Posted on 08/25/2009 9:43:38 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A U.S. animal rights group announced it will change a controversial Florida billboard that critics said compared overweight women to sea mammals.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said Monday it will change the Jacksonville billboard, which reads: "Save the Whales. Lose the Blubber: Go Vegetarian."
"I think it's rather rude," a St. Petersburg woman said. "Yeah, we all need to be a little bit healthier and exercise a little bit more, but that sign is very rude."
PETA spokeswoman Lindsay Rajt said the group received both positive and negative feedback about the billboard.
"We received a number of calls from people that were very appreciative," Rajt said. "We received e-mails from people who identified with being overweight, and they said that the whales billboard actually motivated them to start making healthier food choices."
"Our intent was not to offend anyone," she said. "Our goal was really to encourage people to live healthier lives and, of course, as an animal-rights group, to save animals at the same time."
Well, I love the organization “PETA”.... I’ve always loved eating tasty animals...
[ ... ummm..., that’s “People for Eating Tasty Animals”... :-) ... ]
There are such things as fat vegetarians. And certainly there are many slender meat eaters.
Since PETA wanted to kill Knut, I guess they are okay with Polar Bear meat?
Y’ know the problem with whale meat? No drumsticks!
Peta - exploiting women to save the animals.
When was the last time you saw a Peta ad campaign featuring naked men, or comparing overweight men to whales? It’s not just demeaning humans in general, it’s specifically degrading women. It’s like they’re saying “If you’re skinny you’re a sex object, and if you’re not you’re ugly and need to become a skinny sex object!”
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