Guest guest Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 Every Thanksgiving, our country's President symbolically “pardons” a single turkey, who is subsequently sent to Disneyland to live out a natural lifespan. Of course, the very next day, he and the First Family then eat another bird (among the 45 million others slaughtered annually for this holiday throughout the United States). It’s not like one of these turkeys deserved better treatment than the other, and yet one is pampered like a celebrity while the other is condemned like a convicted criminal on Death Row. So, what's the deal with this contradiction?! Learn more by reading my new blog post, " Preposterous: The Presidential Turkey Pardon - The tragic absurdity of a reverse animal sacrifice ritual " . Happy Tofurky Day,Mat Thomaswww.animalrighter.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 It's definitely a freakish ritual, which is why you should http://adoptaturkey.com/ instead! On Nov 25, 2009, at 11:42 AM, Mat Thomas wrote: > Every Thanksgiving, our country's President symbolically “pardons” a > single turkey, who is subsequently sent to Disneyland to live out a > natural lifespan. Of course, the very next day, he and the First > Family then eat another bird (among the 45 million others > slaughtered annually for this holiday throughout the United States). > > It’s not like one of these turkeys deserved better treatment than > the other, and yet one is pampered like a celebrity while the other > is condemned like a convicted criminal on Death Row. So, what's the > deal with this contradiction?! Learn more by reading my new blog > post, " Preposterous: The Presidential Turkey Pardon - The tragic > absurdity of a reverse animal sacrifice ritual " . > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 > who is subsequently sent to Disneyland to live out a natural lifespan Disneyland is the land of enchantment and fantasy, so very symbolic that the turkey would go to live there. And, sadly, the turkey's natural lifespan was artificially shortened by all the genetic manipulation done by the factory farmers to produce a larger bird. Tammy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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