Facebook bans cat eaters
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Facebook deletes profiles of cat eaters
ARHUS, Denmark (UPI) -- A group of Arhus, Denmark, journalism students said their Facebook accounts were deleted after they posted pictures of themselves eating a cat.
The Danish School of Journalism students said their accounts were closed by administrators of the popular social networking Web site after they uploaded the photos, The Copenhagen Post reported Wednesday.
The students said the cat cooked and eaten as a means of drawing attention to the plight of pigs, cows and other animals used primarily for food.
"We wanted people to think about what it was they were putting in their mouths," said Laura Boge Mortensen, one of the students involved. "It's hypocritical for us to spend thousands of kroner on our pets, yet buy the cheapest pork from Netto that comes from pigs that have lived a horrid life. And just why is it that it's worse to eat a cat than a pig?"
The students said the cat was killed humanely and prepared by a professional chef.
"We had to count to three before we sat down to eat, and I wouldn't really say that we stuffed our face," Mortensen said. "Everyone did take a bite though."
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 06/12/2008
I see their point, but I applaud Facebook for deleting their profiles. Personally, though, I think Facebook should have turned them in to the authorities on charges of animal cruelty. They would probably respond by asking me why it was okay to eat pigs but not cats. I would respond by saying, "Like my girlfriend, I think it's wrong to eat anything cuter than I am."
Facebook deletes profiles of cat eaters
ARHUS, Denmark (UPI) -- A group of Arhus, Denmark, journalism students said their Facebook accounts were deleted after they posted pictures of themselves eating a cat.
The Danish School of Journalism students said their accounts were closed by administrators of the popular social networking Web site after they uploaded the photos, The Copenhagen Post reported Wednesday.
The students said the cat cooked and eaten as a means of drawing attention to the plight of pigs, cows and other animals used primarily for food.
"We wanted people to think about what it was they were putting in their mouths," said Laura Boge Mortensen, one of the students involved. "It's hypocritical for us to spend thousands of kroner on our pets, yet buy the cheapest pork from Netto that comes from pigs that have lived a horrid life. And just why is it that it's worse to eat a cat than a pig?"
The students said the cat was killed humanely and prepared by a professional chef.
"We had to count to three before we sat down to eat, and I wouldn't really say that we stuffed our face," Mortensen said. "Everyone did take a bite though."
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 06/12/2008
I see their point, but I applaud Facebook for deleting their profiles. Personally, though, I think Facebook should have turned them in to the authorities on charges of animal cruelty. They would probably respond by asking me why it was okay to eat pigs but not cats. I would respond by saying, "Like my girlfriend, I think it's wrong to eat anything cuter than I am."