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http://www.peta.org/blog/morrissey-peta-target-al-gore-over-live-earths-meaty-menu/Morrissey, PETA Target Al Gore Over Live Earths Meaty Menu
Written by PETA | April 29, 2015
Its a tug-of-war over the menu at Al Gores upcoming Live Earth concert festival, which kicks off at the MetLife Stadium on June 18: PETA is calling for only Earth-friendly vegan food to be served at the events, but organizers claim that they cant control what the vendors sell. In a scathing letter sent to Al Gore on Monday, Morrisseywho plays Madison Square Garden in Junepoints out that he was able to get meat banned by vendors for his upcoming concert, as he does at all venues on his tours.
Serving meat and dairy products at an event to combat climate change is like selling pistols at a gun-control rally, writes Morrissey. Your responsibility is to alert people to a crisis, not sell out to the vendors responsible for it. Since you cant miss the fact that meat consumption is killing the planetyour own sponsor organization, the United Nations, states thisand since venues can and will cater vegan food for events, if you choose to serve animal flesh at Live Earth, youll be making a mockery of the very concept of the event, in which case it should be renamed Dead Earth: We Contributed!'
As PETA has pointed out in its correspondence with Live Earth organizers, raising animals for food is a leading cause of water pollution and land degradation, and the United Nations, the main sponsor of Live Earth, reports that a global shift toward a vegan diet is necessary to combat the worst effects of climate change.
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Morrissey, PETA Target Al Gore Over Live Earth’s Meaty Menu (Original Post)
Karmadillo
Apr 2015
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hobbit709
(41,694 posts)1. Morrisey and PETA can go play with themselves.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)2. And who, exactly, gives a shit what they think?
PETA has never had the slightest amount of credibility. Morrissey was good back in The Smiths. How long ago is that?
Doremus
(7,261 posts)3. Good point. Would like to know what the response is/will be. nt
seveneyes
(4,631 posts)5. If PETA were truly vegan we would never hear from them
Their "message" only exists in the public because of non-vegan mechanics.
PETA is proof that stupidity has a voice.
bananas
(27,509 posts)6. Good for PETA! This will help bring awareness to Live Earth, PETA, and GoreSat.
Three things conservatives hate!