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Giancarlo
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Los Angeles
Apr 2000
time: 02:29
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http://www.cnn.com/2003/BUSINESS/07...reut/index.html
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NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Singer Paul McCartney has joined an animal rights campaign against fast food chain KFC, urging the company to ensure better treatment for chickens in a U.S. newspaper advertisement on Thursday.
"If KFC suppliers treated dogs or cats the way they treat chickens, they could be charged with the crime of cruelty to animals," said a letter signed by McCartney on behalf of the group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
"I am a vegetarian because I realize that even little chickens suffer pain and fear," the letter said. "These remarkable animals are deserving of at least a little kindness."
The letter appeared in the Louisville Courier-Journal, a newspaper in the hometown of KFC and its parent company, Yum Brands Inc. It was addressed to Yum Chief Executive David Novak.
KFC spokeswoman Bonnie Warschauer said the fast food chain was committed to the humane treatment of chickens.
"Paul McCartney is a music legend and he's entitled to his opinion, but we think he's misinformed," she said in a statement. "While PETA would prefer a world of vegetarians, most people disagree, so we think PETA should follow one of Sir Paul's songs, and just 'Let it be.'"
Earlier in July, PETA filed a lawsuit against KFC, accusing the company of making misleading statements on its Web site regarding how the chickens it sells are treated. PETA contends that the chickens KFC buys from suppliers are abused through drugging, feeding and slaughter practices.
In May, KFC announced plans to adopt more humane poultry-handling guidelines that address the breeding, hatching and raising of chickens. At the time, PETA said the guidelines did not go far enough to prevent cruelty to the animals.
PETA has previously won changes from other fast food chains, including the largest, McDonald's Corp. |
Who the **** cares if the chickens aren't being treated well.. they are going to be served up and deep fried anyways. And McCartney is wrong. PETA is wrong and I agree with the statement made by the statement of the KFC spokesperson.
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Comrade Tassadar
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I believe While I do eat meat, the animals I'm eating should not suffer a slow painful death. They should be killed quickly and painlessly.
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Soul Survivor
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UChicago
May 2003
time: 05:29
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I hope that within the next century we don't have to breed these animals just to die...... but until then I think something should be done to make sure they aren't being terribly mistreated during their lives
but until then I will continue eating meat.... although I doubt KFC actually uses much meat in their food anyway
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Comrade Tassadar
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Originally posted by Fez
You know cows cannot suffer a slow painful death.. if they do their nerves release this toxin that cause the meat to get super tough. I learned that from one of my Argentine friends whose dad worked as CEO of a major agricultural industry. |
Really? Well thats good.
And yeah, PETA is filled with a ton of hypocrits.
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Soul Survivor
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UChicago
May 2003
time: 05:29
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Originally posted by Fez
Well KFC did take measures to ensure better protection for the chickens but it is never enough for PETA. |
bah! i still refuse to believe their food is made of real chickens......
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Zulu Elephant
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Who the **** cares if the chickens aren't being treated well.. they are going to be served up and deep fried anyways |
lol
and Fez replaces Fast Eddie in my sig...
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Whaleboy
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Please make all cheques payable to Whaleboy
Jan 2003
time: 05:29
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I suppose the key fundamental debate here is the question of consciousness and individuality. OK, I'm prone to look for the fundamental stuff but its better perspective than getting bogged down in specifics.
It is my belief that until we can prove a species of animals to be effectively a biological machine (no greater than the sum of its cells, in other words, with no consciousness (I think therefore I am)), then we must assume (Heisenberg style) that it may be intelligent, and afford it at least basic rights, namely that to live etc. As far as this debate is concerned, the issue of ownership is also key. Are we to say that we can "own" an animal as if it were an inanimate object. Obviously if it was conscious (lets all get over the notion of inherent human superiority), then "owning" it would be similar to slavery, and thus imo, unacceptable. The rights afforded of course would be proportional to its intelligence, Maslows hierarchy of needs as a rough guide, which of course raises the question of who is to judge if the animal cannot judge and communicate for itself. Meantime, theres always tofu!
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TCO
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Richmond, VA
Jan 1970
time: 00:29
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quote:
Originally posted by elijah
I suppose the key fundamental debate here is the question of consciousness and individuality. OK, I'm prone to look for the fundamental stuff but its better perspective than getting bogged down in specifics.
It is my belief that until we can prove a species of animals to be effectively a biological machine (no greater than the sum of its cells, in other words, with no consciousness (I think therefore I am)), then we must assume (Heisenberg style) that it may be intelligent, and afford it at least basic rights, namely that to live etc. As far as this debate is concerned, the issue of ownership is also key. Are we to say that we can "own" an animal as if it were an inanimate object. Obviously if it was conscious (lets all get over the notion of inherent human superiority), then "owning" it would be similar to slavery, and thus imo, unacceptable. The rights afforded of course would be proportional to its intelligence, Maslows hierarchy of needs as a rough guide, which of course raises the question of who is to judge if the animal cannot judge and communicate for itself. Meantime, theres always tofu! |
How about fetus? How about a just born baby?
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27-07-2003 02:06
I had enough of their hypocritical crap too... and I will continue eating meat, so I will raise my great middle finger to them where ever I see them.
One of the few fast food places I enjoy going to.
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