Devyn Eclipse Nav
Avid Open C Enthusiast, Aspiring Ghibli Wizard
PETA to Obama: Don't Pardon Turkeys - Yahoo! News
So now they're asking the president to not do the tradition of "pardoning" a turkey at thanksgiving, since apparently it's insulting to the birds.
Honestly. I don't even know what to say.
Discuss?
So now they're asking the president to not do the tradition of "pardoning" a turkey at thanksgiving, since apparently it's insulting to the birds.
Ingrid Newkirck said:It makes light of the mass slaughter of some 46 million gentle, intelligent birds and portrays the United States' president as being in some sort of business partnership with the turkey-killing industry," Newkirk wrote in a letter sent to President Obama today. "Turkeys do not need to be 'pardoned'-they are not guilty of anything other than being born into a world of prejudice. They are innocents who should be respected for who they are: good mothers, smart birds, and interesting animals.
You understand so well that African-Americans, women, and members of the LGBT community have been poorly served throughout history," Newkirk writes, "and now I am asking you to consider other living beings who are ridiculed, belittled, and treated as if their sentience, feelings, and very natures count for nothing.
Honestly. I don't even know what to say.
Discuss?