Re: the Official Nikki Nova thread
wait wait wait guys. You DO know that there is already a chain of restaurantrs out west called the Pink Taco right? I remember going to the one in Vegas like 12 years ago and the one in AZ recently but the new one in LA is under fire right now in a big way!
Here's why. What do you guys think of this? Just curious. I mean I think it's fucked up to paint an animal pink and parade him around like a jackass (pun intended) but at the same time most of the people screaming in outrage are still eating chicken and beef tacos etc and so on. It seems a tad hypocritical. I'm a vegitarian and yes I think it's fucked up but if you're going to boycott a restaurant that serves meat JUST because they painted a donkey and NOT because they serve slaughtered animals in the first place then it seems ...hmmm..ass backwards?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/06/pink-tacos-cinco-de-mayo-_n_858594.html?ref=fb&src=sp
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Nikki Nova
First part first, actually I thought I remembered there was already a chain called "The Pink Taco," but since I wasn't on my computer at the time & I was admittedly too lazy to Google, I went with "Nikki's Pink Taco" figuring that name wasn't already taken! Ha ha ha!
Second part second. It seems VERY hypocritical to me....yet so VERY typical. People who are willing to take a stand so long as they don't have to give up something in the process. Here, they are concerned about an animal being painted pink and forced to stand out in 90 degree heat, yet not about the systematic slaughter of animals? Why? Because they aren't willing to give up meat. I can't speak for the donkey & I don't know about you, BUT, I sure as Hell would rather be painted pink and forced to stand in 90 degree heat than I would to be (inhumanely) slaughtered and eaten!
Even before my heart attack, being that I tend to be a sensitive and caring person, eating meat nagged me when I thought about the animal that was slaughtered to provide that food for me.....which I didn't, and nobody really, need in the first place. Being an information junkie, I know a little bit about what animals are subjected to in the whole "processing" process. Cattle usually get a spike gun to the head. Chicken and turkeys get their heads chopped off (while they are alive), just to name a few. I REALLY detest hypocrites & I ALWAYS felt like a MAJOR hypocrite when I ate any type of meat. I always pictured a poor little chicken walking around one minute not bothering a soul & the next minute.....CHOP!!! Sadly, it took a heart attack to actually cause me to be truer to myself than I had been in the past.
Most people are totally ignorant....so they had an excuse. I on the other hand never really had one since I was a kid. So, the fact that it could bother me (when I thought about it), and yet I would continue eating.....made me VERY hypocritical too! Still nags me too when I think about it.
Ultimately, it takes a far bigger person to take a stand and to do what's right than it does to simply follow the herd! Sadly, too many people are simply followers!
Sooooooo, yeah, VERY hypocritical IMHO!
For the record, I grew up in the country......and, YES, I was that guy who actually swerved to avoid hitting animals when I was driving (I wouldn't wreck to avoid it, but if I could do safely, I would)! Not that this should be too surprising, there were plenty of dudes that I knew who actually were dicks and would go out of their way to hit something that darted out on the road (small animals of course.....NOT deer....that would mess their car/truck up!)! Even before my course work, I instinctively realized that that type of behavior spoke volumes about their true character!
