PETA's Billboards aimed at overweight Women

Wecandothis
Wecandothis Posts: 1,083 Member
edited September 20 in Chit-Chat
I wish I was making this up. But I have to say I've not stopped laughing since I saw this news piece about the PETA bill boards in Jacksonville Florida that targets overweight women.

http://www.comcast.net/video/peta-heavy-women-are-like-whales/1218302300/

It's just... heh. Well have a look see for yourself.

I'm off now to go eat a HUGE piece of steak. I'm following that up with some chicken, and perhaps even a pork chop. :wink:

Happy to be an omnivore...

CK

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  • Hannah_Banana
    Hannah_Banana Posts: 1,242 Member
    Thats like anti-advertising. :laugh:
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    Yeah, cause it's the MEAT that makes me fat, not the ENTIRE BAG OF DORITOS!


    F--- PETA. :grumble:
  • thinsky
    thinsky Posts: 81
    How many of us are out their eating Whale Meat??????:ohwell:
  • FireMonkey
    FireMonkey Posts: 500 Member
    Very disrespectful, but that's PETA for you. Remember when they handed out anti-milk pamphlets with false claims in them to school children? I'm all for treating animals well, but my donations go to the SPCA. And if I need advice what to eat, I'll ask a Registered Dietitian.
  • Wecandothis
    Wecandothis Posts: 1,083 Member
    How many of us are out their eating Whale Meat??????:ohwell:

    ROFL!!!
  • foxyforce
    foxyforce Posts: 3,078 Member
    Very disrespectful, but that's PETA for you. Remember when they handed out anti-milk pamphlets with false claims in them to school children? I'm all for treating animals well, but my donations go to the SPCA. And if I need advice what to eat, I'll ask a Registered Dietitian.

    and their crazy advertisement after tim mclean was brutally murdered on greyhound

    [IMG SRC= http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/www.nationalpost.com/707452.bin?size=404x272[/IMG]

    i dont know how to post images!! but you can copy the link into your browser
  • pettmybunny
    pettmybunny Posts: 1,986 Member
    LOL... I got my husband a t-shirt for Christmas that said ... PETA (People for the Eating of Tasty Animals). On the back, it says "I love cats, I just can't eat a whole one by myself"


    So politically incorrect, but oh so funny. We can get away with it here, but I wouldn't want to wear it in a bigger city, I'd probably get my butt kicked. I love at the end of the video when the guy is talking about t-rexes and brontosaurs... LOL
  • Iffer75
    Iffer75 Posts: 2,817 Member
    I am with ya on that one. I am having pork loins for dinner tonite. Yumy!!! :bigsmile:
  • Cynder
    Cynder Posts: 79
    Yet another reason to not support them

    Time for a nice, big juicy steak.
  • mommared53
    mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
    I haven't seen the video yet. I'll have to wait util I go on my lunch break cause I'm at work. But this is the way I feel about eating meat. God gave us permission to eat meat so I'm gonna eat meat.
  • nguill6
    nguill6 Posts: 133
    PETA are a group of shock jocks who will never be taken seriously! I think most vegetarians are trying to do something good for health and the environment and I feel they're to be applauded. PETA just destroys all of the hard work of more discrete vegetarians who often have a valid point. Compassionate carnivores is a movement gaining momentum and I think that's the way to go!
  • nguill6
    nguill6 Posts: 133
    PS Fox news is a f**king joke! Was this "news" aired before or after Britney's latest meltdown?
  • Wecandothis
    Wecandothis Posts: 1,083 Member
    PETA are a group of shock jocks who will never be taken seriously! I think most vegetarians are trying to do something good for health and the environment and I feel they're to be applauded. PETA just destroys all of the hard work of more discrete vegetarians who often have a valid point. Compassionate carnivores is a movement gaining momentum and I think that's the way to go!

    Oh my gosh! You made my conspiracy theory fetish kick in!! Now I'm wondering if the real purpose of PETA is to do the opposite of what they say they want to do!!!

    Hee hee. This kind of thing just amuses me to no end. I like that. Compassionate Carnivores. :) Cause I love animals - I have four big rescued dogs to prove it. They eat meet too! :wink:
  • Hannah_Banana
    Hannah_Banana Posts: 1,242 Member
    PETA are a group of shock jocks who will never be taken seriously! I think most vegetarians are trying to do something good for health and the environment and I feel they're to be applauded. PETA just destroys all of the hard work of more discrete vegetarians who often have a valid point. Compassionate carnivores is a movement gaining momentum and I think that's the way to go!

    Oh my gosh! You made my conspiracy theory fetish kick in!! Now I'm wondering if the real purpose of PETA is to do the opposite of what they say they want to do!!!

    Hee hee. This kind of thing just amuses me to no end. I like that. Compassionate Carnivores. :) Cause I love animals - I have four big rescued dogs to prove it. They eat meet too! :wink:

    As a firm believer in the value of the food chain, I would have to agree that Compassionate Carnivores is the way to go. Killing an animal for human sustenance = okay. Animal cruelty to line pockets and save time = not okay. :frown:
  • Fieldsy
    Fieldsy Posts: 1,105 Member
    I can't stand Peta people

    Now they are going crazy in Philly because of the Mike Vick signing
  • hiddensecant
    hiddensecant Posts: 2,446 Member
    Wow, if they only knew how many vegans were on here trying to lose weight :laugh:.

    I'm all for a vegan lifestyle but it's hardly a means to not become overweight.
  • chrissyh
    chrissyh Posts: 8,235 Member
    This has me LMAO!!!!

    Yep I think it's time for some steak!
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    Very disrespectful, but that's PETA for you. Remember when they handed out anti-milk pamphlets with false claims in them to school children? I'm all for treating animals well, but my donations go to the SPCA. And if I need advice what to eat, I'll ask a Registered Dietitian.

    and their crazy advertisement after tim mclean was brutally murdered on greyhound

    [IMG SRC= http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/www.nationalpost.com/707452.bin?size=404x272[/IMG]

    i dont know how to post images!! but you can copy the link into your browser

    707452.bin?size=404x272


    That is disrespectful to Tim McLean, his family, and humankind.
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    I can't stand Peta people

    Now they are going crazy in Philly because of the Mike Vick signing


    I have no problem with them upset about the Michael Vick issue. I think THAT is what they should stand for!!


    But having a problem with people for eating livestock raised to be made into ground chuck? Nope -- get over it.
  • bethrs
    bethrs Posts: 664 Member
    I don't always agree with PETA. But every once in a while they are right. KFC shouldn't torture chickens. And I'm still mad at Micheal Vick- I don't think a million dollar contract is the right thing to offer him- especially considering that he will be a role model for many, and has behaved so poorly...

    The ad doesn't make me want to eat steak, I'm a pescatarian (fish only for me!) and it can be insulting- and factually incorrect- but it's not worse than plenty of other advertising that suggests a way to lose weight. Plenty of ads are derogatory toward heavy people, PETA is not alone there. Whale is not a nice word, but plenty of ads aren't nice. The real sickening one is the one some how connected to the murder of a human being. That's just ugly.
  • JoyousMaximus
    JoyousMaximus Posts: 9,285 Member
    I generally am an anti-PETA person because I tend to be anti-extremist (in any direction) even though I am in 100% support of humane treatment of animals and I think this ad did nothing to win them support. I think I am most bothered by the blanket statement that vegetarians are healthier than omnivores because I think it is factually incorrect. I think this ad is an offensive propagation of the falsehood that vegetarian is equivalent to healthy when in reality a number of the most unhealthy foods Americans eat are in fact vegetarian.

    And, while it does get the point across, the idea of comparing an animal to a man being murdered is so amazingly callous to the family that, to me, it is almost unthinkable.
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  • Saken
    Saken Posts: 476
    I wish I was making this up. But I have to say I've not stopped laughing since I saw this news piece about the PETA bill boards in Jacksonville Florida that targets overweight women.

    http://www.comcast.net/video/peta-heavy-women-are-like-whales/1218302300/

    It's just... heh. Well have a look see for yourself.

    I'm off now to go eat a HUGE piece of steak. I'm following that up with some chicken, and perhaps even a pork chop. :wink:

    Happy to be an omnivore...

    CK

    PETA is BS
    i am an animal lover myself, own two lovely ferrets that by coicidence are playing near me riht now like two crazy cats.
    BUt i really cant stand peta, they are mostly crazy people!
    Dam!
  • sln2789
    sln2789 Posts: 6 Member
    I used to be a PETA member and have since stopped sending them any donations because I do believe they are too extreme and disrespectful with some other their advertising. However, there is no such thing as compassionate carnivores. If you do any research into the raising and slaughtering of animals that end up on our tables it is disturbing, heart breaking and leaves no doubt that they suffer tremendously. Some people will always eat meat...and that is what choice is all about, but torture cannot be labeled as compassion just because the animal is eaten and not worn.
  • siobhannestor
    siobhannestor Posts: 177
    I see that I am in good company - really, really dislike PETA - they are extremists who blithely publish lies to support their cause. Am in agreement that compassionate "omnivorism" is the way to go, even when it comes to the environment - sustainable farms require the "husbandry" of both animals and plants to be sustainable. What PETA won't tell you is that far more acres of rain forest are sacrificed every year to the growth of soybeans than cattle. BTW, I am one of those former vegans whose vegan diet is one of the causes of my weight gain. (PETA wants everyone to go completely "animal free" in their diets.)
  • thuelskamp
    thuelskamp Posts: 16 Member
    I used to be a PETA member and have since stopped sending them any donations because I do believe they are too extreme and disrespectful with some other their advertising. However, there is no such thing as compassionate carnivores. If you do any research into the raising and slaughtering of animals that end up on our tables it is disturbing, heart breaking and leaves no doubt that they suffer tremendously. Some people will always eat meat...and that is what choice is all about, but torture cannot be labeled as compassion just because the animal is eaten and not worn.

    I agree with you. I've been vegan for about 9 years now. There's no way to know how slaughtered animals (or dairy cows, etc.) are treated unless you live on a farm and raise the animals yourself. I'm sure there's people out there that eat "free-range" eggs and "humane" meat but there are no regulations for putting those labels on anything.
  • sonjavon
    sonjavon Posts: 1,019 Member
    I am an animal lover. I have 3 dogs and a ferret of my own and I generally have 2 or 3 foster dogs running around my house as well. One of my foster dogs was purposely bred for medical research. Thanks to Peta for complaining about shelter dogs being used for research - a huge industry is thriving - breeding dogs solely for the purpose of being "tested" on, Most of these dogs never make it out alive... my foster dog was sent to a veterinary school where someone took compassion on him and called our rescue. He will NEVER be normal because of the way that he was raised. It's sad... and yet, I see the need for some medical research... after all, given the choice of testing medicine on my dog or on my son... no contest. As much as I love my dogs (more than most... really...) - I value human lives more.

    Peta is misguided at best... I can't stand them. If you want to win someone over to your cause - don't be crazy! I hated that Peta and I were on the same side of the Michael Vick case... I don't think he should have ever been allowed to play football again. Ever. And if I had my way... they'd have nabbed him on corrupting the morals of a minor... how many kids looked up to him? How many kids will emulate him?

    Ok - stepping off my soap box. I hate Peta. I hate Mike Vick and I do love my occasional piece of meat!
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