Just as I was setting out to launch my new book, Let's Have a Dog Party!, I met a wet floor and went splat, neatly snapping the bones in my wrist. Ooh, the pain! Thank goodness for IV drips. Lying on the emergency room gurney …

Where to begin?

It's possible that Newkirk's wrists were unusually fragile because her vegan diet (with no dairy foods) rendered her calcium-deficient. Setting that aside, we agree that IV (intravenous) drips of painkillers are a good thing. And we don't know which drug she was on, assuming it didn't come from PETA's “Let's Have a Dog Party!” tackle box. But the most commonly prescribed IV painkillers, fentanyl and meperidine (Demerol), have both been extensively tested on animals.

Add Newkirk to the list of hypocritical animal-rights leaders who let their principles slide when push comes to shove. Others include insulin-diabetic PETA Vice President Mary Beth Sweetland, hepatitis-C carrying PETA spokesbimbo Pamela Anderson, and breast-cancer survivor Simon Chaitowitz of the animal-rights Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. Like Newkirk, these three women owe their lives to medical research that required the use of animals.

So my questions is are you aware that IV drips and the medication used in IV drips were all tested on animals? Some commenters said it was not your fault because it is the law to test on animals which may be true however you had a right to refuse the pain killers so why didn't you?i I find it unlikely that you didn't know but hey its ok, everyone messes up from time to time but it is in our failures and how we handle those failures that our true character shines through and I'm sure you acme out and apologized to all your supporters for compromising your beliefs when the going got tough. Wait, what's that? you did not apologize, just pretended it never happened. Oh in that case you're a douche. shine."http://blog.peta.org/archives/2007/10/how_ingrid_brok.php

Which one would you choose?

How do you expect people to have respect for animals when PETA shows no respect towards people?
For example the Holocaust on your Plate ad campaign was very distasteful and disrespectful as well as the recent ad where you compared chickens to the awful beheading of Tim McLean. Reasonable, Respectful people would have had the DECENCY not to run an add like that knowing what his family would have been going through, PETA didn't even have the decency to wait until his body was in the ground. How disgusting!

If your message is right and you know in your heart what you are preaching is true, why then do you think you have to resort to such petty, disgusting, childish, immature, repulsive acts in order to get your message across?
People like Martin luther King and Gandhi were able to get their message across peacefully and respectfully. Why can't you do the same? in my opinion I think it is because you and the people at peta lack the mental fortitude to put together a respectful, thoughtful argument and therefore have to rely on degrading women or doing other outrageous stunts in order to get attention. However, much like a small child throwing a tantrum at the mall, you may get my attention for a little while but I'm not going to take you very seriously.

Grow up, and if you want to start really reaching people. learn a little respect first, you do the animals no favors when you act like moron.

Natalie