PETA--Legitimate Organization or Cloaked 'Onion' Contributor?

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PETA -- Legitimate Organization or Cloaked 'Onion' Contributor?

by David Freddoso
Posted Jul 14, 2003

The recent "sausage incident" at Miller Park in Milwaukee -- in which Pirates first baseman Randall Simon used his baseball bat to knock over a mascot dressed as a sausage -- has led PETA to demand the entry of a "low-violence" non-meat, soy sausage into the customary costume race held at Brewers' home games.

PETA's Sports Campaign Coordinator, Dan Shannon, stated, "Violence is violence, whether it's toward 'sausages' or living animals."

Which is more amusing, the press release itself or the fact that PETA has a Sports Campaign Coordinator?

No, this is not from "The Onion." This is for real.

Unsatirizable.

• PETA Press Release
  
• The "Sausage Incident"

David Freddoso is Assistant Editor for HUMAN EVENTS.

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Hey, I eat vegan soysage for breakfast every morning!

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I hope that if there is an all out civil war, that PETA members are the first to be hunted down for meat and hide.

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As a former Milwaukeean, I'd like to take this opportunity to say "HAH! Fat chance." The race is sponsored by Usinger, and I doubt you're going to convince the Usinger family to add a soy sausage to the race.

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Oops, sorry, slip on my part. It's sponsored by Klements. We have so many good sausage makers in Wisconsin it's hard to keep them all straight! ;)

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