People in my office love Wednesdays — it’s Taco Day after another late Tuesday night spent putting out your beloved Fort Worth Weekly.
My egg and sausage taco with a big, gorgeous strip of bacon down the center was really fantastic, even though I was eating it while also writing this blog about PETA’s new anti-meat ad.
Four Texas Tech University students – including two from Dallas – won a recent competition to create the campaign.
The mesmerizing new slogan is (ear muffs!): “You’re Eating Shit.”
Hmmm, well, it’s right in line with PETA’s sensationalistic shock-and-awe method of spreading its message. It’s also the in-yo-face hell-raising approach that college students typically love. Revolution!
Texas Tech professor Carla Tedeschi teaches a “Public and Social Service Design” class, and her students divided into six teams of four and designed vegan ads. The winning team’s ad will be featured this fall as a PETA public service announcement.
The slogan refers to filthy conditions at factory farms and slaughterhouses, where fecal bacteria often makes its way onto meat products.
I applaud the students’ enthusiasm.
But I still enjoyed my taco.
Like my Burleson life guru always says, “What doesn’t kill you… .”
Taco Day?! Why didn’t I know about this “tradition?” I’d come in for a taco. After eating them most of my adult life, (and that’s 80 years my friends) I’m not gonna worry now.
‘What doesn’t kill you…’ kills others.
Ever thought about that?
And Betty, wouldn’t you feel a greater sense of achievement by living the rest of your life compassionately?
It’s never too late to save a life (or over a hundred per year if you take meat out of your menu). A small sacrifice for such a great achievement, don’t you think?