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Robert Cohen <notmilk

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Sat, 08 Apr 2006 11:07:09 -0000

NOTMILK - Some Say Heroic; I Say Pathetic

 

 

Some Say Heroic; I Say Pathetic

 

Here we go again. Phase two of: The Meatrix. See:

 

http://www.meatrix2.com

 

In November of 2003, I became one of many millions of

Internet viewers to watch the Meatrix cartoon...

 

....but the lone voice who criticized that universally

acclaimed movie as a betrayal to animals and vegetarian

ideals.

 

That so-called animal-friendly film (it was not) fooled

PETA, Farm Sanctuary and countless other vegetarian

organizations which listed links to the film front

and center on their websites. PETA and Farm Sanctuary

went so far as to promote the film to raise funds

that ultimately betrayed animals due to the passage

of compassionate slaughter laws.

 

There is no such thing as compassionate slaughter.

The concept of compassionate killing is a delusion.

Not-so in Treblinka. Not in Auschwitz. Not in any of

America's slaughterhouses.

 

After doing a bit of research, I discovered who was

really behind the production of the original Meatrix

film. I wrote the following on November 6, 2003:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

Vegetarian Message? Not!

 

So what if MEATRIX is about eating meat...Do these

once-compassionate orgs give a damn? Apparently not.

 

Who is behind this cleverly-made non-vegetarian movie

which demonstrates how easy it is to fool most of the

people, most of the time?

 

A list of the consultants who contributed to the MEATRIX:

 

Chris Petersen - Factory Farm Consultant

Chris is a pork producer in North Central Iowa

who raises pigs for ham and bacon.

 

Leslie Seff - Director, Sustainable Energy Project

Leslie raises sheep for their wool in New York's

Hudson Valley.

 

Terry Spence - Factory Farm Consultant

Terry owns and operates a 400-acre, beef cow/calf

farm in Putnam County, Missouri.

 

Lisa Bechthold - Factory Farm Consultant

Lisa Bechthold raises and sells quarter horses

on her farm in Foremost, Alberta, Canada.

 

Sue Jarrett - Factory Farm Consultant

Sue is a California rancher who raises beef for

fast food restaurants. Before slaughter, she sends

her cattle to feedlots to be fattened on corn.

 

Have you yet to grasp the true nature of the MEATRIX,

and those who have chosen to support and promote it?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In April of 2006, Meatrix-2 hit the World Wide Web.

 

This time around, there is no mistaking the intentions

of meat and milk producing propagandists.

 

In the initial scene, a voice over informs viewers:

 

" In the past two years, we've freed over 10 million minds

from the Meatrix. People are waking up to where their food

comes from and are starting to buy healthier sustainable

animal products. You've done well, Leo. "

 

As the voice over plays, cartoons are shown of consumers

purchasing " grass fed " slices of cow, " pasture-raised "

cartons of eggs, whatever they might be, and " organic "

containers of milk.

 

Don't be fooled this time around as most naive animal

rights do-gooders were fooled in 2003. The Meatrix-2 is

a propaganda film that intends to have viewers eat meat

and eggs and drink milk from so-called compassionate

farm operations. Show me a photograph of the compassionate

executioner. There is just no such animal.

 

Robert Cohen

http://www.notmilk.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This was never promoted as having anything to do with vegetarianism.

The organization behind it is http://www.sustainabletable.org. I

don't know if they accepted contributions from factory farms or not.

If they did, it would be the ultimate irony because both the

Meatrix " moovies " are anti-agribusiness. Sustainable Table is a

branch of GRACE which is Global Resource Action Center for the

Environment. There are vegetarians, vegans, and one former raw

foodist on staff at Sustainable Table (that I'm aware of). Since

there are so many sites out there for vegetarians, etc., it was

decided that they would target the meat-eating population in the hope

that they would get through to them on that level. I agree that

killing an animal for food is not compassionate but letting them live

in the terrible conditions that they do until they die isn't, either.

The Meatrix and The Meatrix 2 are out there to raise awareness. If

you don't like it, don't watch it, but don't kill the messenger,

either.

 

Tommie Burchard

http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com (which, by the way, has links to

both " moovies " )

 

rawfood , jbarnha500 wrote:

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> Robert Cohen <notmilk

> notmilk

> Sat, 08 Apr 2006 11:07:09 -0000

> NOTMILK - Some Say Heroic; I Say Pathetic

>

>

> Some Say Heroic; I Say Pathetic

>

> Here we go again. Phase two of: The Meatrix. See:

>

> http://www.meatrix2.com

>

> In November of 2003, I became one of many millions of

> Internet viewers to watch the Meatrix cartoon...

>

> ...but the lone voice who criticized that universally

> acclaimed movie as a betrayal to animals and vegetarian

> ideals.

>

> That so-called animal-friendly film (it was not) fooled

> PETA, Farm Sanctuary and countless other vegetarian

> organizations which listed links to the film front

> and center on their websites. PETA and Farm Sanctuary

> went so far as to promote the film to raise funds

> that ultimately betrayed animals due to the passage

> of compassionate slaughter laws.

>

> There is no such thing as compassionate slaughter.

> The concept of compassionate killing is a delusion.

> Not-so in Treblinka. Not in Auschwitz. Not in any of

> America's slaughterhouses.

>

> After doing a bit of research, I discovered who was

> really behind the production of the original Meatrix

> film. I wrote the following on November 6, 2003:

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>

> Vegetarian Message? Not!

>

> So what if MEATRIX is about eating meat...Do these

> once-compassionate orgs give a damn? Apparently not.

>

> Who is behind this cleverly-made non-vegetarian movie

> which demonstrates how easy it is to fool most of the

> people, most of the time?

>

> A list of the consultants who contributed to the MEATRIX:

>

> Chris Petersen - Factory Farm Consultant

> Chris is a pork producer in North Central Iowa

> who raises pigs for ham and bacon.

>

> Leslie Seff - Director, Sustainable Energy Project

> Leslie raises sheep for their wool in New York's

> Hudson Valley.

>

> Terry Spence - Factory Farm Consultant

> Terry owns and operates a 400-acre, beef cow/calf

> farm in Putnam County, Missouri.

>

> Lisa Bechthold - Factory Farm Consultant

> Lisa Bechthold raises and sells quarter horses

> on her farm in Foremost, Alberta, Canada.

>

> Sue Jarrett - Factory Farm Consultant

> Sue is a California rancher who raises beef for

> fast food restaurants. Before slaughter, she sends

> her cattle to feedlots to be fattened on corn.

>

> Have you yet to grasp the true nature of the MEATRIX,

> and those who have chosen to support and promote it?

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> In April of 2006, Meatrix-2 hit the World Wide Web.

>

> This time around, there is no mistaking the intentions

> of meat and milk producing propagandists.

>

> In the initial scene, a voice over informs viewers:

>

> " In the past two years, we've freed over 10 million minds

> from the Meatrix. People are waking up to where their food

> comes from and are starting to buy healthier sustainable

> animal products. You've done well, Leo. "

>

> As the voice over plays, cartoons are shown of consumers

> purchasing " grass fed " slices of cow, " pasture-raised "

> cartons of eggs, whatever they might be, and " organic "

> containers of milk.

>

> Don't be fooled this time around as most naive animal

> rights do-gooders were fooled in 2003. The Meatrix-2 is

> a propaganda film that intends to have viewers eat meat

> and eggs and drink milk from so-called compassionate

> farm operations. Show me a photograph of the compassionate

> executioner. There is just no such animal.

>

> Robert Cohen

> http://www.notmilk.com