PETA, the group that recently made headlines by condemning President Obama for his ninja-worthy fly killing skills (something the group denounced as an "executive insect execution"), is renewing its push for Middle East peace.
According to the PETA blog, the group best-known for its provocative, semi-nude "go vegetarian" ads is hoping to post a billboard in the region with a simple message: Give Peas A Chance!
"Nonviolence begins on your plate," reads the ad, which includes Hebrew, English and Arabic. "Go vegetarian."
"I know what you're thinking—choosing falafel over lamb chops isn't going to create peace in the Middle East overnight," PETA wrote on its blog. "But if we can inspire people to relate to the animals who wind up on their plates, maybe we can also inspire them to relate to the people on the other side of the barriers."
Originally, PETA said it was asking the Israeli military for permission to put the posters on both sides of the walls that divide Israelis from Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
(PETA very easily could come over and post the ad on the Palestinian side of the separation walls that are favorite forums for graffiti artists around the world, but no matter...)
Now PETA says it wants to post the veggie ad campaign on billboards in the region.
There are plenty of places PETA could find cheap billboard space for the ad.
Israel is already getting props from PETA for a new bill that would ban some fur products made with the skins of dogs, cats and rabbits. (The bill is drawing the ire of Haredi Jewish leaders who fear that the bill could prevent them from buying their traditional shtreimel fur hats...)
Before weighing in on the Obama fly killing controversy, which comedian Stephen Colbert denounced on his show as a "shocking abuse of executive power," PETA unveiled a new ad featuring the granddaughter of Latin American revolutionary Che Guevara.
With her fist in the air and two bandoliers of carrots strapped over her naked chest, Lydia Guevara urges people to "join the vegetarian revolution" in an ad set to appear in Argentina this fall.
Photo courtesy of PETA
And wouldn't you know it, the fly now has an account on Twitter! http://twitter.com/aflyobamakilled
Posted by: Far | June 26, 2009 at 09:51 AM