Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/09/03/peta-billboard-protests-renais.html
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*PETA and Renaissance Faire, in unison *
“We demand to be taken seriously”
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Falafel, hummus and corn on the cob are not really “Renaissance” but neither are turkey legs I guess.
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I believe the correct term is “Ye Turkey Legge”, which you can pay for with “Lady Visa or Master of the Charge”.
I have fond memories of the Ohio Renaissance Festival, it’s a great fest!
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Henry IIX was quite fond of turkey, so it is not implausible.
European nobility loved large roasting birds, and the “Turkey Fowl” was an exciting novelty food.
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Whoever keeps giving PETA money and allowing them to continue existing … I really and truly despise you! Give your money to someone that isn’t a cynical money grab. You know, an organization that actually DOES care about animal’s welfare.
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Like most vegetarians, I am appalled at the tactics of PETA and wish they would stop making us all look like cranks.
But this billboard…meh. There’s no shock value, they’re just making their point with a small amount of humor. This isn’t something to get my panties in a bunch over.
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Is that a very non-standard way of typing Henry VIII?
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How much for a PETA leg? Is it nice and juicy?
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Yeah, lot and lot of new foods from the new world in those years, I was wrong !
And if i trust wikipedia Corn was cultivated way sooner in Europe than I was thinking (1500 in Portugal, 1600 in France).
So let’s say it’s a renaissance fair with a lot of novelties from the West Indies.
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But no comment on the leather mugs?
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Of course, without people eating Turkey legs and such, 98% or more of all turkeys in the world would never get born at all, so what they are promoting is actually turkey genocide. For their own good, of course.
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They’d do better trying to create sympathy for the mutton. Turkeys aren’t charismatic enough creatures to win many converts with a headshot like that—you’re more likely to remind meat-eaters how badass we mammals were for turning the tables on the dinosaurs.
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As long as I am a North American vegan forced to subsidize industrial meat production I have no problem with people giving to Peta. Even though they are a little tame and mild for my taste at least PETA is a visible presence in the face of ceaseless corporate/government meat consumption programs.
I despise meat eaters who will not eat dog, horse, pigeon or other traditional protein packages.
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Why can’t a turkey survive without one leg?
Seems like false advertising to me.
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Like most practical vegans I applaud PETA. They are full of bad puns and most of their activities seem a little on the safe side, but at least they are an alternative message to the constant barrage of pro-meat advertising from the meat industry in cahoots with governmental institutions usurped by anti-animal welfare carnivores.
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I don’t get it. Given the parameters of a Renaissance Faire - a wild boar roasting on a spit, haunches of venison, etc. - s turkey leg seems pretty tame. Is PETA somehow under the impression that they just take the turkey’s leg, and leave the turkey alive yet maimed?
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Can you expand on how only 2% of turkeys in the world would be born if fewer people ate turkey legs at renaissance festivals? That’s one of the stranger statistics I’ve ever heard.
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48.3% of all statistics used in discussions are made up on the spot.
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