How appearance affect Protests

The yes men's appearance is that of businessmen. They are clean cut men who are dressed in business suits and they are automatically given more respect than that of other protestors. The othe group of protestors we looked at are the Punk Rock Culture. The individuals associated with the punk rock culture are more likely to be teenage kids who are rebellious. The older population of the United States views the Punk Rock culture as misguided youth who dress "funny" and listen to "wierd" music. They are automatically at a disadvantage as most of the older generations of America because they are turned off on by the appearance and do not respect what they are saying. The clothing also affects what or who they are trying to protest against. The yes men are going against the World Trade Organization so they need to seem more intelligent. HOwever the punk rock culture is trying to defy authority and by dressing the way they do they get their point across to some but I feel the way they dress alients more people then they get to notice them.

PETA

I am very Anti-PETA, however, I think they did a very good job in setting up their website. It is very professional and does a good job at asking questions that might be asked of them. Peta also is very good about getting support of celebrated that believe they should be involved in a cause and this allows for naive people to believe that they are right. Even though I do not agree with what they do as long as they are not ruining my leather shoes or throwing paint on people's coats they're fine by me.

WIth that being said my family has owned cattle and my neighbors actually own a slaughter house. We don"t have enough cattle to really make an extreme profit off of but it had always been a dream of my father and we have around 50 heads of cattle. In my own opinion animals were put on this earth to give humans the needed nurishment that every human requires. I understand that there ways around it but being texas born and bred there is nothing better to me than a big juicy steak. Looking at it from there perspective I believe that cruelty to animals should never be tolerated however I do not believe slaughtering a pig is cruelty. Slaughter houses have changed a lot in the past 10 years, and the have become conscious about having the most ethical way to put an animal down. I won't get into much detail because it is still not the prettiest thing to see. I believe that some of the restrictions put into place where a direct result of PETA lobbying at the national and state levels. Also PETA protests along with the FDA there has been more restrictions put on the boiling of the meat and the storage of the meat. Even though it probably effects the profits of the small town slaughter house in the long run it is good for society to be able to have cleaner meat.

Most persuasive protesting

To me by far the most persuasive way to protest is to use first person accounts or stories. Cindy Sheehan is coming from a good point in the way she is leading her protest. As much as I despise the woman and how she handles herself she is giving good first person ethos. Her audience is really involved with her speech giving her feedback as she goes. the only problem I really have with her protest is that she says a lot of information that to me is not factually. However I figure that this is common in protest and that similiar to politics that people alter facts and statistics to get what they want out of it. That could also explain her logos and the information she has gives her more of a credibility. It was very important because to have such a large following they have to believe that the are in the right and that there beliefs should be heard around the U.S. or the world. Cindy Sheehan is protesting well to her followers but most people that are not in the immediate following are not going to jump on her band wagon. She is a little to extreme for most anti war people, in my opinion.