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September 25, 2006
People For The Ethical Treatment Of...
GURNEE, Ill. (AP) - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants Six Flags Great America to scrap its Halloween-themed cockroach-eating promotion.A spokeswoman for the animal rights organization says the contest at the amusement park's FrightFest is "gratuitously cruel."
The park in Gurnee, Ill., is joining other Six Flags parks in offering unlimited line-jumping privileges to anyone who eats a live Madagascar hissing cockroach. The bugs are up to three inches long.
They are beyond parody.
Posted by Mr. Bingley at September 25, 2006 08:51 AM
Comments
Satire is dead. And they've dug up and buggered the corpse.
Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at September 25, 2006 10:29 AM
Damn! And I thought only drunk Marines ate cockroaches!
Posted by: tree hugging sister at September 25, 2006 11:42 AM
I agree. It is "gratuitously cruel", but only to those who choose to watch it.
Posted by: Rob at September 25, 2006 11:42 AM
Leaving out Third World indigenous tribes, of course.
Posted by: tree hugging sister at September 25, 2006 11:42 AM
I've seen these loonies discuss the feelings of aquarium jellyfish. Yes, we did make fun of them.
Posted by: Cindermutha at September 25, 2006 11:43 AM
I'm sure your comments were stinging, CM.
Posted by: tree hugging sister at September 25, 2006 11:56 AM
Must have left them numb.
Posted by: Nightfly at September 25, 2006 01:53 PM
Clearly.
Posted by: tree hugging sister at September 25, 2006 02:06 PM
Well, actually, making me think of people eating roaches is gratuitously cruel. I don't think I will ever get over the trauma. Or be able to eat chocolate-covered raisins any more.
That wasn't what they meant? Oh.
Posted by: Andrea Harris at September 25, 2006 08:52 PM
I have to comment: In 1979 on my first visit to Okinawa I was a witness to a bet between two Marines, "20 bucks if you eat that cockroach",of course the poor insect was picked up and forced into the gaping maw of a LCpl. Never will forget the fight that bug put up with it's legs holding on to the lips of that Marine, refusing to go down but down it went with a faint crunch. That stupid LCpl spent three days in sickbay. The roaches in Oki lived in the open sewers common there and were big, like 2 1/2 to 3 inches long and would keep walking even if you stepped on them.
Posted by: major dad at September 25, 2006 09:18 PM
Wait until PETA hears about the worm eating tricks taught by the USAF survival school.
Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at September 26, 2006 11:46 AM