Well I think I speak for everybody when I say that I'm pretty peeved off with all the deceptive advertising that goes in to promoting animal products, although Meat and Livestock Australia take the crown for their new dodgy ad with Sam Neill.
In the new ad Sam explains to his orang-utan friend Dennis the supposed importance of eating red meat to make your brain evolve. I highly doubt that Einstein, Da Vinci or Pythagoras – all vegetarians – would agree with Sam on this one. In fact about the most intelligent thing Sam does in the whole ad is dance like a fool.
To me, it really is showing a sign of the times that selling meat is getting tougher and tougher as people learn about the cruelty, the environmental devastation, and the health impacts of consuming it. So no wonder they stoop to new lows with every new ad they come out with.Yesterday, Jill Singer of the Herald Sun bit back at MLA's shoddy advertising with her scathing article Choking on a red meat message. Jill accurately points out that the intention of MLA isn't to look after your interests and promote good health, it's to sell more meat. The best line in this whole article though, is this: 'The statement that red meat is an essential part of our diet is a lie. It is a more essential part of a maggot's diet than a human's.'
Take home message for the day – MLA, you got burned!
Now it's that time again to head to Lord of the Fries and grab some cruelty-free junk food that doesn't kill animals. Ward out
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I really liked Sam Neil before he started doing these ridiculous ads. It's a shame.
It's even more annoying when they sell out for something like this. It's damaging to people's health and the environment all for the $. You would think he had enough of the stuff anyway.
Why Sam? Why?! Why must you be such a prick?
hmmm
The general gist of their response has usually been that they think that animal groups are doing a good enough job on that front and so they'll leave it to them.
It's not like the animals couldn't use an extra helping hand .
i like the part especially about Einstein, Da Vinci or Pythagoras %u2013 all vegetarians not agreeing
they dont care about peoples health at all, its all just effing stupid marketing. grr.. >.<
ill be making a really good point, and they'll just quote "red meat kaytee, we were made to eat it"
it has absolutely no substantial evidence, but people just take it as fact, without stopping to question it.
screw you sam neil ):
But killin animals for their skin wool n wateva else is jst wrong
peace x
Here's an excerpt from the Centre for Great Apes in the US:
"Using great apes in advertising and entertainment may be successful for the trainer, the studio, or the advertising agency, but it usually means a life of misery and uncertainty for the apes.
Apes used in the entertainment business are taken away from their mothers when only weeks or months old, to be raised by humans and taught unnatural behaviors and tricks. But, they only have a working "shelf- life" of six to eight years."
no one in the office was veggie or vegan
and greenpeace eat meat on their vessels
anyway i support sea shepherd more because they actually get stuff done other that what i like to say lol "greedpeace"
hehe
From actually going to the greenpeace office, and knowing people that work there, and living with two of the workers for 7 days (I think, I can't remember. The 11 hour train trip stuffed up my head.) I can conclude that a lot of them are veg. Sitting in their (very small) staff room, I can tell you that their (glass cabinet) fridge had lots of tofu and such in it. The man and woman I sayed with (along with my best mate) were all vegetarian, although they ate fish (so peschetarian)
I guess you could say that greenpeace do not publicly support animal rights because they're not that popular. 'people are going to kill HUMANS with nuclear power' is something that people can get passionate about. They don't want their OWN species harmed. If greenpeace were suddenly to say 'animals have feelings too' they would greatly loose popularity amongst the non-veg population. What greenpeace do is awesome, but in the same way that we have a teacher to teach us english and a teacher to teach us maths, we have greenpeace and animals australia
Using orangutangs was evil. It just proves how ignorant meat-heads are. If only they knew the suffering the 'ranga was going to go through after it's 7 year acting career is over...
But I'm also angry that chicken and meat ads are shoved down our throats.
Why can't AA, Animal Liberation and RSPCA put ads on TV for animal cruelty, veganism etc REFUTING eating meat is essential and ADVOCATING EATING LOWER ON THE FOOD CHAIN?
Doesn't anyone work in TV land with cash to put some very hard hitting ads on TV? Sorry just realised that everyone here is very young!
Go Vegan and support THE SEA SHEPHERD SOCIETY who are all VEGANS!
xxx
I like most used to like Sam