PETA's new ads.

[MissBehavior]

"The new billboards for the U.S.-based People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals shows the face of a young woman on one side and a pig's face on the other. In between is the slogan: "Neither Of Us Is Meat.''"

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...ub=CTVNewsAt11

I'm sorry...But I find this really offensive. I'm all for vegetarianism/veganism as a lifestyle choice, but I don't want to be inundated with their bad taste and militant agenda every morning on my way to work.

If you have a problem with the ad as well, use the link below to complain to Ad Standards Canada. They can't do anything about the ads unless the public complains.

http://www.adstandards.com/en/Standards/submission.asp

This is a copy of the ad in question (sorry...I'm at work and can't change the file from a pdf.):

[Crazy_Cat_Lady]

my mom told me about this last night. Peta has done wonderful things for animals living in poor conditions, but they are very contraverisal. Their ads have always bordered on offensive, but this one crosses the line. I hope it gets pulled.

[rawb]

peta crating such a fuss that people debate them on message boards and tell others to mail letters about them?

looks like peta's smart.

[Dr. Doom]

Doom does not approve of peta!

[Crazy_Cat_Lady]

Originally Posted by rawb

peta crating such a fuss that people debate them on message boards and tell others to mail letters about them?

looks like peta's smart.

No shit. It's exactly what they were hoping for. But if enough people email complaints, it won't go through.

[Senior]

Originally Posted by rawb

peta crating such a fuss that people debate them on message boards and tell others to mail letters about them?

looks like peta's smart.

That's what I'm thinking. Poeple that are anit-peta will never support them regardless, people that are hardcore supporters likely won't be to offended and everyone else will be talking all about it. Just a thought as far as people finding this so offensive... animal cruelty is quite offensive as well.

[Jingles]

I don't find the ad any more offensive then the 'I'd rather go Naked then wear fur' ads ..and I certainlly don't find it any more offensive the the barage of boobs shoved in my face that sell everything from fashion to craft-matic beds

I eat meat.

But i think as a meat eater many of us would like to forget where our food comes from - that meat isn't 'grown' despite that being to term used to describe it -- Meat comes from animals - living breathing, sometimes snuggly and cute animals - that are kept often in cruel conditions and then killed so I can eat them.

This billboard is hardly something that i would get worked up over...those pro-life ones I saw in victoria however...have me steaming

[Dr. Doom]

Originally Posted by Senior

That's what I'm thinking. Poeple that are anit-peta will never support them regardless, people that are hardcore supporters likely won't be to offended and everyone else will be talking all about it. Just a thought as far as people finding this so offensive... animal cruelty is quite offensive as well.

No, animal cruelty is more often than not is quite tasty, and tasty thing aren't particularly offensive. To equate dead not-tasty hookers with tasty animals, though, is just offensively ribald.

[MissBehavior]

Originally Posted by Senior

That's what I'm thinking. Poeple that are anit-peta will never support them regardless, people that are hardcore supporters likely won't be to offended and everyone else will be talking all about it. Just a thought as far as people finding this so offensive... animal cruelty is quite offensive as well.

The reason I find them so offensive is the fact that these families have suffered enough, and don't need their daughters/sisters/mothers/etc. used as a marketing tool in such poor taste. I think that that is wrong.

Normally I don't give a rats ass about PETA. I'm not Anti-PETA by any stretch. I just think that those billboards are rubbing salt in an open wound.

[MissBehavior]

Originally Posted by Jingles

I don't find the ad any more offensive then the 'I'd rather go Naked then wear fur' ads ..and I certainlly don't find it any more offensive the the barage of boobs shoved in my face that sell everything from fashion to craft-matic beds

I eat meat.

But i think as a meat eater many of us would like to forget where our food comes from - that meat isn't 'grown' despite that being to term used to describe it -- Meat comes from animals - living breathing, sometimes snuggly and cute animals - that are kept often in cruel conditions and then killed so I can eat them.

This billboard is hardly something that i would get worked up over...those pro-life ones I saw in victoria however...have me steaming

I'm perfectly concious of where my meat comes from. I know that the animals can suffer. I just happen to like the taste of meat.

(To be perfectly honest though, if it wasn't so expensive (and with the exception of a slice of bacon now and then), I could probably be pesco-vegetarian.)

[Jingles]

Originally Posted by MissBehavior

The reason I find them so offensive is the fact that these families have suffered enough, and don't need their daughters/sisters/mothers/etc. used as a marketing tool in such poor taste. I think that that is wrong.

We are the ones drawing the connection between that girl and dead hookers - Peta has always equated eating animals with eating people

[strawberr_E]

i read on this in the papper. what peta has learned is they need effective ways to grab attention. this works.

in the Sun they said that so far major billboard companies have refused the ad. so you have little to worry about.

and for the record yes i am a vegan and peta supporter.

[MissBehavior]

That's the problem though...Like fuck, come on now...They did the same thing in Iowa with relation to Dahmer's victims. Is nothing sacred? These families have suffered enough with the loss of their loved ones in horrific ways. Why should they be forced to see a billboard everyday to remind them (as if they could forget anyways)?

I mean, if they want to advertise this in the US, whatever...Do what you want. But the wounds relateing to those women are still gapingly open in Canada.

[MissBehavior]

Originally Posted by strawberr_E

i read on this in the papper. what peta has learned is they need effective ways to grab attention. this works.

in the Sun they said that so far major billboard companies have refused the ad. so you have little to worry about.

and for the record yes i am a vegan and peta supporter.

It said in the CTV article I posted that they have signed a contract to post 1000 of them in Vancouver, Ottawa and Montreal on May 2.

Plus, I'm sure there are ad companies in Vancouver that only care about the money and not about the expliotation of murdered women.

[Chet]

that ad is very wrong
but I also think Peta is out to lunch most of the time
someone choosing not to eat meat? thats fine, no problem there
trying to push your opinion on millions of people using shock value
no dice
Peta has noble ideas and saving animals, but humans are carnivors (hence the incisors and canines)we are born to eat meat, but I digress.

I think the ad should be removed

Originally Posted by Jingles

We are the ones drawing the connection between that girl and dead hookers - Peta has always equated eating animals with eating people

it's hard not to make the connection in vancouver

[*KeLLnEsS*]

PETA's annoying! I can't even wear my mink fur coat DT without fear of getting paint thrown on me.

[Goat]

Jokes on Pita...

THEY'RE BOTH MEAT!!!

gonna go make me a deadbabyfetus sandwhich.

[SEAN!]

what about the ad with the holocaust victms..i figure that one is quite a bit more disturbing.



god damn pigs taste good.

[SEAN!]

Originally Posted by Dr. Doom

No, animal cruelty is more often than not is quite tasty, and tasty thing aren't particularly offensive. To equate dead not-tasty hookers with tasty animals, though, is just offensively ribald.

werd up homie

[donkey punch]

she doesnt look like a hooker - stripper perhaps


and the entire point of advertising is to catch attention - they've done this
congrats

any press is good press - your just fueling the fire by getting so worked up about it

get over yourselves

[mapleleaf4ever]

mmmm beef...

[Joanne]

Originally Posted by Chet

that ad is very wrong

Peta has noble ideas and saving animals, but humans are carnivores (hence the incisors and canines)we are born to eat meat, but I digress.

humans are carnivores? I wouldn't make a comment like that unless you're looking for a debate with a vegetarian.

--Joanne :P

[mapleleaf4ever]

Originally Posted by bananasinpjs

humans are carnivores? I wouldn't make a comment like that unless you're looking for a debate with a vegetarian.

--Joanne :P

Yah... we're Omnivoires... if you look at our teeth and then compare you'll see that we have pairs of Teeth from both Herbivoires and Carnivoires. :D

[Chet]

^what he said
omnivores is us
we need the protien and iron
but I'm not trying to argue
Vegatarians are A-OKAY in my book
like Miss. Myra, she has a stellar rack

[mapleleaf4ever]

The lyrics to a song just popped into my head that I thought would apply to this thread... "She don't eat Meat but she sure likes the Bone..."