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Why, here's a shot from this afternoon's PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) protest against McDonald's, over on the 600 block of Van Ness. Not nearly as erotic as we had anticipated, but effective. Yes? No?
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Also, yes, please, McDonald's, stop scaling chickens. Ouch.
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I have no idea, but that McD's does have a very photogenic neon sign, particularly at sunset. And it is a good example of 1980s (I think?) hyper-modern Golden Arches design that is not seen much these days.
Leather shoes much?
Ha!
thats a bad sunburn :)
Now I'll associate McDonald's Chicken with bikini clad ladies playing footsie in spicy bbq dipping sauce. Great marketing.
I think the signs are effective, but the naked bloody chicks are just typical PETA fare.
As for the leather shoes comment, PETA is not attempting to get McDonald's to quit selling chicken. They're simply requesting McDonald's chicken suppliers slaughter the animals in a humane way. Just because we're eating them doesn't mean they should be slaughtered in horrific and unnecessarily cruel ways.
Just because we're eating them doesn't mean they should be slaughtered in horrific and unnecessarily cruel ways.
Oh, I completely disagree. Cruel foods forever!
of course you do.
Meanwhile, just down the street at the Wharf, hundreds of dungeness crabs get boiled alive daily. You don't see PETA setting up camp down there.
Of course, bikini clad PETA girls are probably a lot cooler being associated with the word "chicks" rather than "crabs".
Is that the guitarist from Franz Ferdinand on the right?
I wish I was down there today, I would have been totally bagging on hot dopey chicks in bikinis sniffing in all that burger goodness.
(j/k - Big Macs give me the shits)
If they were really dedicated to animal rights, they would be making out and pulling each other's hair...
Alright, instead of a McChicken and a McDouble for dinner, I'll have 2 McDoubles.
Regardless of anything else, I do love their logo.
Can't you just call them lobsters with feathers?
Bluecanary, don't kid yourself, PETA is all about people going vegetarian.
Right, but that's not what this particular campaign is about.
That chick in the middle can club me to death anytime.
Why I had a tofu and glum righteousness pizza today for lunch myself. I love the bitter aftertaste.
Few things:
1-I can almost guarantee you that that man is wearing non-leather leather-look shoes.
2-PETA does try to convince people to go vegetarian, but they also figure while chickens are being killed they at least should be treated better than they currently are.
3-@bruiser: PETA has an entire campaign about boiling lobsters and other sea animals: http://www.lobsterlib.com/. I'm sure if you wanted to organize a protest they would give you some materials.
I'll pass on that protest. That website offers a variety of different methods for preparing lobsters, none of them they deem humane. So pass me the nutcrackers - sorry, Mr. Lobster and Mr. Crab, but maybe God shouldn't have made the goo held inside your exoskeleton the culinary equivalent of heroin when it's all boiled up.
But if they can get those PETA girls above in a tank of drawn butter, I might make an appearance.
I feel like eating a chicken burger and some nuggets in front of them to just piss them off.
Have you ever spent halloween in a strip club? There's always one girl completely painted in red, it's a noble tradition but a bugger to get off your shirt.
PETA chicks are good for one thing, getting scantily clad or naked and the fact that they are vegans or recovering anorexics/bulimics usually means they aren't all fat and stuff. Just watch out for those bony hips, jacked teeth and bad breath.
I'm just kidding, their absolutist set of twisted beliefs about meat also make them pretty easy to score.
For you single guys keeping count, that is two things PETA chicks are good for. Now go get your member card, put a WWA panda sticker on your fixie and stand in front of your nearest Mickey D's with a slogan. PETA chicks (and other random crazy chicks) will flock.
Where would the world be without crazy, nutty chicks. I'm sure their parent's (wolves, I believe) are proud.
/me=fixed
The chick holding the sign wearing all black is totally a poser - no bikini?
Dead giveaway.
Why???
Is it just me or does the PETA logo look a heck of a lot like the new Visa logo so whenever I see them protesting my first thought is that they are sponsored by Visa.
Maybe it's just me.