Comments on: Sarah Palin Talks Politics While Thanksgiving Turkeys Get Slaughtered

By: thatoneveganchick

thatoneveganchick — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:00:08 +0000

Since when is watching turkeys getting slaughtered ‘fun’? What the heck is wrong with her? If that’s her idea of fun I wonder what she dose with her weekends…actually, I don’t lol XP Sure glad she’s not the VP =)

By: Me

Me — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:45:05 +0000

Wow. I hope people everywhere get on her for this, and remember this when she tries to run in 2012.

By: fbr

fbr — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:30:53 +0000

VeggieTart, so what is your argument against hunting for food then? It takes a lot more resources (energy, materials,..) to live in a house than in a tent, yet we choose to live in houses. It takes a lot more resources to clean yourself every day than to simply stink and look dirty, yet we choose to do it every day (I hope). I bet in your vegetarian diet there are some items that take more resources to produce than others, yet you choose to eat them. If we were forced to always pick the choice that uses the least resources then this world would be a very dull place.

If you’re so scared of the hormones and antibiotics you should take the time to go through the research in the field. You know, the kind that shows that the hormone levels found in the meat of animals that have been given them are not statistically different from animals that have not been given them – despite what today’s eco-prophets are preaching (to sell you books). Throwing around words like you do without making concrete points is simply a scare tactic, nothing more.

By: VeggieTart

VeggieTart — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:31:34 +0000

apml, thanks for correcting the spelling. Burberry is notorious for using fur in some of their designs, and there is an anti-Burberry campaign because of it. As for the governor, she wears it because 1) she likes the ugly design, 2) she cares about labels, and/or 3) she doesn’t know or doesn’t care about what animals go through to make fur. I’m making a comment about her callousness towards animals.

If I saw the First Dude or any male in some horrific designer or tacky furry outfit, I’d probably make a comment about that, too.

fbr, while I dislike hunting, I have less of an issue with people who hunt for food than people who buy packages of meat. And it takes a lot of grain to produce a pound of flesh, the hormones, antibiotics, and, yes, pesticides are concentrated in the flesh. This is why predator fish have greater concentrations of mercury, BTW.

And Jay P, don’t worry, even if she runs in 2012, she won’t make it out of the primaries.

By: JayP

JayP — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:38:02 +0000

I would suggest that ‘we’ are assisting her. Marketing is key in todays world. ‘Shock value’ is what sells, sad to say. Why else do the masses tune in every night to watch the news, watch the neighbors house burn down etc. etc. Branding…she is making sure that you don’t forget her face….that she becomes a fixture in your living room. Be ready to be real shocked as …she plans to run for President in 8 yrs. Once she’s spent 8 yrs making sure her name is foremost in your thoughts…..I’m moving to Alaska…as far away from her as possible.

By: Apml

Apml — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:48:31 +0000

Veggie Tart – It’s spelled “BURBERRY” with an e and its probably a knock off. But what exactly is the point you are trying to make with that remark? I don’t like Palin but I don’t see anyone making comments about any of the male candidates’ wardrobes and price. Or hair and makeup for that matter. Yes, they have hair and makeup people too.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:48:31 +0000

Touché

By: fbr

fbr — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:45:21 +0000

Ashley, the same way she knows I don’t eat organic meat. That is to say, in no way at all. Do you see the point now?

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:57:01 +0000

fbr, how do you know VeggieTart doesn’t eat organic vegetables?

By: fbr

fbr — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:50:12 +0000

The Commenter, there is nothing brutal or inhumane about killing an animal by cutting its head off. It might be shocking to some people, but the lives of animals in nature end in far more cruel ways. The majority of people choose to eat meat, the only way to provide that meat is to to farm the animals – this is the reality we need to live with. You may argue, like PETA, that humans have no right to kill animals for food, but it’s hard to see why that would apply to only humans and not to other animals. At which evolutionary point did we lose our right to use other animals as food?

VeggieTart, so I take it you’re fine with hunting then? Throughout history humans have eaten meat, if it was somehow an inferior food source for us, then our species wouldn’t have survived or would have evolved not to eat meat. Yeah, the animals that I eat are “pumped up with hormones and antibiotics” just like the vegetables that you eat are pumped up with pesticides, artificial fertilizers and gene manipulation.