I recently watched a protest video against Kentucky Friend Chicken, hosted by Pamela Anderson of PETA. (Yes, it’s the same Pam Anderson.) Besides being absolutely hilarious, I found the video phenomenally ironic and shallow. But then again, I guess I can’t expect too much from they Baywatch star.
She, (or PETA through her), made many absurd claims; here is a sampling:
“KFC treats these chickens like meat machines, not animals.”
What is the difference? Animals are raised for me. Did the animals ever protest their treatment? Did they ever call PETA and ask for help? Did they form a union and protest their conditions? Of course not, because they are ANIMALS. Besides, the chickens are going to die soon anyway.
“[The chickens] never feel sunlight on their backs, nor earth beneath their feet.”
The chickens never requested sunlight or earth. How does PETA know that the chickens want sunlight and earth? It seems that PETA is imposing its environmental utopia on the chickens without asking the chickens first.
“The chickens are forced to live in feces filled sheds.”
PETA should teach the chickens how to flush the toilet. I’m sure if the chickens would keep a tidy stall, they wouldn’t have to live in such a dirty environment.
“Chickens are inquisitive, gentle animals. Chickens form friendships with each other. They are as intelligent as dogs or cats. They love their young.”
This statement is my personal favorite. Read that first line again, “Chickens are inquisitive, gentle animals.” PETA uses the word inquisitive to describe a chicken. This mix of sophistication and dinner food is completely absurd.
When was the last time a chicken played fetch, or came on command, or was used as a service animal for the blind. When Pam Anderson can show us a seeing-eye chicken, I’ll buy into “chicken intelligence.”
Chickens love their young so much they EAT THEM. My family used to own over 20 chickens. We kept them for eggs. The chickens will peck their own eggs if a human being does not remove the egg. Perhaps chickens like scrambled eggs.
I'll post more about PETA; but consider the following quotations by PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk:
“There is no hidden agenda. If anybody wonders about -- what’s this with all these reforms -- you can hear us clearly. Our goal is total animal liberation. [emphasis added]”
— “Animal Rights 2002” convention, 6/30/02
“I wish we all would get up and go into the labs and take the animals out or burn them down.”
— "National Animal Rights Convention", 6/27/97
“There’s no rational basis for saying that a human being has special rights. A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy. They’re all animals.”
— Washingtonian magazine, 8/1/86
2 comments:
I love your defination of PETA! Did you hear about the kid who legally changed his name to Kentuckyfriedcruelty.com?
Talk about Deep fried dip-wad!
Nice blog, great credentials! Keep up the good work my friend...
Good Post, Jonathan. The Anderson video did succeed in making chickens unappetizing, but the allegations of abuse were really poorly evidenced. Sadistic treatment of chickens? Give me a break! This is the same movement that argues a powerful profit motive is the drive behind animal abuse. If that's true, why purposefully abuse your product? If KFC is so money-hungry, why does it throw young chickens against the ground and stomp on helpless chicks?
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