Nearly nude activists protest at KFC.Fried Chicken and mostly naked women... it doesn't get much better than that.
The facts, according to PETA, are that KFC's suppliers mistreat to the point of torture the chickens that are eventually paired with mashed potatoes and biscuits ..."I just think it is key that people know the facts," said Powell, who became a vegetarian three years ago after researching the treatment of animals in the food chain. "From there they can make their own decision."
That decision, I suppose you are expecting, is to become a vegetarian, no doubt. But, I got news for you, those passing motorists aren't honking in support of the chickens.
A more disturbing facet of PETAs agenda is their targeting of children :
Members of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals were outside a Lincoln (Wisconsin) Middle School giving away "Chicken Chumps" trading cards that warned against what they claimed were health hazards associated with chicken meat. The cards had characters such as "Cruel Kyle," "Tubby Tammy" and "Sickly Sally," each meant to illustrate the potential ill effects of eating the domestic fowl. A fourth card, "Feathered Friends," portrayed chickens as family birds that don't want to be eaten.
While I agree with PETAs right to protest, I find questionable there targeting of school children, on or near school property, with a message that is factually questionable. Chris Link, PETA campaign coordinator, said he hoped the information might convince students to become vegetarians. He contends all meat is packed with fat and cholesterol, which can lead to illnesses such as heart disease and obesity. Chickens are given antibiotics to plump them up faster, Link said. Gee, and I thought they were given antibiotics as a disease preventive... so remember, next time your sick, don't hit the antibiotics or you'll get fat.
Can't convince the parents? Start early with the children when they are assumed to be incapable of rational thought, they are after all the next generation of voters. Yet PETAs assumption that targeting children will advance their agenda seems to be backfiring, as students at the Lincoln school held their own counter-protest... It's tasty," said eighth-grader Colin, 14, whose sign read "I Love to Eat Chicken." "We can eat whatever we want, and PETA can think whatever they want," he said. Way to go Colin, seems you have the basic concept of American freedom down pat... Lincoln must be doing a good job with their Civics program.
Last time I checked, chicken (sans skin) was a viable low-fat, low-cholesterol meat with little to no antibiotics residue.
It's not about the chickens folks, it's about the meat! PETA doesn't really want you to stop eating chicken and start eating meat... they want you to join their vegan bandwagon of karmic bliss. An interesting read by the consumer freedom foundation regarding PETAs targeting of children can be found here:
http://www.consumerfreedom.com/downloads/reference/docs/040817_petakids.pdf
While I am all for the humane treatment of animals, (wild, pets, and livestock), I find PETAs approach and tactics questionable and more disturbing than the mistreatment of chickens. They seem to eschew science and fact, whenever convenient, simply to further their own agenda and their targeting of children is reprehensible. In order to raise awareness for their cause, members of PETA have begun distributing "buckets of blood" to children outside KFC restaurants. By specifically targeting children with these buckets, which include fake bones, bloodied feathers and a rubber chicken, PETA has sunk to an all-time low. They have even sunk to the low of comparing food processing plants to the Nazi gas chambers:
http://www.aim.org/guest-column/petas-death-wish-when-fried-chicken-becomes-auschwitz/
To read PETAs message, go here: http://www.peta.org/
If we are not supposed to eat animals, why are they made out of meat?
But on a more serious note, Humans are omnivores... not herbivores.
Bears, dogs, crows, people, and yes EVEN CHICKENS ARE OMNIVORES!
SAVE THE WORMS!!!
~Finntann~
2 comments:
Omnivores?
On my way to work early in the a.m., I pass a closed Fried Chicken place whose trashkeeping habits are not the best. I am often perplexed at the sight of pigeons and the occasional seagull, all feasting on discarded wings. Healthier than pizza crusts, do you suppose?
~M
Omnivores (from Latin: omne all, everything; vorare to devour) are species that eat both plants and animals as their primary food source.
Pigeons, or more accurately doves, while primarily frugivorous (fruit eating) or granivorous (grain eating) will occasionally take prey and gulls are primarily ground nesting carnivores.
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