Posted on 02/17/2004 9:27:00 AM PST by Mr.Atos
Feb 17, 11:07 am ET
DALLAS (Reuters) - A vegetarian group wants an Oklahoma town named after a family that helped settle the state to change its name to Veggieville because they think its sounds a lot better than Slaughterville. The city council of Slaughterville, Oklahoma, a town of about 3,000 in the center of the state, was due to discuss next week the proposal by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
PETA is even offering $20,000 worth of veggie burgers to an area school if the name change goes through.
But town manager Marsha Blair said on Friday the chances of passage were slim to none. "We do not intend to change the name," she told Reuters.
Bruce Friedrich, PETA's campaign manager, said the organization is focusing its resources on the abuse and cruelty of animals that are killed for the food and clothing industries in slaughterhouses.
"Even if the people of Slaughterville are not looking at the cruelty to farmed animals as an issue, it is a fact that anyone, including the residents of Slaughterville, who is eating meat, is supporting the felony level of abuse of animals," he said.
Slaughterville was named after a family that helped settle the area in the 19th century. The family ran a dry goods store and blacksmith shop.
Imbeciles!
Even worse than imbeciles- these people are dangerous to our country...
I second that. Imbeciles!
Owl_Eagle
”Guns Before Butter.”
For $20,000? Yes! $20,000 worth of veggies masquerading as food? Even the French have more pride than that.
A little insightful trivia for the morons at PETA...
The English surname Slaughter can be derived from several sources. Firstly, it can be local in origin, deriving from the name of the locality where a bearer once lived. In this case, the surname can be traded to the town of Slaughter in Gloucester. During the Middle Ages natives frequently adopted their family names from their town of origin, as there was no structured system of hereditary surnames in existence. This surname can also derive form the Old English word “slohtre,” meaning “a muddy place.” Hence the surname would come to denote a dweller near a muddy place.
What do the People for the Ethical Treatment of Vegetables have to say about this?
And the Slaughterville Grange has announced it's first Long Pig Barbeque has been set for next Saturday at 1 PM. . .
Carrot Juice Is Murder
(Music and Lyrics by The Arrogant Worms)
http://www.folkweb.com/arrogantworms/#livebait
Listen up brothers and sisters. Come hear my desperate tale.
I speak of our friends of nature trapped in the dirt like a jail.
Vegetables live in oppression served on our tables each night.
This killing of veggies is madness. I say we take up the fight.
Salads are only for murderers. Coleslaw's a fascist regime.
Don't think that they don't have feelings just cuz a radish can't scream.
Chorus:
I've heard the screams of the vegetables, (Scream, scream, scream.)
Watching their skins being peeled. (Having their insides revealed.)
Grated and steamed with no mercy. (Burning off calories.)
How do you think that feels? (Bet it hurts really bad.)
Carrot juice constitutes murder. (And that's a real crime.)
Greenhouses prisons for slaves. (Let my vegetables grow.)
It's time to stop all this gardening. (It's dirty as hell.)
Let's call a spade a spade. (Is a spade, is a spade, is a spade.)
I saw a man eating celery so I beat him black and blue.
If he ever touches a sprout again, I'll bite him clean in two.
I'm political prisoner trapped in a windowless cage,
Cause I stopped the slaughter of turnips by killing five men in a rage.
I told the judge when he sentenced me, "This is my finest hour
I'd kill those farmers again just to save one more cauliflower."
Chorus:
I've heard the screams of the vegetables, (Scream, scream, scream.)
Watching their skins being peeled. (Having their insides revealed.)
Grated and steamed with no mercy. (Burning off calories)
How do you think that feels? (Bet it hurts really bad.)
Carrot juice constitutes murder. (And that's a real crime.)
Greenhouses prisons for slaves. (Let my vegetables grow.)
It's time to stop all this gardening. (It's dirty as hell.)
Let's call a spade a spade. (Is a spade, is a spade, is a spade.)
How low as people do we dare to stoop
Making young broccolis bleed in the soup.
Untie your beans, uncage your tomatoes, Let potted plants free.
Don't mash that potato, Oh, spare the spider, Eat up calories, Oh!
Chorus:
I've heard the screams of the vegetables, (Scream, scream, scream)
Watching their skins being peeled. (Fates in the stir fry are sealed.)
Grated and steamed with no mercy. (You fat gourmet scum.)
How do you think that feels? (Leave them out in the fields.)
Carrot juice constitutes murder. (V8's genocide.)
Greenhouses prisons for slaves. (Yes your compost's a grave.)
It's time to stop all this gardening. (Take up macramé.)
Let's call a spade a spade. (Is a spade, is a spade, is a spade.)
Power to the peas.
Give peas a chance.
All we are saying is "Give peas a chance".
So9
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