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| PETA tries to cash in on bus beheading |
| 2008-08-07 |
| Should've expected this, I guess... PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. — An animal rights group has tried – and failed – to run a newspaper ad comparing the beheading of a passenger on a Greyhound bus last week to the treatment of animals by the meat industry. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, said on its website it would run the ad in the Portage la Prairie Daily Graphic. However, city editor Tara Seel said the newspaper had no intention of running the ad, which uses imagery of “an innocent victim's throat” being cut, in reference to the slaughter of cows, chickens and pigs on factory farms. I eat them all. And enjoy it. “His struggles and cries are ignored ... the man with the knife shows no emotion ... the victim is slaughtered and his head cut off ... his flesh is eaten,” reads the ad, which is posted on the website.“If this ad leaves a bad taste in your mouth, please give a thought to what sensitive animals think and feel when they come to the end of their frightening journey and see, hear and smell the slaughterhouse.” They probably think, "Well at least I'm not on a bus." Ms. Seel would not specify reasons for why the newspaper was choosing not to run the ad, except to say it wasn't something they wanted to do. She noted the newspaper had been inundated with calls from other media since the posting to the PETA website. Maybe they won't run it because PETA's a bunch of assholes? Vince Weiguang Li, 40, of Edmonton, has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of 22-year-old carnival worker Tim McLean, who was stabbed and decapitated aboard a Greyhound bus on July 30. Mr. Li has been ordered by a judge to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Aw, c'mon, PETA. Go to bat for the guy. He only killed a human. “Like human victims, animals in slaughterhouses experience terror when they are attacked by a knife-wielding assailant,” Lindsay Rajt of PETA said in a news release. “We are challenging everyone who is rightly horrified by this crime to look into their hearts and consider leaving violence off their dinner plates.” I'd prefer an ad with Pam Anderson's gynormous boobs... Ms. Rajt said the ad was intended to be shocking and is meant to spur people to think about the terror and pain experienced by animals who are raised and killed for food. So they've served their purpose in the circle of life...and they're delicious! |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #5 "They're just assholes Fixed that for ya', bj. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-08-07 18:37 |
| #4 |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-08-07 17:35 |
| #3 I never quite caught the explanation for demonstrating at the kid's funeral. I don't think he was gay. They're just assholes I guess. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-08-07 13:55 |
| #2 PETA has found an ally in Fred Phelps and his nutcases, who are also trying to capitalize on this tragedy. The latter are planning to picket the funeral of the beheaded man. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-08-07 13:50 |
| #1 Hey now! I'm a member of PETA and you need to cut them some slack. There is nothing wrong with People Eating Tastey Animals! |
| Posted by: DLR 2008-08-07 13:17 |