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Publicity crazed PETA using Tim McLean’s death to promote vegetarianism

PETA compares death of Greyhound bus passenger to cruelty to animals



imageWith his family and friends still grieving the tragic hacking death of 22-year-old Tim McLean on a Greyhound bus, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) are comparing his death to the acts of cruelty by the meat industry. Young McLean will be laid to rest on Saturday. Yesterday PETA announced it would be running an ad in the Portage Daily Graphic “comparing the similarities between this gruesome bus butchering and the acts of cruelty and killing performed every day by the meat industry.” Referring to the Greyhound bus beheading of young McLean “as though it were a gruesome scene in a horror movie”, PETA posited “the tragic incident will certainly leave scars on the minds of other passengers and the victim’s family and friends.”

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Waxing sanctimoniously PETA states on its website: ”While it isn’t every day that a human is violently attacked and eaten by another human, it’s worth noting that it is the norm for many people not to give any thought to the fact that restaurants are serving flesh that comes from innocents who were minding their own business before someone came after them with a knife. How amazingly and conveniently compartmentalized the human mind is.” “To stress this very point”, PETA will run its ad comparing the similarities between the death of a young man on a bus and the “acts of cruelty and killing performed every day by the meat industry”. Publicity crazed PETA goes on to compare the “horror” that cows, chickens, and pigs face on factory farms that “goes on for a long time too”. In declining the large, bold type, full-page ad, The Daily Graphic claims to be “caught in the middle” of the Greyhound bus incident. “With a lull in the criminal proceedings against Vince Li, 40, the accused murderer and defiler of Tim McLean, the media spotlight has focused its beam on the Daily Graphic,” says a story posted By Daily Graphic Staff at 7 p.m. last night. “Wednesday afternoon People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) contacted this newspaper to run a full-page advertisement comparing the stabbing and beheading of McLean to the slaughter of animals for human consumption. The group’s aim is to promote vegetarianism and the non-violent treatment of animals.” (Emphasis CFP’s). According to The Daily Graphic, Lindsay Rajt, PETA spokeswoman said, “The crime is horrific. Our hearts go out to Tim’s family.” “When asked about the content of the ad, Rajt apparently said, “Animals are sensitive, and they value their lives as much as we value ours.” Well down copy in their story, The Daily Graphic states it has chosen “not to run the advertisement”. PETA sent out a press release announcing to major media outlets Canada-wide about its intentions to run the ad. The Daily Graphic staff has been inundated with phone calls from media outlets, including Canada Free Press since the media release was distributed. PETA acknowledges in the ad itself that the notice may be offensive to some, but spokesman Bruce Friedrich said the goal is to inspire people to think about what they can do to stop violence against animals. “We can’t do anything to bring Tim back or bring his family relief from their suffering. But all of us can ask what we personally can do to decrease our support for this sort of violence,” Frederick told CBC news. Frederick’s got it wrong in thinking that the Canadian public would approve of PETA using Tim McLean’s death to promote vegetarianism. What we all should be asking is how support for PETA can be decreased.


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Judi McLeod -- Bio and Archives -- Judi McLeod, Founder, Owner and Editor of Canada Free Press, is an award-winning journalist with more than 30 years’ experience in the print and online media. A former Toronto Sun columnist, she also worked for the Kingston Whig Standard. Her work has appeared throughout the ‘Net, including on Rush Limbaugh and Fox News.

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