26-02-2005 15:03									#1
	More roadkill on the highway of Political Correctness... Remove this text

...literally.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistor...bizarre/3057006

quote: Feb. 25, 2005, 5:48PM Roadkill candy production screeches to halt By CHRIS NEWMARKER Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. -- Production of candy shaped like roadkill has come to a screeching halt. The decision, announced today by Kraft Foods Inc., was the result of an outcry by New Jersey animal rights activists who said the candy encouraged children to be cruel to animals. "We take comments from our consumers really seriously and, in hindsight, we understand that this product could be misunderstood," said Kraft spokesman Larry Baumann. Kraft plans to stop production as soon as possible and then sell off remaining inventory, Baumann said. The fruity-flavored Trolli Road Kill Gummi Candy -- shaped like flattened snakes, chickens and squirrels, complete with tire treads -- hit store shelves across the United States last summer and was supposed to be another offbeat and unusual addition to Kraft's Gummi candy line. But the nonprofit New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals thought differently. Earlier this week, it threatened petition drives, boycotts and letter-writing campaigns. Stuart Rhodes, the organization's president, said he never thought his group's efforts would be so successful. "Did I think it would happen as fast as I did? No. I guess like most people I've become very cynical. All too often it seems that profit rules all. This was refreshing," Rhodes said. The state of New Jersey designates the NJSPCA the enforcer of its animal cruelty laws. Law enforcement takes up a large part of the group's efforts, but Rhodes has stressed more public advocacy since he took over a year ago. This is the first time the organization has complained to a company about a product, Rhodes said. Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. is in the process of acquiring the Trolli brand along with other Kraft candy lines as part of a $1.48 billion deal. ------ On the Net: http://www.candystand.com/trolli

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The flattened snakes, chickens and squirrels depicted in Trolli Road Kill Gummi Candy has animal activists annoyed.

	26-02-2005 15:08									#2
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Cuelty to animals

	26-02-2005 15:08									#3
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roadkill candy

I'd allow the manufacturing of those, with all proceeds to go to the cure of the derangment of the people who thought of this.

	26-02-2005 15:09									#4
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And no, unlike the candies that were made based on the Harry Potter craze, these gummies did not taste like their shapes...

	26-02-2005 15:10									#5
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Damn, I'm gonna have to stop by 7-11 after work today and buy up some of their stock before they're out.

	26-02-2005 15:34									#6
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They should resist teh activists by bringing new exciting products on the market:

"electrokill" - looking burned
"bombkill" - styled like body parts
"nukekill" - glowing in the dark

	26-02-2005 15:48									#7
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Some people just don't have enough problems in their life, if they can afford getting upset about this kind of stuff.

	26-02-2005 15:53									#8
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Hope they never get around to banning bleeding gastro-intestinal tract candy, megatumour chews and leprosy fingers.

And Scabby Snacks- they're my crunchiest favourite!

	26-02-2005 16:57									#9
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Back in the 70s-80s, molded hard "sweetart" candies were popular. One of the popular styles had tiny skulls, pelvises, and other bones, sold in a little plastic coffin.

I don't recall any massive protests over that.

	26-02-2005 17:02									#10
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Now kids will just eat real roadkill to get their fix.

	26-02-2005 17:51									#11
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quote: Originally posted by The Mad Monk Back in the 70s-80s, molded hard "sweetart" candies were popular. One of the popular styles had tiny skulls, pelvises, and other bones, sold in a little plastic coffin. I don't recall any massive protests over that.

OMFG PROMOTING CANNIBALISM!!11!!111!!!11!!!!

	26-02-2005 17:55									#12
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Cannibalism! The passtime of the sophisticated!

	26-02-2005 18:02									#13
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Won't somebody please think of the children...!?

* DRoseDARs faints

	26-02-2005 18:04									#14
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Better yet, won't somebody please eat the children... problem solved, all sides saited.

	26-02-2005 18:07									#15
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It still exists:



http://shopping.msn.com/eshopframe....d%2fK333


...except that back then, the coffins were opaque plastic, and I think the bones were random -- still interlocking, though.

	26-02-2005 18:14									#16
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Ah -- here are the coffins I remember so well:

	26-02-2005 19:03									#17
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quote: Originally posted by The Mad Monk It still exists: http://shopping.msn.com/eshopframe....d%2fK333 ...except that back then, the coffins were opaque plastic, and I think the bones were random -- still interlocking, though.

OH the humanity!

	26-02-2005 22:58									#18
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quote: Originally posted by BeBro They should resist the activists by bringing new exciting products on the market: "electrokill" - looking burned "bombkill" - styled like body parts "nukekill" - glowing in the dark

I especially like the concept of nukekill.

	26-02-2005 23:23									#19
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Those skeleton sweetarts look awesome.

I love sour candy.

	27-02-2005 00:06									#20
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With minor retooling, you can sell them as mutants, just change the labelling.

	27-02-2005 00:09									#21
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those could become collectors items. I'm going to buy a whole bunch of bags.

the hard part is not eating them.

	27-02-2005 00:13									#22
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quote: Originally posted by The Mad Monk Back in the 70s-80s, molded hard "sweetart" candies were popular. One of the popular styles had tiny skulls, pelvises, and other bones, sold in a little plastic coffin. I don't recall any massive protests over that.

what this shows is people care about animals more than people.

What do people do when they see a homeless puppy? they take it in. yet there are thousands of homeless people around. Of course, I admit, I would never take one in.

	27-02-2005 00:17									#23
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GePap cutting costs.

	27-02-2005 03:41									#24
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Dude... now I want some of them .

	27-02-2005 08:06									#25
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quote: Originally posted by Dissident What do people do when they see a homeless puppy? they take it in. yet there are thousands of homeless people around. Of course, I admit, I would never take one in.

I just might take in a homeless person. I'd never take in a homeless puppy.

	27-02-2005 08:11									#26
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