Who says I don't care about how my food is harvested? I eat organic as often as I can... Vegetarianism is a moral and ethical way to live...along with eating organic...and who says we're boycotting? We're practicing a way of life that we feel is beneficial to ourselves and the world as a whole. As far as protesting, who else is going to do it if we don't? Animals can't speak up for themselves! And you know, some people don't know about the KFC issues...I know before I told my family, they didn't know! How else are we to get the word out there?
what is your reference to what is "affecting you directly"? what i mean to ask is what do you mean by that question... even in taking care of something like that, for an individual to choose not to eat meat and care for their bodies by taking in necessary nutrients is "achieving perfection", and therefore gives a person right of way to help with other problems like the method to slaughter of animals
but you are boycotting a place that you would have really never purchased from is my point. Your boycott is not really doing much since you were not a customer to start with. Now if you inform others of thier practices and ask them to voice thier opinion to the company. That is my point.
is this about boycott or protest? the boycotting is near pointless like you said, but others will follow. the protest on the other hand is an uproar and should lead others to chose to boycott as well. oh, i agree that educating and having others voice their opinions is the best way to get them to change their practices. you haven't clearly stated your point of arguement though...
My point I thought was clear among my jokes here and there. My point is that a person who through choice of lifestyle or by some other difference would have not used a product in the first place no matter what was changed has a slim chance through boycott to sway an opinion of a company. That is why I used the example of a man trying to boycott tampons. I cant see his boycott having much of an impact and the same is likely of a vegi trying to boycott KFC. They dont make much money or really advertise any products geared toward vegi's so a boycott made by vegi's seems a waste of thier time that could be better spent in an area that they would have an impact in such as chemicals added to produce ect. It would be like be wanting to boycott a vegi place for serving pesticide sprayed soybeans. I would not eat em in the first place so my fight over it is rather impracticle and could be spent better in other areas such as issues with meat. I comend anyone wanting to tackle an issue, any issue but it kinda falls to wisdom, fight the fights that you could have an honest say in, that you will be able to change and then when those fights are won assist in the tackle of other fights. You admit there is a need to change growing practices in produce then attack it, rip it apart but also offer a viable solution not just a complaint. See I offer constructive comments and an idea to focus your great ability and hard work.
Boycotting and Protesting are two different things... Protest expresses relatively overt reaction to events or situations: sometimes in favor, though more often opposed. Protesters may organize a protest as a way of publicly and forcefully making their opinions heard in an attempt to influence public opinion or government policy, or may undertake direct action to attempt to directly enact desired changes themselves. A boycott is an action undertaken to abstain from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organisation
TheRealPamela said You are right about your definition Dancer Annie but the person who started the thread used that above phrase thus my reason for my post.
I wish people who post here would read the fucking original post. It states clearly what this is. I even specifically stated that the protest is not even requesting vegetarianism. All Peta is asking the public to do is to boycot the worst abusers. Maybe if a whopping two of you went to the suggested website or read the original post, we wouldn't have the confusion. I am not even going to entertain the "plants have feelings" absurdity. If you care that plants had feelings, then don't eat meat because meat production uses up more plants than if you fed the plants directly to people. This post was about people who have gone to these protests. I politely asked that no one hijack this thread and argue vegetarianism or talk out of their ass saying "I lke meat", etc. It just makes you look like a jerk. You do not see me going into the Meat section of the recipe forum and saying "go veg or die, bastards!". I can't believe how intentionally stupid some people stay. It is disgusting. I asked politely. I will request a moderator for any more rude or ignorant comments. Your opinions are welcome but they are evidently not researched or coming from facts. Have some respect, PLEASE.
What a pinhead, you seem to only be wanting some one to bow to your opinion and rate any other view as "absurd, a jerk, stupid" Seek your moderator and do as you please, I see mine clearly as on topic since you requested a boycott. As to if a plant has feeling or not has not been researched but I have a base to believe that it may be possible since it has been proven that plants respond to music and communication. If a plant did not have some way to interact then how does it have an ability to respond to the sense of sound or vibration? If it has the ability to sense, then perhaps then it feels. Let me know when you are willing to show your biology degree. Obviously I not only read your original post I even took the time to take a quote. A person stating they like meat hardly warrants your rude comments of "Talking out their ass" just another form of verbal abuse you choose to taunt with because your view was not taken. So zap my posts and frankly I wish I had not even got into this post, had I known the narrow minded starter of the thread. I feel violated for wasting an once of thought on the topic of a person who does not wish to look at views but rather just dictate.
once again- if you care about plants so much then stop supporting an industry that uses more of them than if they were fed directly to the people. I do not need a biology degree to know that a large animal like a cow eats more than a person. The plant argument is so tired. This post was for those participating in the KFC protests to share their experiences.
if you dont care about it, then you probably dont know about it. or are totally heartless and deserve to be maimed and starved and crushed and boiled and hung by your ankles and dipped into boiling water. all while your neck is sliced open, you have blood pooring down your face and you can still feel everything.
This sentence stuck out to me because this is one reason I joined this forum. I took a class and learned about the KFC cruelity. I had never heard it before. SO MANY haven't. We don't know unless someone tells us. Good post! Jess.
i agree for everyone to live how ever they want i just wanted to point out a little fact that the human did not have the brain capacity to speak or live beyond a cave and using basic tools such as sticks before they started eating meat because of the proteins found in meat. just so you know. then i must say this, i was raised on a farm and i don't know about KFC's practices, but i do know that the only way to kill a chicken is to remove the head and put the bird in boiling water to loosen feathers. some more fyi. but if the fastfood company is abusing the animals is bad even for meat eaters because of disease and contamination due to too close of living conditions of live stock. i won't eat there because i do not want a disease from poor conditions of the animal that is to become food. plus you will never convert a meat eater anyhow. we are by design omnivores that is why are teeth are made the way they are, but i also think it is completely wonderful if you have the fortitude to stick to vegitarianism. eating organicly can be done by omnivore types as well. just buy local clean meat, which easier for someone who lives in a state like mine.
Killing animals is integral to our survival as a species. None of us would be here right now (vegetarians included) if our ancestors had worried about killing their dinner "humanely." If someone threw you out in the woods with no food, shelter, or water, you'd kill the first thing you could get your hands on once hunger set in, and wouldn't give a fuck how much suffering it went through before you consumed it. My point is, animals have been treated poorly and "inhumanely" for thousands of years, why stress it now?
For the two above posts regarding meat eating, etc No one is arguing evolution- you evolved to have a brain. use it. We cannot use the tired excuse "it has been going on...etc" to justify cruel actions. If this was the attitude of everyone, my boyfriend would legally have the right to beat me and white humans would still be owning black humans in the US. If we never fight for any change, then how can change come about? I am so bored with people evading responsibility for their actions. Doing what is right is not always popular. The "sharp tooth" argument is equally absurd. Our primate cousins, many of whom are vegetarian themselves, have sharper teeth than us. Human intestinal tracks are also longer, while carnivorous animals have short intestinal tracks. Regardless, you will let your teeth make your ethical decisions for you? That is pretty sad. And for the umpteenth time., please read the original post. It is clearly stated that the point of the KFC protest is not to convert people to vegetarianism.
