[If these folks ever went to a third-world market and saw how birds were treated, they'd lay an egg. Alas, or perhaps fortunately, the "United Poultry Concern" press release is not a hoax. --Declan] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 20:23:45 -0800 From: carey <careyat_private> To: Declan McCullagh <declanat_private> Subject: Are poultry Ads touting Beastiality? Hello Declan, This is a winner. I heard this on NPR on my drive home, and had to dig up the bits. Apparently, the United Poultry Concern (UPC) has voiced concern over recent Carl's Jr. ads that seek to find the part of the chicken that is the 'nugget'. Frankly, they're funny ads, poke a bit at McDonalds, and are rather creative. The one ad, in particular has a cadre of scientific types standing around a chicken, poking and prodding looking for the infamous 'nugget' area. It alludes to one such scientist doing an anal probe, but shows no harm to chickens. But to Karen Davis, UPC's president, these ads are promoting beastiality and cruelty to chickens. She also finds them harmful to children, and thus, wants Carl's Jr. to pull the ads. As of yet, they refuse to comply, and I say, right on. I have yet to find the ads online, but her statement is here: http://www.upc-online.org/020117nr_carls_nugget_ad.html Here's a brief snippet: "The ad implies an anal search of the chicken's body and is completely offensive. It models itself on scenes of gang rape and on a medical examination of one's body that no one would consent to have publicly aired. It exemplifies the connection .... between industrial animal agriculture and "bestiality"-human sexual assaults upon other animal species that comport with manipulating them for reproduction and 'meat," It's nice to know that given all the real criseses of the world, this one still makes it -- Best regards, carey mailto:careyat_private ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Events: Congreso Nacional de Periodismo Digital in Huesca, Spain from Jan. 17-18 (http://www.congresoperiodismo.com) and the Second International Conference on Web-Management in Diplomacy in Malta from Feb. 1-3. (http://www.diplomacy.edu/Web/conference2/) -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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