folks need a reality check. Next will come Pepole for the ethical treatment of vegetables.
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I think these PETA folks need to find something better to do
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I think that these PETA members need to join us in the real world some time!
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Sure, lets name them Humane Society Men and while we're at it, Children Services can make Ugly Kid Joe into Pretty Boy Joseph :) Geez, anyone else wanna complain? It's not like they are harming animals with their band name.
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I'm sick of them throwing red paint on old ladies wearing furs, they need to go throw red paint on someone like Shug Knight while he is wearing a fur and see what happens. Of course they would never do that because they are cowards who only pick on people that can't or won't fight back and those that can they try to intimidate through courts and garbage like that. I am all for treating animals well, but they are a bunch of Hollywood wackjobs who need to STFU. Were one of their members to ever come to me in a steak house and chastise me for eating meat, I would need a new fork due to mine being lodged in their eye.
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what's offensive about that name?
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I think PETA SUCKS!
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I think PETA hippies need to worry about other things that matter in this world such as starving children, fallen economy, and war. Instead they are terrorists to ppl who eat meat.
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I think PETA is talking out of their ass. What happend to fighting real problems?!
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Are the Pet Shop Boys making a comeback? In what way would a name change matter to helping people care for animals?
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I love animals, but that's just silly.
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I think PETA is an extremist group that has went from loving animals(a good cause) to hating people. They need to start over and stop making themselves less and less credible. They have been discovered doing some of the things they are supposedly fighting against. I have no respect for the PETA organization.+4
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is it any more ludicrous than the World Wildlife Fund suing the World Wrestling Federation to change its name because it caused "confusion in the marketplace"?
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