Obama, a mosca e a PETA

Consta por aí que a "People for Ethical Treatment of Animals" está contra Obama ter morto a mosca (via twiter da Elizabete Dias).

Sinceramente, lendo o que a PETA escreve sobre o assunto, não me dá essa ideia:

Well, I guess it can't be said that President Obama wouldn't hurt a fly. The commander in chief was recently pestered by a fly during an interview. He swatted at the insect and killed the little guy instantly.

Believe it or not, we've actually been contacted by multiple media outlets wanting to know PETA's official response to the executive insect execution.

In a nutshell, our position is this: He isn't the Buddha, he's a human being, and human beings have a long way to go before they think before they act.

If all this has you wondering how you can be a bigger person (figuratively, as well as literally) in your dealings with exoskeletal beings, check out our handy-dandy bug catcher—one of which we are sending to President Obama for future insect incidents. I can tell you from personal experience that it sure came in handy the other day, when one of my cats was chasing the World's Largest Palmetto Bug around the house.

Sobretudo atendendo ao "[b]elieve it or not, we've actually been contacted by multiple media outlets wanting to know PETA's official response to the executive insect execution" (e ao tom jocoso geral do post), dá-me a ideia que a posição da PETA é que isso é um assunto sem importância.