Guest guest Posted October 3, 2008 Report Share Posted October 3, 2008 Chicago Tribune had an editorial on this which was carried in my local paper this morning. Their take was that it was a publicity stunt to get people talking. It worked. On Behalf Of Heather Hossfeld Thursday, October 02, 2008 11:30 AM Re: Here's a new one for ya... I think maybe the real point is to wake people up -- why is everyone so disgusted with drinking HUMAN breast milk when we ARE human, but they think it's somehow perfectly great - and even healthy - to drink the breastmilk of COWS. Ick. The point is that what we should actually be disgusted about is drinking milk that is not meant for human consumption. I doubt PETA had any real intention of getting breast milk into our general food supply. Heather chandelle wrote: > > Wow, that's pretty stupid. Why doesn't PETA do something halfway > worthwhile > on behalf of animals? > > I understand it was facetious, but as a woman whose baby could not nurse, > who depended on donated breastmilk for over a year, I would be severely > pissed off if it was wasted on ice cream. > > Chandelle > > On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 4:22 PM, itshotinjt04 <itshotinjt04 <itshotinjt04%40> > <itshotinjt04%40>> wrote: > > > I got this off of BabyCenter. > > Ben and Jerry's " breastmilk " ice cream? > > > > Posted by Lisa Estall in Breastfeeding, Food | September 27th, 2008 > > | Trackback > > > > Has PETA gone too far? The organization has sent a letter to the ice > > cream founders of Ben and Jerry's urging them to replace cow's milk > > with human breast milk! > > > > The group say they were inspired by a restaurant in Switzerland, > > which uses breast milk in their soups, stews and sauces. > > > > A spokesperson for PETA said, " Everyone knows that `the breast is > > best,' so Ben & Jerry's could do consumers and cows a big favor by > > making the switch to breast milk. " > > > > Ashley Byrne, a campaign coordinator for PETA, added her two cents > > by acknowledging the idea is unlikely to be practiced. She > > said, " We're aware this idea is somewhat absurd, and that putting it > > into practice is a stretch. At the time same, it's pretty absurd for > > us to be drinking the milk of cows, " she said. > > > > While Ben and Jerry's won't reveal how much milk is used from their > > Vermont cows, under federal regulations ice cream must be made with > > healthy cow milk. Whew! > > > > Jane Crouse is a spokesperson for La Leche League International, a > > breastfeeding support organization. She said that breast milk is > > different with each woman so it would probably be difficult to > > process it into ice cream. > > > > This story is an unsavory one but just makes you think that there > > are other countries like Switzerland adding donated breast milk to > > their restaurant menus! > > > > > > > > -- > " if voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal. " > > ~emma goldman > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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