PETA Loses "Slaughterville" vote

[Kevster]

"Veggieville"?! PETA might have actually won if they weren't a bunch of condescending $%@!heads. Change you name and we'll give you 20k in veggie burgers?!

News Linkage (http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1651183)

Slaughterville, Oklahoma, keeps name, votes down "Veggieville" idea

(Slaughterville, Oklahoma) Feb. 18, 2004 - The town of Slaughterville, Oklahoma, has rejected the idea of changing its name. An animal rights group had suggested Slaughterville become "Veggieville."

The mayor already said the idea of changing the name was "ludicrous," and the "no" vote came in spite of a generous veggie burger offer by the group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

The group said they would give $20,000 worth of veggie burgers to the local school if they would just change the town's name.

PETA thought Slaughterville reminded folks of animals dying violently.

But, the town voted to continue to be named after the man who ran a grocery store there 100 years ago, James Slaughter.

[ski]

There have been a lot of famous Slaughters in our time.

Sargeant Slaughter, for one

[TofuNinja]

Originally posted by skiAtomic
There have been a lot of famous Slaughters in our time.

Sargeant Slaughter, for one

Perhaps PETA will give him a life time supply of Veggie Burgers to rename himself Sargeant Veggie

[DaFunkyUnit]

Originally posted by TofuNinja


Perhaps PETA will give him a life time supply of Veggie Burgers to rename himself Sargeant Veggie


:heh: oh, man. i dunno why, but that was too funny. Sargeant Veggie...

... leader of the Brocoli Brigade...

[gear02]

good grief...

there was this poster on the metro the other day quoting the PETA president saying that even if animal testing brought about a cure for AIDS, they'd be against it...

EDIT: ah F*CK...should have read down in the thread list...

PETA has serious problems...they suck :)

[bachviet]

Now PETA members could down those $20K veggie burgers.

Why does anybody want to eat veggie burgers anyway? If you want to be a veggie, eat it like it's not pretending that it's something else. :shrug:

[eSDee]

Veggie burgers taste good and salads taste like schit that's why!

[Joshua]

Originally posted by TofuNinja


Perhaps PETA will give him a life time supply of Veggie Burgers to rename himself Sargeant Veggie

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!! OMG that's freakin hysterical!!! :bigmouth: :heh: :lmfao:

[whitak24]

who the hell would want to live in veggieville? i mean, granted, slaughterville isn't that much better, but it makes it sound tough vs. sounding like location for taping veggie tales :heh:

[wxtwiztidxc]

PETA? What does that stand for...
Please Eat The Animals :p

[whitak24]

no, i think it's actually "People Eating Tasty Animals" :heh:

[Kevster]

Originally posted by whitak24
no, i think it's actually "People Eating Tasty Animals" :heh:

:stupid:

I'll go with that one :lick:

[Jeffbx]

Not many people know this, but 'vegetarian' is an old indian word that means 'bad hunter'

[Grubbie]

Originally posted by Jeffbx
Not many people know this, but 'vegetarian' is an old indian word that means 'bad hunter'

haha so true, I would of love to see all these damn vegetarians back in the tribal days. Hey look we haven't had a real meal in a week, but look over there, its a deer. Nah lets not kill it, we need to let the nice little deer live...

[zenbooty]

Originally posted by Grubbie
haha so true, I would of love to see all these damn vegetarians back in the tribal days. Hey look we haven't had a real meal in a week, but look over there, its a deer. Nah lets not kill it, we need to let the nice little deer live... That's a nice romanticised vision of tribal living you got there. In reality, back then people ate mostly fruits, nuts and berries. They were a lot easier to catch, since there were no domesticated walking slabs of beef to be found anywhere back in those days.

[Kevster]

Originally posted by zenbooty
That's a nice romanticised vision of tribal living you got there. In reality, back then people ate mostly fruits, nuts and berries. They were a lot easier to catch, since there were no domesticated walking slabs of beef to be found anywhere back in those days.

That's a nice romanticised vision of tribal living you got there. In reality, it varied greatly from tribe to tribe what their diet was. Some were mostly agrarian (like the Hopi and Navajo of the southwest), others were mostly crustacean/shellfish/fish (including seals and whales in the Pacific Northwest), and others relied on venison or buffalo for their caloric intake especially to get them through the winter when there were no fruits, buts or berries in abundance. Mainly the Indian diet was a varied one with a good mix of both groups. They did not domesticate animals for food. The abundance of wild game likely made it unnecessary. The only domesticated animal in North America, the dog, was, however, used for food on some ceremonial occasions. There were even two tribes in North America that were canibalistic, but they "died out" you could say.

[zenbooty]

When I heard the term "tribal," I was thinking back a little farther, like in caveman days. While we think of Native Americans as being divided into "tribes," that term is really more a sign of our own prejudice and condescension toward the Native's customs and lifestyle than an accurate depiction of their organizational structure. They were more advanced socially than the term gives them credit for, and not nearly as nomadic as often depicted (until we started driving them out to the far reaches of the western US, of course).

[Grubbie]

I will help clear up my statement a little :D

I meant tribal as in tribes in africa.

[eSDee]

Originally posted by Grubbie
I will help clear up my statement a little :D

I meant tribal as in tribes in africa.

That's a nice romanticised vision of the tribes of Afri..eh good enough ;)

[zenbooty]

I think if I ever start a band, I'm going to call it "Romanticized Vision"

[wxtwiztidxc]

Originally posted by zenbooty
I think if I ever start a band, I'm going to call it "Romanticized Vision"

I think zen has been smoking alittle to much of that grass :bandit:

[ShawnLee]

I'll call mine, "Better than Your Vision"

[blueindian]

Originally posted by Grubbie


haha so true, I would of love to see all these damn vegetarians back in the tribal days. Hey look we haven't had a real meal in a week, but look over there, its a deer. Nah lets not kill it, we need to let the nice little deer live...

you may be missing the point...most of the vegans, vegetarains, people who try not to eat meat at every meal, etc that i know aren't really opposed to killing animals. we are opposed to the cruelty that occurs on factory farms.


Originally posted by Jeffbx
Not many people know this, but 'vegetarian' is an old indian word that means 'bad hunter'

i a hat that says that for christmas last year...i'd wear it more but it doesnt' really fit.