Posted on 02/13/2005 1:20:16 PM PST by Land_of_Lincoln_John
NEW YORK (AP) Hip-hop impresario Russell Simmons is joining other celebrities and activists in a call for boycotts against Kentucky Fried Chicken.
He called slaughter practices used by the fast-food chain’s suppliers “grossly inhumane” and has filmed a commercial “showing some of the very worst abuses chickens undergo” before they are served to customers, the Daily News reported Sunday.
Simmons, who is chairman of Def Jam Records said he has talked to officials of Yum! Brands, the parent company of KFC, and said he will release the ad and start a boycott if the company does not reform its practices.
The chain has about 250 within the five boroughs.
“When a company targets our community, disrespects us as consumers and sells us products ridden with negative energy and laced with toxins, that is our business,” said Simmons.
Other celebrities and activists have also raised their voices against KFC including comedian Rev. Al Sharpton, Dick Gregory, Pamela Anderson and Paul McCartney.
Yum! Brands vice president Jonathan Blum disputed Simmons claim.
“We have an independent panel of outside experts who set our high standards,” said Blum. “They are the same standards that all our competitors use to insure human treatment around the country.”
Recently the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals recruited Simmons to promote a new toll-free hotline for New Yorkers to report abuse of animals.
Too bad you didn't have the mental capacity to read my later comments. But hey, keep beating up that strawman. You're doing great! lol
You probably didn't read my post because it was #50 and that's a really high number for you, so here it is:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1342424/posts?page=50#50
This reminds me I have't been to KFC in a while.
FReepers beware of this hop-hop trash. Don't let your children purchase this jungle thing and enrich the enemy.
They treat unborn humans infinitely worse in any of the 78% of abortuaries located in or near the inner cities that you claim to care so much about. How about a comment on that?
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