Billboard Miffs Vegetarians

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I was driving around recently working for the US Census (www.Census.gov),

tracking and supporting and supplying my enumerators in the field,

and I noticed first this particular bulletin board, and then another

bulletin board, I think by Worthington Foods, for a veggieburger

(over in the Boynton Yards area of Somerville, where hoards of traffic

has to pass going from Somerville to Cambridge (#91 bus to Central Sq).

 

I then thought,

" How about a bulletin board that says something like:

'What vegan natural hygienists eat when they cheat!'

And we all KNOW some natural hygienists who occasionally

eat, not only cooked vegan food, but also highly processed vegan foods,

such as veggieburgers, soymilk, etc. "

 

At 07:35 AM 7/30/00 +0000, wrote:

> Sat, 29 Jul 2000 23:48:02 +0500

> " anji b " <vegan

>Pro-Beef Billboard Miffs Vegetarian

>

>uly 3, 2000

>

>Needham, MA - You may remember the slogan " WHERE'S THE BEEF? " Now a new ad

>line is turning the stomachs of some vegetarians.

>

>Needam's NewsCenter 5 TV reporter Rhonda Mann says that the big beef

>involves a billboard on Route 129. It reads: What Vegetarians Eat When

>They Cheat. It features a picture of red meat.

>

>Carol Coughlin, a registered dietician and a vegetarian, said the

>billboard pokes fun at vegetarians.

>

> " My 9-year-old came to me and said, 'Mom, why are they making fun of us?' "

>

>Coughlin heads the Massachusetts Dietetic Association and has been a

>vegetarian for 17 years. She says the advertisement perpetuates a

>misconception about vegetarianism.

>

> " I think the myth is that vegetarians sit around wishing they could eat a

>big, juicy steak, " Coughlin said. " I don't want a steak, I don't consider

>it food. "

>

>http://www.spcnetwork.com/mii/2000/000718.htm

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