Hmm well, maybe Michael just didn't know about it. In the Opus book there is a story from a lady who says she was showing Michael videos of animal cruelty and he had no idea some of it went on. Whilst watching the video she said he was smiling at the caged monkeys/birds or something and she had to explain what the videos were showing.. apparently Michael was moved and he wrote a song. So perhaps he just didn't know what was going on at KFC.
Besides just because people eat meat doesn't mean they have no compassion for animals.
Eating meat is a personal choice at the end of the day I don't consider people to be 'bad' because they go to KFC.
I think there are seperate issues here, there is the issue of cruelty (the conditions and how the animals are treated whilst they are alive), and there is the issue of killing animals for meat. I personally eat chicken and fish. I wouldn't eat chicken where I knew the animal had been subject to cruelty, just like I wouldn't have eggs from chicken who has been kept in horrid conditions, I'd rather have free range & organic. There are humane ways of keeping and killing an animal.
Some farms or slaughterhouses treat the animals with unnecessary cruelty, but not all. There are ways to make sure you eat meat from well treated animals, you need to find where it came from.
Its not like eating meat is a new thing, it is in our background, we are omnivores made to eat meat
and vegetables. Look how a fox kills a rabbit, a bear kills a fish, a tiger kills a buffalo etc. all around us animals are killing other animals, its nature, we are animals too, just higher up the food chain.. though I guess if we were alone in a forest with bears or in the jungle with a lion they'd have no problem eating us, like if we set all the chickens free into the world they'd be ripped to shreds by other animals, sometimes nature isn't pretty.
I respect your feelings about this and I agree with your sentiments about the unnecessary cruelty that happens in some places.
I lived with a vegan at university, she was extreme though, its not just eating meat there are animal products in
lots of things.. glue, gelatin (in sweets, marshmellows, candy), some pharmaceutic capsules, medicines, rubber, plastics, perfumes, dyes, cosmetics, leather of course, soap, vitamins, tennis rackets, musical instruments, alcohol, even toothpaste....theres endless lists -
http://www.happycow.net/health-animal-ingredients.html http://www.brighthub.com/environment/green-living/articles/12073.aspx http://vegetarian-issues.suite101.com/article.cfm/hidden_nonvegetarian_ingredients You would have to be seriously commited to make sure nothing you ever bought or consumed contained anything which used any kind of animal product, because although sometimes its obvious because its listed and talked about it is also hidden everywhere.
Then we have animal testing but that is easier to avoid.. shampoo/conditioner, sunscreen, makeup, drugs etc.
So anyway, did KFC not change like they said they would?
Canadian-born actor Ryan Gosling is joining the crusade to save the cluckers of the world from becoming the main course in your next box of Chicken McNuggets.
The Oscar-nominated Notebook star just fired off a letter to McDonald’s CEO Jim Skinner — on behalf of controversial animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals — asking the corporate boss to adopt a more humane slaughter method for the chickens who are killed for the chain’s popular McNuggets. Check out what Ryan had to say:
Jim Skinner, CEO
McDonald’s Corporation
2111 McDonald’s Dr.
Oak Brook, IL 60523
Dear Mr. Skinner,
I was shocked to learn from my friends at PETA that McDonald’s, a company that claims to be an industry leader in animal welfare, still allows its suppliers to use an outdated chicken slaughter method that results in broken wings and legs and causes birds to be scalded to death in defeathering tanks.
Many of McDonald’s suppliers in Europe already use a much more humane slaughter method that eliminates the worst cruelty. What’s your excuse?
Because no federal laws govern the treatment of chickens during slaughter, the responsibility lies in your company’s hands to create and maintain a high standard of animal welfare. I hope you will agree that the time has come for McDonald’s to truly take action to reduce the suffering of chickens killed for its restaurants. I look forward to hearing your decision. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Ryan Gosling
This isn’t the first time the screen hunk has used his star power to put an end to animal cruelty.Two years ago, Ryan penned a very similar letter to KFC’s Canadian headquarters, asking the company to update to more modern methods of slaughter. Shortly after, the fast food chain agreed purchase 100% of its chickens from suppliers that use humane slaughter methods.
