PETA at it yet again

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-04-25 06:49pm

HAMBURG, N.Y. (AP) - A national animal rights group has offered Hamburg officials $15,000 to change the town's name to Veggieburg.

"The town's name conjures up visions of unhealthy patties of ground-up dead cows," said Joe Haptas, spokesman of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, in a letter faxed Monday to Hamburg Supervisor Patrick Hoak.

PETA offered to supply area schools with $15,000 worth of non-meat patties for the name change.

"Our offer is serious as a heart attack," Haptas said.

Hoak immediately declined.

"With all due respect, I think it's a delicacy in our community," he said about hamburgers. "We're proud of our name and proud of our heritage."

The Buffalo suburb, named Hamburg since 1812, claims to be the birth place of the American culinary staple. Hamburg commemorates the birth of hamburgers at the annual Burgerfest.

In 1996, PETA proposed that the Hudson Valley town of Fishkill change its centuries-old name to Fishsave, since the group believed the name conjured up violent imagery of dead fish.

The town was named by Dutch settlers in the early 1600s. "Kill" is the Dutch word for "stream."

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-04-25 06:53pm

Idiocy has no limits,i guess they were absent when God gave humanity logic.

Warspite · Post by **Warspite** » 2003-04-25 06:54pm

(I think this says all.)

paladin · Post by **paladin** » 2003-04-25 07:07pm

I'm just waiting for the news article when all the members of PETA to commit suicide to protest the mistreatment of animals. When that happens, it will be a good day.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2003-04-25 07:12pm

(Says it better)

Cyaround,
Jason

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-04-25 07:13pm

paladin wrote:I'm just waiting for the news article when all the members of PETA to commit suicide to protest the mistreatment of animals. When that happens, it will be a good day.

Yes it will...

On that note, WTF?

They want a city to change it's name for the somewhat lacking amount of 15000? They HAVE to be joking... What is the city going to do? Buy half of a police car with it?

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2003-04-25 07:14pm

Jingle bells peta smells.

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-04-25 07:15pm

darthdavid wrote:Jingle bells peta smells.

I shot one with my gun...when I went, to dispose of it...a wolf got it and run...

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-04-25 07:18pm

Just so you know, I have no intention of shooting anyone, so that isn't to be construed as a threat by any PETA members that might happen bye this board...

Warspite · Post by **Warspite** » 2003-04-25 07:20pm

Nathan F wrote:
darthdavid wrote:Jingle bells peta smells.
I shot one with my gun...when I went, to dispose of it...a wolf got it and run...

LMAO!!! Real funny, man...

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-04-25 07:22pm

Nathan F wrote:Just so you know, I have no intention of shooting anyone, so that isn't to be construed as a threat by any PETA members that might happen bye this board...

Well there`s nothing better than losing control of your car when you see a PETA rally.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-04-25 07:23pm

Sonofabitch.

KILL THEM!

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-04-26 05:03am

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:The story

HAMBURG, N.Y. (AP) - A national animal rights group has offered Hamburg officials $15,000 to change the town's name to Veggieburg.

"The town's name conjures up visions of unhealthy patties of ground-up dead cows," said Joe Haptas, spokesman of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, in a letter faxed Monday to Hamburg Supervisor Patrick Hoak.

PETA offered to supply area schools with $15,000 worth of non-meat patties for the name change.

"Our offer is serious as a heart attack," Haptas said.

Hoak immediately declined.

"With all due respect, I think it's a delicacy in our community," he said about hamburgers. "We're proud of our name and proud of our heritage."

The Buffalo suburb, named Hamburg since 1812, claims to be the birth place of the American culinary staple. Hamburg commemorates the birth of hamburgers at the annual Burgerfest.

In 1996, PETA proposed that the Hudson Valley town of Fishkill change its centuries-old name to Fishsave, since the group believed the name conjured up violent imagery of dead fish.

The town was named by Dutch settlers in the early 1600s. "Kill" is the Dutch word for "stream."

WHAT IN THE NAME OF CTHULHU'S TENTACLES???

Well, what's next? Are they going to force the German city of Frankfurt to change its name to "Tofudog City"??

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2003-04-26 12:12pm

Simon H.Johansen wrote:WHAT IN THE NAME OF CTHULHU'S TENTACLES???

Well, what's next? Are they going to force the German city of Frankfurt to change its name to "Tofudog City"??

Quiet, your giving them ideas.

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-04-26 12:15pm

By the way, I have just instated my song as to be the anthem of the APAFL.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-04-26 12:15pm

Veggieburg. That is the crappiest name for a city, ever. I wouldn't go live in a place called Veggieburg if it had free hookers and mustangs. I mean, wow.

Stupid PETA.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-04-26 12:52pm

That's the thing I like about when a group gets desparate. They start shooting themselves in the foot... again and again and again!!

Thereby neatly and efficiently demonstrating the sheer STUPIDITY of the group and alienating them from the people they're trying to impress simultaneously!!!

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-04-26 01:04pm

That is...frankly, there are no words for that. My faith in the need for the APAFL has been reaffirmed.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-04-26 01:37pm

Fucking idiots. Hamburgers are named after Hamburg, not the other way around!

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-04-26 01:50pm

phongn wrote:Fucking idiots. Hamburgers are named after Hamburg, not the other way around!

Well, I believe they did the same thing with the Green Bay Packers a few years back.

And did you notice whenever they want someone to change a name, they always want the name changed to something that promotes their agenda, like "Veggieburg", "Fishsave", or "Green Bay Pickers"?

Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2003-04-26 01:53pm

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:
phongn wrote:Fucking idiots. Hamburgers are named after Hamburg, not the other way around!
Well, I believe they did the same thing with the Green Bay Packers a few years back.

And did you notice whenever they want someone to change a name, they always want the name changed to something that promotes their agenda, like "Veggieburg", "Fishsave", or "Green Bay Pickers"?

"A fanatic is someone who can't change their mind, and won't change the topic." - Sir Winston Churchill

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-04-26 03:23pm

Iceberg wrote:
Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:
phongn wrote:Fucking idiots. Hamburgers are named after Hamburg, not the other way around!
Well, I believe they did the same thing with the Green Bay Packers a few years back.

And did you notice whenever they want someone to change a name, they always want the name changed to something that promotes their agenda, like "Veggieburg", "Fishsave", or "Green Bay Pickers"?
"A fanatic is someone who can't change their mind, and won't change the topic." - Sir Winston Churchill

"A radical is someone with both feet planted firmly in the air" - FDR

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2003-04-26 03:34pm

Meanwhile in an unrelated, Christian Right groups picketed the courthouse of Intercourse, Pennsylvannia, claiming the town name condoned fornification. The new proposed name is Blueballs, Pennsylvannia.

Lord Sander · Post by **Lord Sander** » 2003-04-26 04:43pm

"Kill" is the Dutch word for "stream."

No it's not.

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2003-04-26 04:59pm

They change the name of my old home town and I'm gonna be really fucking pissed.

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