it embarrasses me most personally when vegetarians tell other people what to do. & it works both ways obviously. btw, i'm not a vegetarian because of any love for cattle or anything... i have a hatred for plants & i like to tear them up with my teeth & gnash & smoosh them up!
On Sunday, November 17, 2013 1:45:46 AM UTC-5, t bedford wrote: > > ...She's A Vegetarian!! > > New York's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is seeing quite the squabble as > Joan > Jett has been ousted from the parade's South Dakota > float<http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/16/us/joan-jett-macys-parade-float/index.html>due > to her vegetarian lifestyle, CNN reports. > > According to the website, Jett's no-meat ways and involvement in the > People for the Ethic Treatment of Animals group -- which "condemns factory > farms and ranches" -- was enough for ranchers to protest her appearance on > the float. Jett is also an outspoken PETA > activist<http://www.peta.org/tv/videos/psas-vegetarianism/1634497106001.aspx>and > has even recorded vegetarian testimonial PSAs for the group. > > "I've decided to switch from South Dakota to another float because > people's political agendas were getting in the way of what should be a > purely entertainment driven event," Jett said in a statement Saturday. "I > will remain focused on entertaining the millions of people watching, who > will be celebrating a great American tradition." > > Instead of representing the state that is "so heavily reliant on > agriculture and livestock production," according to Jodie Anderson of the > South Dakota Cattlemen's Association, Jett will be moved to a different > float. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > I didn't realize meat producers were so critical! Seriously, a vegetarian > is offensive....like people are keeping track?!? Now don't get me wrong, I > love meat, and hate vegetables. I just don't see where it's my place to > judge a person by their choice of diet. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
