Posted on 11/21/2012 4:42:22 PM PST by jazusamo
Jibes from the thankless shouldn’t spoil the feast
Another holiday, another war. This year, beleaguered Thanksgiving is being attacked on multiple fronts.
The drive for a meatless Thanksgiving is in full swing. Rock legend Paul McCartney made his pitch in an advertisement campaign for the animal rights group PETA. The British vegetarian counsels “Eat no turkey” during a holiday founded by people who fled Britain and discovered turkey. PETA also urged President Obama not to observe the tradition of issuing a presidential pardon for a turkey since it “makes light of the mass slaughter of some 46 million gentle, intelligent birds.” Without the Thanksgiving holiday, however, these birds would never have existed in the first place.
The “Thanks-taking” crowd is also active. The American Indian Student Union (AISU) at the University of Virginia scheduled an “Anti-Thanksgiving” event which drew fire after it was publicized on the Drudge Report. AISU representatives said they didn’t actually mean to offend anyone. They simply wanted to discuss alternative views of Thanksgiving and the role of Native Americans in society. In fact, the relationship between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag was one of the more successful Euro-Indian interactions. The group is now holding a potluck in which students will gather and share food, which actually sounds a lot like the original Thanksgiving.
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It is a day when people gather in good fellowship to enjoy each other’s company. So long as these remain constant, Thanksgiving will endure. Because we have to be giving thanks for something.
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lol
It was funny
46 million turkeys is nothing. 30 million chickens are slaughtered every day in the US alone! Yum.
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pepper spray on turkeys? You may be right. And possibly a good marinade!
“Happy Thanksgiving To All”
And all get ready for the war on Christmas.
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