Group blasts PETA 'Holocaust' project
If you were with us yesterday, you are already familiar with this story. I was curious about how Jewish groups would react; thankfully, they did not disappoint.
The graphic campaign and exhibit "Holocaust on Your Plate," devised by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, juxtaposes 60-square-foot panels displaying gruesome scenes from Nazi death camps side by side with disturbing photographs from factory farms and slaughterhouses. One shows a starving man in a concentration camp next to a starving cow.
The exhibit opens Friday in San Diego, California, and went up Thursday at the University of California at Los Angeles. It also is posted on a PETA Web site, www.masskilling.com, which calls for support for the campaign from the Jewish community.
The comparisons prompted an angry statement from Abraham Foxman, Anti-Defamation League national director and a Holocaust survivor.
"The effort by PETA to compare the deliberate, systematic murder of millions of Jews to the issue of animal rights is abhorrent," the statement said. "PETA's effort to seek approval for their 'Holocaust on Your Plate' campaign is outrageous, offensive and takes chutzpah to new heights."
PETA has turned into a clueless, insensitive parody of itself. While at one time they may have had something useful to contribute, thye have frittered away their credibility with campaigns devoid of common sense and compassion. It was one thing when they used naked supermodels to make a point. Their latest effort goes way beyond offensive- not that their actually going to offer anyone an apology.
