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Cocoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 12:44 PM
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Bea Arthur a terrorist?
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5069112/

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The Golden Girl is the lead crusader in the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals’ campaign against KFC, and now the chicken company has accused PETA of “corporate terrorism.”

Last week, senior KFC exec Jonathan Blum testified before a senate judiciary committee, describing the pickets and phone calls and ad campaigns conducted by PETA against KFC. He also complained about PETA celebs like Paul McCartney, Pam Anderson, Russell Simmons and Bea Arthur, and asked that the group’s tax-free status be revoked because “their corporate terrorist activities do not warrant this benefit.”

“Any chicken will tell you that KFC are the corporate terrorists,” Arthur shot back later. “Not those trying to stop animal abuse.” The actress has been campaigning to stop KFC from using chickens that have been de-feathered live in a scalding tank.

The reactions from the senators were mixed. Republican senator Orrin Hatch of Utah agreed that aggressive animal rights groups should be classified as “terrorists.” Democratic senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont, however, scoffed that “this administration aggressively stamps everything with a ‘terrorism’ label” and added that “most Americans would not consider the harassment of animal-testing facilities to be ‘terrorism’ any more than they would consider anti-globalism protesters or anti-war protesters or women’s health activists to be terrorists.”
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 12:44 PM
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1. Shady Pines, MA!
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Cocoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 12:46 PM
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2. Gitmo, ma!
:-)
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Tarheel_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 12:46 PM
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3. LOL!
priceless........
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Claire Beth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 12:50 PM
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4. Go Bea go! n/t
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suegeo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 01:06 PM
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5. Corporate greed question
What is the benefit of defeathering a live chicken? Why not kill it first?
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Suziq Donating Member (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 01:17 PM
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6. Reading things like this . .
just makes my want to cry :cry:. Boiling live chickens - how could people be so cruel.

More power to Bea, Paul and everyone else who have compassion for animals.

:hippie:
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Only Me Donating Member (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 01:22 PM
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7. I personally can't stand to eat at KFC, but I didn't know that...
the chickens were alive when dunked in scalding water vats. That is
absolutely cruel. Wonder, would it cost millions to kill the poor birds quickly before scalding them? Or maybe they just like to hear them screech in pain.

The reactions from the senators were mixed. Republican senator Orrin Hatch of Utah agreed that aggressive animal rights groups should be classified as “terrorists." In my opinion, Orrin Hatch is an idiot.
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Laughing Mirror Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 01:31 PM
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8. From what species did Orrin hatch?
Orrin Hatch. A most improbable name.
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greekspeak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 01:32 PM
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9. Bea...a grand old gal
I am not an especially great ally of PETA, but Bea is a helluva gal. I could imagine her, given the chance, of smacking Shrub in the face and swearing at him. All the Golden Girls are a helluva gal.
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Democat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 01:35 PM
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10. Orrin Hatch is closer to a terrorist than animal rights supporters
He hates the U.S. Constitution and wants to destroy America.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 02:02 PM
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13. Well, when Clinton was Prez...
When Clinton was President and tried to fight terror, Hatch railed against the "phony threat" of terrorism.
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outinforce Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 01:36 PM
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11. Here RICO, RICO, RICO
If I recall correctly, RICO has been used pretty effectively by at least one group of business owners who felt that groups of protestors against their business were engaged in racketeering to shut down their businesses.

Perhaps KFC could get a RICO suit going.

They might want to ask NARAL how to use such a suit to effectively block protestors who attempt to interfere with legitimate businesses.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 02:00 PM
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12. I'm touting a Judge Judy/Bea Arthur ticket.
They'll fix this country pronto.
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GiovanniC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 02:16 PM
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14. Bea Arthur Makes Me *Shudder*
Don't know why, she just always has.

But of course, she's right on this one.

And, I also have a problem with the way that "terrorist" is being used by all these people to describe pretty much anyone who opposes them. I know they're getting it from the administration, but still. Teachers are terrorists. Pro-choice activists are terrorists. PETA members are terrorists. Democrats are terrorists.

Fuckin' Nazis (irony intended).
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