PETA Urges Hamburg, N.Y., to Change Name

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[Sub-Driver]

PETA Urges Hamburg, N.Y., to Change Name By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 2:56 p.m. ET

HAMBURG, N.Y. (AP) -- A national animal rights group has offered Hamburg officials $15,000 to change the town's name to Veggieburg.

``The town's name conjures up visions of unhealthy patties of ground-up dead cows,'' said Joe Haptas, spokesman of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, in a letter faxed Monday to Hamburg Supervisor Patrick Hoak.

PETA offered to supply area schools with $15,000 worth of non-meat patties for the name change.

``Our offer is serious as a heart attack,'' Haptas said.

Hoak immediately declined.

``With all due respect, I think it's a delicacy in our community,'' he said about hamburgers. ``We're proud of our name and proud of our heritage.''

The Buffalo suburb, named Hamburg since 1812, claims to be the birth place of the American culinary staple. Hamburg commemorates the birth of hamburgers at the annual Burgerfest.

In 1996, PETA proposed that the Hudson Valley town of Fishkill change its centuries-old name to Fishsave, since the group believed the name conjured up violent imagery of dead fish.

The town was named by Dutch settlers in the early 1600s. ``Kill'' is the Dutch word for ``stream.''

[Sub-Driver]

mindless.......

[Severa]

Ugh. That's the ONLY thing I hate about where I live...it's within about a half hour from these nutcases.

[Airborne Longhorn]

These morons have entirely too much time on their hands, and too little intellectual horsepower to put it to constructive use...

[prairiebreeze]

I think "Bloody Dead Red Meat-burg" has a nice ring to it.

Prairie

[Larry Lucido]

Fishsave

What would you "save" fish for? So they can live out their last years in fish retirement villas?

[b4its2late]

They should change the name - to 100percentbeef, NY

[CindyDawg]

Now McDonalds needs to make a counter offer if they will add an "er" to their name.

[Redcloak]

I heard once that the addition of meat to the diets of the early Hominids caused their brains to develop. The loss of gray matter in PETA members would seem to support this theory.

[M Kehoe]

Excellent. Another PETA article. Time to slaughter a lamb for the barbie.

5.56mm

[quark]

"MediumRareBurg"

[Zavien Doombringer]

Hamburg, GE. The birth place of the Hamburger!! It wasn't named the other way around. Frankfurt, GE. Home of the Frankfurter, or Sausage. I would semise that everytown of Hamburg and Frankfurt are going to be hit with this. Watch out Kansas!!!

[SkiHatGuy]

I know a few Animal Rescue shelters that could use 15K.

[prairiebreeze]

LOL!

Prairie

[bc2]

idiot alert!

[handk]

I recall when Carl Sagan took Apple Computers to court for using his name as "code" for a secret project.

Apple capitulated and informed the judge that henceforth the new name for their secret project would be BUTTHEAD ASTRONOMER. If the City of Hamburg were to change its name, it should be something like PetaSucks, New York.

[Zavien Doombringer]

Someone needs to hack into PETA's Website and put in bold letters across thier slogan "APRIL FOOLS, IT IS ALL A JOKE!!" No body is ever going to listen to them seriously anymore, anyway...

[Billthedrill]

"Vivisectionville" ain't taken.

[CindyDawg]

According to the article they didn't offer cash. It was veggie burgers. Dont know if the animals would eat um or not.

[Welsh Rabbit]

I like it when they do flakey stuff like this. It justs showcases their utter ridiculousness to the public.

[TonyWojo]

People Eating Tasty Animals

[TheBigB]

BaconCheeseBurg has a nice ring to it..:-)

[TheSpottedOwl]

Lol! Yank its horns, wipe its a$$ and throw it on the plate is how rare I like my steak ;-)

[MEGoody]

``The town's name conjures up visions of unhealthy patties of ground-up dead cows,''

With pickles, onions and mustard. Yum, yum!

[Luna]

Bwahahahahahahaha!!!

The really humorous thing about this latest PETA escapade is that PETA is serious while the rest of the world rolls on the floor in laughing convulsions. They should stick to the silly campaigns and stay away from serious ones, like that disgusting Holocaust/chicken ad.

[quark]

PinkInTheMiddleBurg might be a possibility...

[Mr. K]

stupid attention-getting scam. The cost of changing the letterhead alone would be greater than $15,000

PETA knows it, know no one will accept this offer, and so gets free publicity. The presstitutes also know this, and print it anyway. If I offered money to change the towns name to my name to you think it would get national attention?

[lilylangtree]

Think how much $15,000 could do at the local pet shelter. Besides, hamburgers are good.

[SunStar]

``The town's name conjures up visions of unhealthy patties of ground-up dead cows,'' said Joe Haptas, spokesman of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, in a letter faxed Monday to Hamburg Supervisor Patrick Hoak.

What a fool.

I suppose Hamburg, Germany should change it's name too? What about Frankfurt?

After all, that conjures up images of hot dogs...

And what about Philadelphia? "Veggiedelphia" would stop the conjuring of images of cheese steaks!

And, I'm sure the good Muslims in Turkey wouldn't mind changing their country's name to "Tofurkey". Much better! I'll be damned if I have to think of Thanksgiving dinner everytime I think of the Turks!

Shall I continue? Or has my point been made?

[mamaduck]

What would you "save" fish for? So they can live out their last years in fish retirement villas?

of course!

[Sub-Driver]

As my South African collegue says "I want it served BLUE!"

[Puppage]

[RnMomof7]

LOL LOL..I live 5 minutes from Hamburg the home of the hamburger they say..

They are soooooooooo pathetic..

[STFrancis]

In case anyone was wondering... History of the Hamburger...

http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/HamburgerHistory.htm

[DeFault User]

In the immortal words of Fritz Mondale:

Where's the Beef?

[Only1choice____Freedom]

I wonder if they would be dissapointed to learn that it was named after Hamburg Germany and not the hamburger.

After all it's not Hamburger NY.

They should move to Hell, Michigan.
http://www.hell2u.com/

[ZULU]

I wish I had $16,000 to spare. I'd offer it to them to change the town name to "Dead Meat".

[Only1choice____Freedom]

How about "Nugentsville?"

Or maybe "Ted's Paradise."

[paul51]

If they do it they will have to change the water tower alongside the thruway that they painted to look like a huge hamburg.

[RansomOttawa]

I'll give PETA $1,000 to officially change their name to "Wasted Vegetarians with No Lives."

[Willie Green]

Well if PETA gave me $15K, I'd be willing to change my screen name to "Willie Tomato".

[GISax]

Fuddruckerville has a nice ring to it...

--Ear Assault!

[NordP]

THIS is what PETA chooses to go after, when the only time I've ever written to them...being about the Beagle puppy tape of Saddam administering nerve agents to them, and videoing this and their deaths, meanT NOTHING to these people???

THIS ORGANIZATION IS A SHAM!!!

I thought before, that they had a place in this world, for checks and balance sake, if nothing else....BUT NOW!!!!

WHAT A JOKE PETA IS!!!!

[fight_truth_decay]

Howie Carr http://www.howiecarr.org/ did a bit on this story this afternoon. Other names could fall into line: What about boats with the Name: Boston Whaler, Mako--used for fishing, or Sheepshead Bay or Moosehead Lake, Owl's Head....a slew of names could fall victim to PETA.

[tet68]

They continue to grow ever more out of touch with reality.

[Alouette]

[Bars4Bill]

In 1996, PETA proposed that the Hudson Valley town of Fishkill change its centuries-old name to Fishsave, since the group believed the name conjured up violent imagery of dead fish.

The town was named by Dutch settlers in the early 1600s. ``Kill'' is the Dutch word for ``stream.''

In western New York's Cattaraugus County there sits a Kill Buck, NY 14748, population: 47. And the name means exactly what it says. So why haven't the little kindergarten veggie brownshirts of PETA attacked Kill Buck? Because they're experts in history and language.

Also note how we haven't heard from this genius for some time:

[dufekin]

I'll give PETA $1,000 to officially change their name to "Wasted Vegetarians with No Lives."

Make that $1,000 worth of pork, beef, chicken, veal, lamb, eggs, milk, and other animal products--which PETA (now WVNL) must promise to EAT under supervision.

[dufekin]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/837204/posts

It's a classic commentary on PETA.

[Pablo64]

I think the town should take them up on the offer.....for exactly one day. Cash the check, make an "Official Proclamation", have a nice party, then the very next day, make another "Official Proclamation" that reverts the town back to Hamburg. I mean, if these soy-for-brains idiots from PETA want to throw away money for ridiculous reasons, it would be almost immoral NOT to take it from them.