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Rain2lightening
08-26-05, 11:24 PM
http://www.wndu.com/news/082005/news_44307.php

Check out the picture in the link ^^

South Bend, IN - People in downtown South Bend got quite an eye-full around noon Tuesday, as two protestors posed nearly naked.
The protestors bared it all right in front of the St. Joseph County courthouse to prove a point.

At first the display drew a few stares, but got a lot more attention when those involved took off most of their clothes.

Melissa Sehgal and Eric Deardorff are with PETA, or People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. The two of them climbed into life-size packages of meat to make a point.

Sehgal explains, "There's 27 billion animals slaughtered annually for human consumption and basically we're trying to educate people that they do have a choice for compassion and to go vegetarian."

Chris Link, PETA coordinator, says, "We hope people will see animals as more than walking entrees."

It seemed everyone had a reaction to the life-size meat counter.

PETA representatives handed out flyers during a lunch hour that may or may not have changed some minds.

One onlooker, Blackie Fincher, says, "I eat meat. But, I don't know about this. I have never seen nothing quite like this. It's different. It gets the point across."

The traveling meat market has already visited Toledo, Ohio on Monday while Madison, Wisconsin and Detroit, Michigan are planned for later.

Bunny Hugger
08-27-05, 03:20 AM
Haha, awsome :rockon:

Hummusisyummus
08-27-05, 06:07 PM
That was a pretty cool idea.

bad
08-27-05, 06:19 PM
thats an awsome idea, i love the pic ^-^.
awsome job :rockon:
B.A.D. :vebo:

Burpi
08-27-05, 06:45 PM
Why doesn't stuff like this ever make it out of the local market? It's a great idea, but most will never hear about it.

CeilingofStars
08-27-05, 06:51 PM
That's really good, but I don't understand the tagline -

"Only cannibals eat animals"?

banana_popsicle
08-27-05, 06:54 PM
hahaha, that would be funny to see...

Hummusisyummus
08-27-05, 07:25 PM
That's really good, but I don't understand the tagline -

"Only cannibals eat animals"?
They're saying that humans are a kind of animal.

Sokara
08-27-05, 10:36 PM
At first I was skeptical, but then I saw the picture... It does make a point.

girl2beaver
08-27-05, 11:20 PM
:lol: :lol:

rainbow_clouds
08-30-05, 11:42 PM
I seen something like this done in either Spain or Mexico. It gets the point across well.

Rain2lightening
08-30-05, 11:57 PM
I seen something like this done in either Spain or Mexico. It gets the point across well.

Yeah I think so too. It's different, so it draws attention.

Tame
08-31-05, 12:20 PM
They're saying that humans are a kind of animal.


So they are saying lions, tigers, and what not are cannibals? That's pretty silly.

Hummusisyummus
09-01-05, 08:14 PM
So they are saying lions, tigers, and what not are cannibals? That's pretty silly.
I think if they wanted to say that they would have said that. I also think that doesn't have much to do with the purpose of this thread.

Walter
09-01-05, 08:35 PM
So they are saying lions, tigers, and what not are cannibals? That's pretty silly.
That's an interesting point, but I don't think it's that silly because that argument puts people who eat meat on the same level as tigers, lions, and whatnot (and I consider myself somewhat more intellectual. :D)

isowish
09-02-05, 06:06 AM
Yeah, the tagline doesn't make sense, but it looks like it would get a lot of attention.