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Even though I been a vegetarian for over 10 years, I can not support peta (people for the ethical treatment of animals) Here is why:

PETA Parody Put to Sleep Animal-rights organization PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is declaring victory after a federal judge in Virginia ordered a Maryland man to turn over the domain name PETA.org to the organization. It wasn't a simple case of cybersquatting, where someone registers a domain name and tries to sell it to an organization or business that would want it, but rather a case of a parody that PETA didn't think was funny. The owner of the domain used the site for a fictitious organization called People for Eating Tasty Animals. But PETA (the animal protectors, not eaters) said the parody was frustrating people who were looking for information on protecting furry creatures. In addition to forking over the domain, the owner of PETA.org was ordered not to use "confusingly similar" domain names[06/22/00] -source

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