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Jewish Groups Decry PETA's Holocaust Ads
AP
| 1 March 2003
| Michelle Morgante
Posted on 03/03/2003 5:07:36 AM PST by Petronski
Jewish Groups Decry PETA's Holocaust Ads Sat Mar 1, 5:45 AM ET
By MICHELLE MORGANTE, Associated Press Writer
SAN DIEGO - An animal-rights campaign comparing the suffering of livestock to that of Holocaust victims is drawing sharp criticism from a leading Jewish group for "trivializing" the mass murder of Jews.
"The Holocaust on Your Plate" campaign by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, debuted this week in California and will make a national tour.
The display is a set of eight 6-foot-by-10-foot panels showing photographs of Holocaust victims emaciated men, crowds of people being forced onto trains, children behind barbed wire, heaps of human bodies set next to similar images of cattle, pigs and chickens.
The Anti-Defamation League denounced the project and PETA's appeal for support from the Jewish community as "outrageous, offensive and taking chutzpah to new heights."
Abraham H. Foxman, a Holocaust survivor and ADL national director, said linking the deliberate, systematic murder of millions of Jews to the issue of animal rights was "abhorrent."
PETA member Matt Prescott, the creator of the campaign, said he is Jewish and his family lost several members in Nazi concentration camps. He said the campaign was funded by a Jewish philanthropist who wishes to remain anonymous.
He said criticism of the project was expected.
"The fact is all animals feel pain, fear and loneliness," he said Friday. "We're asking people to recognize that what Jews and others went through in the Holocaust is what animals go through every day in factory farms."
TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Culture/Society; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: adl; peta
Is protein deficiency causing madness over at PeTA?
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posted on
03/03/2003 5:07:36 AM PST
by
Petronski
To: Callahan; RummyChick; Carry_Okie; Revolting cat!; stainlessbanner; areafiftyone; Catspaw; ...
Follow-up ping.
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posted on
03/03/2003 5:10:32 AM PST
by
Petronski
(I'm not always cranky.)
To: Terriergal
Where's sungirl when you need a good old fashioned batch of ridiculous posts? This one has her name all over it...bet you miss her now...NOT....
Oh well, I can't wait for one of her alter egos/sidekicks to show up and explain their support of PETA.
To: Petronski; All
*shakes head* I live in VA Beach, about a 30 min drive (on a good day) from their HQ in Norfolk. It's hard to ignore these dumbasses, much as we try here. They're otherwise known as People Embarrassing the Tidewater Area.
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posted on
03/03/2003 5:32:29 AM PST
by
Severa
To: Petronski
"The fact is all animals feel pain, fear and loneliness," he said Friday. "We're asking people to recognize that what Jews and others went through in the Holocaust is what animals go through every day in factory farms."I'd truly like to slap him silly.
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posted on
03/03/2003 7:07:45 AM PST
by
Catspaw
To: Petronski
I will accept their analogy when I see a chicken translate the Bible into chickenese.
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posted on
03/03/2003 7:11:06 AM PST
by
Alouette
To: Alouette
I will accept their analogy when I see a chicken translate the Bible into chickenese Buck'b'buck (Genesis)
1. Buck b'buck buck-buck, Buck buck-bk b'buck b'b'buck.
2. B'b'buck b'buck-uck buck b'buck; b'buck-buck b'buck buck-uk b'buck'b'b'buck. B'b'Buck'b'Buck buck-bk b'buck b'b'buck.
3. B'Buck buck: "COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO!": B'buck b'buck.
...
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posted on
03/03/2003 7:46:50 AM PST
by
Celtjew Libertarian
(Sorry. Couldn't resist. Maybe I should've.)
To: Petronski
read later
To: Petronski
PETA member Matt Prescott, the creator of the campaign, said he is Jewish and his family lost several members in Nazi concentration camps. He said the campaign was funded by a Jewish philanthropist who wishes to remain anonymous. The Jews have plenty of wealthy democrats who would fund this cr*p, but they are a far cry from the Jews of Israel who say "Never again". No wonder this jewish leftist prefers to remain anonomous.
To: Petronski
Is protein deficiency causing madness over at PeTA? Sounds plausible!
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posted on
03/03/2003 8:30:55 AM PST
by
Terriergal
("Going to war without the French is like going deer hunting without an accordion.")
To: Severa
People Embarrassing the Tidewater Area. LOL good one!
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posted on
03/03/2003 8:31:29 AM PST
by
Terriergal
("what's more ridiculous than a pro choice antihunter?")
To: Petronski; dansangel
PETA.. People who Eat Tasty Animals.
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posted on
03/03/2003 8:35:36 AM PST
by
.45MAN
(If you don't like it here try and find a better country)
To: Terriergal
I can't take credit for it, I'm told a radio talk show host first coined it. Mancusi, I think his name was...
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posted on
03/03/2003 8:39:54 AM PST
by
Severa
To: Petronski
Hitler worshipped nature too. Thus his view of humanity.
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posted on
03/03/2003 8:42:55 AM PST
by
onedoug
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