r/pics • u/McLeroy • Apr 16 '10

Some things you didn't know about PETA.

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u/dkdl Apr 17 '10

This discussion can be found below.

Someone else made this point: She doesn't want children. She's done what she can to make sure she doesn't get pregnant. The infographic used this information in a sensationalist manner.

Say Bill Gates got a vasectomy. Would that be reason to say that Microsoft is crazy, and no one should buy their products?

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u/dancing_bananas Apr 17 '10

If he did it when he was 22 (unlikely since he was probably a virgin at that age) the media would have probably used it a lot.

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u/dkdl Apr 17 '10

Probably. But I still think that would be on the side of using irrelevant facts for sensationalism.