Posted: 10/15/2002 10:15:48 AM EDT
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[b]Milk protest turns sour[/b] HELEN MORGAN POLICE had to break up an animal rights protest yesterday when schoolchildren in Aberdeen pelted activists with cartons of milk. Sean Gifford of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and an unidentified man in a cow-suit had planned a peaceful protest at the gates of the Grammar School to let pupils know about the claimed hazards in milk. But they had to be rescued by two female police officers when the teenage pupils launched a violent protest of their own. About 100 children, shouting "milk for the masses" and carrying banners, surrounded Mr Gifford and his "cow" partner and drenched them both in milk for about ten minutes. The police eventually intervened and escorted the PETA members back to their car. Mr Gifford said: "I have travelled all over the UK with this protest and I have never seen anything like this before. It must be something to do with children in Aberdeen. I think they just got a bit over-excited. I’m sure they will still go home and think about our message." Yesterday’s protest was the latest in PETA’s nationwide drive to publicise what it claims are dangers in drinking milk. They have been handing out cards with cartoon pictures of characters suffering from wind, spots and obesity as a result of dairy products. The cards tell kids to "give cows a break" and "be kind to animals and your butt and your gut" by avoiding milk. But one pupil, Alan Smith, 16, said: "This is a stupid idea. We should be encouraged to drink milk and I certainly won’t stop drinking milk just because a man has dressed up as a cow outside my school." http://www.news.scotsman.com/education.cfm?id=1129532002 |
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Boy, that is funny stuff. Give them kids a medal...and another glass of milk. |
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Quoted: [b]Milk protest turns sour[/b] ...I think they just got a bit over-excited. I’m sure they will still go home and think about our message... http://www.news.scotsman.com/education.cfm?id=1129532002 Yeah...right. Just keep filling yourself with these delusional thoughts and the world will be a better place. Fucking nutcase. |
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Quoted: I'd like to see them pull a stunt like that in a predominantly farm run school district. They wouldn't be able to walk away so easy. Hell, I bet the Officers would get a few punches in just for the hell of it. This was in Scotland, it WAS a farm area high school. |
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Quoted: I miss the guy that registered www.peta.org and had the parody website, PETA (People Eating Tasty Animals) :( You mean [url=http://mtd.com/tasty/]this site[/url]? Yeah, the fight over the domain www.peta.org was one of the great stories of the early days of the web. Almost as funny as [url=http://www.thebee.com/bweb/iinfo106.htm] Hank, the Angry Drunken Dwarf[/url]. -kill-9 (ROFL @ "It does a body good"!) |
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About 100 children, shouting "milk for the masses" and carrying banners, surrounded Mr Gifford and his "cow" partner and drenched them both in milk for about ten minutes. The police eventually intervened and escorted the PETA members back to their car. Beautiful, just beautiful. [:)] |