blueyedpoet said:
here are my thoughts as a vegetarian (i do not support eating creatures that have lived), whoever thought of this idea is disgusting. however, to "rabble, rabble, rabble" is pretty pointless and petty. furthermore, it is also petty to "rabble, rabble, rabble" about those who feel passionate about this.
I agree - particularly that making this type of candy isn't exactly tasteful.
Still, there's a difference between making a fair point and doing the "rabble" thing ala South Park. Of course, it's great that we get passionate about things - I personally, as one of the many people who despise animal cruelty, just feel that we should be helping our cause better by attempting to solve the problem, as opposed to complaining about a product that in all likelihood will have no effect - and I don't see how that can be classed as "petty", when it's merely common sense.
There's a difference, also, between feeling passionately about a cause, and being blind and hysterical.
The first is great; the latter is pointless. In my view, that's also common sense.
Early this morning, I remembered a campaign that Walkers crisps ran here in the UK, by making 'Hedgehog' flavoured crisps. This was around 1985. There was a pic of a hedgehog on the packets saying "please don't squash me!", obviously referring to all the hedgehogs that become roadkill due to people's carelessness.
I remember being upset by this, as were many of my classmates - but it had a positive effect: it raised awareness of the problem. In fact, my year group were so unhappy about this that we did a sponsored silence - much to the relief of our parents - in order to raise money for Hedgehog sanctuaries around the UK. We were 7 years old. What I'm trying to point out is that, this sort of thing is more likely (in my opinion, and based on experience) to have a positive effect.