FC: United Poultry Concern cries fowl over fast food "bestiality" ad

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[If these folks ever went to a third-world market and saw how birds were
treated, they'd lay an egg. Alas, or perhaps fortunately, the "United
Poultry Concern" press release is not a hoax. --Declan]

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Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 20:23:45 -0800
From: carey <carey () tstonramp com>
To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Subject: Are poultry Ads touting Beastiality?

Hello Declan,

  This is a winner.  I heard this on NPR on my drive home, and had to
  dig up the bits.  Apparently, the United Poultry Concern (UPC) has
  voiced concern over recent Carl's Jr. ads that seek to find the part
  of the chicken that is the 'nugget'.  Frankly, they're funny ads,
  poke a bit at McDonalds, and are rather creative. The one ad, in
  particular has a cadre of scientific types standing around a
  chicken, poking and prodding looking for the infamous 'nugget' area.
  It alludes to one such scientist doing an anal probe, but shows no
  harm to chickens.  But to Karen Davis, UPC's president, these ads are
  promoting beastiality and cruelty to chickens.  She also finds them harmful
  to children, and thus, wants Carl's Jr. to pull the ads.  As of yet, they refuse to
  comply, and I say, right on.  I have yet to find the ads online, but
  her statement is here:

  http://www.upc-online.org/020117nr_carls_nugget_ad.html

  Here's a brief snippet:

  "The ad implies an anal search of the chicken's body and is
completely offensive. It models itself on scenes of gang rape and on a    
medical examination of one's body that no one would consent to have       
publicly aired. It exemplifies the connection .... between industrial
animal agriculture and "bestiality"-human sexual assaults upon other
animal species that comport with manipulating them for reproduction and 'meat,"






  It's nice to know that given all the real criseses of the world,
  this one still makes it

-- 
Best regards,
 carey                          mailto:carey () tstonramp com





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