I guess the PETA people won this one. It’s a shame that there is so much political correctness out there. Oh Well, I guess they convinced someone they had a point. Read the story here
Friday, February 25, 2005
Freaky Friday cont.
Freaky Friday
On the lighter side of life, PETA is upset again. Read this for a good laugh:
Kraft draws ire for road kill candy
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) ― Animal rights activists are disgusted by a new candy from Kraft Foods Inc. that's shaped like critters run over by cars ― complete with tire treads.
The fruity-flavored Trolli Road Kill Gummi Candy ― in shapes of partly flattened snakes, chickens and squirrels ― fosters cruelty toward animals, according to the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
"It sends the wrong message to children, that it's OK to harm animals. And that's the wrong message, especially from a so-called wholesome corporation like Kraft," said society spokesman Matthew Stanton.
The society is considering petition drives, boycotts and letter-writing campaigns to get the candy pulled from the market, Stanton said.
After receiving a complaint from the NJSPCA Wednesday, Kraft officials pulled an animated advertisement from Trolli's Web site that featured car headlights and animals. No other decisions on changes have been made, said Kraft spokesman Larry Baumann.
"If you look across the Gummi category we certainly have many products that are offbeat, and that's what we were doing in this case," Baumann said. "We didn't mean to offend anyone."
Kraft draws ire for road kill candy
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) ― Animal rights activists are disgusted by a new candy from Kraft Foods Inc. that's shaped like critters run over by cars ― complete with tire treads.
The fruity-flavored Trolli Road Kill Gummi Candy ― in shapes of partly flattened snakes, chickens and squirrels ― fosters cruelty toward animals, according to the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
"It sends the wrong message to children, that it's OK to harm animals. And that's the wrong message, especially from a so-called wholesome corporation like Kraft," said society spokesman Matthew Stanton.
The society is considering petition drives, boycotts and letter-writing campaigns to get the candy pulled from the market, Stanton said.
After receiving a complaint from the NJSPCA Wednesday, Kraft officials pulled an animated advertisement from Trolli's Web site that featured car headlights and animals. No other decisions on changes have been made, said Kraft spokesman Larry Baumann.
"If you look across the Gummi category we certainly have many products that are offbeat, and that's what we were doing in this case," Baumann said. "We didn't mean to offend anyone."
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Quotes of the Day, a continuing study
The point to remember is that what government gives it must first take away. John Strider Coleman, 1897-1958
A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent, appear to be incompetent. Though effective, appear to be ineffective. Sun-tzu, forth century B.C.
No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition. Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, 1804-1881
The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought. John Jay Chapman, 1862-1933
A liberal is a man who will give away everything he doesn't own. Frank Dane
Monday, February 21, 2005
Remembering World Travels
One of the many memories I have from my world travels as a Marine center on a Serbian soldier I shared a beer with in an open air bar in Thailand in 1994 during Operation Cobra Gold. We talked a while about our individual duties, where we had been, and the camaraderie that members of all the worlds armed forces seem to share when they aren't scuffling with one another.
He then struck me with a question I could not answer. I have given it much thought since then, and am struggling with the answer more today. He asked me..."You are from America, which is a Christian country, My people are also Christians, so why are your people bombing my people? Aren't we all Christians? They are just Muslims!"
Granted Milosevic is guilty of ethnic cleansing and other atrocities, but given the world events over the last 3 1/2 years, wouldn't most Americans now agree with my Serbian friend (not Milosevic). Were we on the wrong side in Bosnia? I used to think that we were indeed on the right side because it was unjust for one group of people to try to wipe out another just because they are different. I am now thinking that maybe it was the Muslims who "started it" and it was the Christians who had finally gotten the upper hand and were trying to just win their own war, which in a round about way has become the "Global War on Terrorism". Maybe Bush, Rice, Rumsfeld, Congress and about half of the American Public won't admit it, but we are in a holy war. No one will admit it because it is not politically correct, but everyone knows it deep down inside.
He then struck me with a question I could not answer. I have given it much thought since then, and am struggling with the answer more today. He asked me..."You are from America, which is a Christian country, My people are also Christians, so why are your people bombing my people? Aren't we all Christians? They are just Muslims!"
Granted Milosevic is guilty of ethnic cleansing and other atrocities, but given the world events over the last 3 1/2 years, wouldn't most Americans now agree with my Serbian friend (not Milosevic). Were we on the wrong side in Bosnia? I used to think that we were indeed on the right side because it was unjust for one group of people to try to wipe out another just because they are different. I am now thinking that maybe it was the Muslims who "started it" and it was the Christians who had finally gotten the upper hand and were trying to just win their own war, which in a round about way has become the "Global War on Terrorism". Maybe Bush, Rice, Rumsfeld, Congress and about half of the American Public won't admit it, but we are in a holy war. No one will admit it because it is not politically correct, but everyone knows it deep down inside.
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