Gimme a break!

"Insects do not deserve to be eaten alive especially for a gratuitous marketing gimmick," – PETA

I am not an animal hater. I do not have pets partly because I believe animals should have the freedom and dignity to do whatever they want to do in the wild and not to be a slave to humans. Having said that, PETA’s stand on this is a little ridiculous.

*Cockroaches are notoriously hardy animals. The lethal dose for the American cockroach is 67,500 rems (Measure of Radiation) and for the German cockroach it is between 90,000 and 105,000 rems (A lethal dose for a human is about 800 rems). Most Natural death of cockroaches occurs in the stomach of a bird, bat, or other small animal. In addition, cockroaches can survive on very little; it has been discovered that cockroaches will eat the glue off of the back of stamps!

A Cockroaches’ natural way to die is to be eaten by something else. They do not feel pain as they do not have pain receptors like humans do. They in all probability don’t feel humiliated of being eaten by a human. If they do, they can petition the UN and get sanctions against six flags… (HA)

I think a “Cockroach eating contest” is a great idea. Much healthier than eating hot dogs or Jalapeño. And, we can have these contests in the problem areas where buildings are infested with them. Instead of catching them and serving them to the contestants, let the contestants catch them, and then eat them. Great exercise, less use of pesticides (not to mention less humiliating way to die for the cockroaches), and great for the economy by bringing these contests to your town and have the people spend money!