Mr. T is offensive? WTF?

[IronBrig4]

http://slyoyster.com/newsandpolitics/2011/mr-t-drawing-gets-paul-mayberry-fired-from-whole-foods/

What's all this jibba jabba? Of course Mr. T loves his steak. He also loves to drink his milk too. Mmmm, good for the bones. Why does it seem like there's always a cranky old lady behind a ridiculous complaint like this?

 

[figmentPez]

Silly vegans. If you ate better you wouldn't be so grumpy and you'd be able to get that the sign is a joke.

 

[DarkAudit]

Vegans suck. End of discussion.

 

[Allen who is Quiet]

 

[Philosopher B.]

I pity uptight jagoffs.

 

[Covar]

I'm surprised the Vegan wasn't upset at Whole Foods for promoting steak.

 

[Jiarn]

Someone needs to tell this lady that Mr.T wakes kids from comas with just his voice.

No seriously:
http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=69856
(Wish Yahoo still had the original article up)

 

[North_Ranger]

I divide the world in two. Those who eat meat and those who don't.

The latter is also called "lunch".

 

[Silver Jelly]

I divide the world in two. Those who eat meat and those who don't.

The latter is also called "lunch".

It's quite a tender subject!

 

[Joe Johnson]

Lunch? So you eat them?

 

[North_Ranger]

Cows eat grass, don't they?

 

[Hylian]

 

[sixpackshaker]

The only part of a cow that escapes the slaughter house is the moo.

 

[strawman]

Other examples of his prior Whole Foods work showed that it was good he got fired - ended up putting his art to better use later:

http://www.dangerousminds.net/comments/i_pity_whole_foods_for_firing_paul_maybury/

 

[Fun Size]

Deleted a long rant in favor of simplicity. I don't eat meat. I've never once told anyone else that they shouldn't. I could give a damn what you do or don't do with your own bodies. To that end: you can all go fuck yourselves.

 

[figmentPez]

Do you find the Mr. T art to be offensive?

 

[Fun Size]

Nope. I thought it was funny. Someone offended by that is apparently unaware that Whole Foods runs a meat department, and is thus a tool.

 

[North_Ranger]

Deleted a long rant in favor of simplicity. I don't eat meat. I've never once told anyone else that they shouldn't. I could give a damn what you do or don't do with your own bodies. To that end: you can all go fuck yourselves.

Whoa, talking lunch

Nah, just kidding, just kidding... I hope you didn't take offence at my earlier jest. I just dislike the "holier-than-thou" variety of any clique, group, ism, religion, sect, cult or whatever and vegans/vegetarians of that sort are just about as annoying as they can be without playing Never Gonna Give You Up on boomboxes all the time.

 

[Ravenpoe]

No one is saying that not eating meat makes you a bad person. Rather, not eating meat, and then chastising others who do, makes you a bad person. So you and I, we're cool.

But if we wanna go that route, then fuck you and the pita approved horse you rode in on (which I will now eat)

 

[Charlie Don't Surf]

it's PETA

 

[figmentPez]

Nope. I thought it was funny. Someone offended by that is apparently unaware that Whole Foods runs a meat department, and is thus a tool.

Then you're obviously eating well enough that your mental faculties or mood aren't being adversely affected. Good for you.

What I said in my first post was a jest. Any restricted diet is difficult to make balanced, and vegan may be one of the most difficult. It's pretty easy to get grumpy if you've recently made a major change in diet, or if your ongoing eating habits aren't filling your nutritional needs. The vegans who succesfully pull off their choice and are healthly and well-adjusted in their attitude aren't the "silly vegans" who I was poking fun at

I freely mock all self-imposed eating habits that lead to stupid behavior, including my own.

 

[North_Ranger]

I'd rather have a pita than a PETA. Bostonians taste a little horrid...

 

[Ravenpoe]

it's PETA

Not when using my acronym.

 

[Draxo]

the pita

I see what you did thar.