Oprah Buys Everyone Free KFC, Chickens Everywhere Cry Fowl
Filed under: animals, film-tv, television — Michael d'Estries @ 10:06 pm
May 5th 2009
Remember that special Oprah had last year addressing the “dark side” of chicken factory farming? The same one that helped earn her PETA’s 2008 “Person of the Year” Award? Yea, well, we don’t see a repeat performance anytime soon.
On Oprah today, the host announced that she was hooking up with Kentucky Fried Chicken to give away a free two-piece Kentucky Grilled Chicken meal to every family in America. Obviously, this is going to come as a shock to PETA — who is in the middle of a renewed campaign urging KFC to change the way its suppliers treat their chickens. Famous folks like Pamela Anderson, Sir Paul McCartney, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, The Rev. Al Sharpton, and countless others have signed on to boycott KFC.
Some will argue that this is a free meal — and in a time of economic hell, any food is good food. It just bothers me that with everything Oprah has done to bring attention to the plight of chickens and animals in factory farms, that she would approach a chain like KFC to give people a free meal. Why not give something relatively healthy like a free salad instead? Spout off below.
Read more about Rodger Eaton’s apology at
http://www.aircheese.com/article/kfc-dominos-ms–apologies-part-i
Here in Canada we have a vegetarian alternative at KFC. It’s called the Vegetarian Sandwich and it’s quite tasty. This all came about due to the involvment of PETA and the protests of many vegetarians. Also the Burger King here has what is called The BK Veggie burger…a very good soy burger which is on the menu. They do have another veggie burger which is lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and sauce. This is not on the menu but if you ask for it they will gladly serve it up. McDonald’s used to have vegetarian choices…but alas no longer do. I went in there last year thinking I could get a veggie burger or personal veggie pizza and they told me they no longer served them, but I could have a grilled cheese sandwich…thanks but no thanks McDonalds! Hope more people wake up to the horror the animals go through at the factory farms and slaughter houses and change over to a veg diet – thus saving the animals and also the environment. GO PETA!!!! =D
Oprah’s idea of feeding people is good and kind to people but the choice is bad. Rather than killing chickens, why not offer locally grown fresh fruit and vegetables — food grown in the United States or Canada?
Ramona (my cousin) left a comment worth reading.
Sasha
To those that shun salad as not filling – the price of a family meal at KFC would probably buy 3 or 4 cases of mangoes or a whole case of bananas. That would fill someone hungry up for several days rather than one meal. Why do people not consider fruit real food?
sad. really, really sad. i can tell you this though: if she ever tries to give ME KFC, i will punch her in her face.
and to those who say salad isn’t filling, as IF. gosh. eat a bigger salad.
and even if PETA’s KFC protest is based off of one plant, that doesn’t make it irrelevant. anybody whose business is sticking animal carcasses (meat) into vats of cooking oil and selling it to be savagely devoured by mindlessly comsumptive (is that a word?) masses needs a protest against them once in awhile.
amen jackie!!!!!
Jeff Braun, lets see who’s the sick person in 20 years. while you’re suffering from high blood pressure, heart disease, obseity and cancer, all the vegans/vegetarians will be dong just fine, thank you.
vegetarian for ony two years, but am never going back.
Pat the Meat Eater: “They are too dumb to prevent themselves from being dinner.” pat, you just made the vegetarian’s point! because these animals cannot defend themselves, that’s why we fight for them! that’s why we think before we eat and try to get our friends and family to adopt a more compassionate lifestyle!!!!!
go eat a veggie burger, pat.