All Animals Are Equal So Why Is Charles Taylor Any Different?

So, there’s a new PETA ad coming out that points out the similarities between eating human and animal flesh. This is in response to former Liberian President Charles Taylor’s trial. Former President Taylor is alleged to have cannibalised his enemies, peacekeepers and U.N. Personnel by the International War Crimes Tribunal – the ad is meant for making people think about exactly who they are guilty of eating:

“Their struggles and cries were ignored”, reads the ad. “They were dragged to the knife … their bodies were mutilated and their throats were slit … they were decapitated, dismembered and carved up … their corpses were put in a pot seasoned with salt and pepper … and their heads and bones were discarded. It’s still going on!”

Call me a cynic – but that sounds like every day for millions of animals languishing in factory farms worldwide to me!

PETA’s Managing Director Ingrid Newkirk spoke out “When it comes to the terror and suffering of being killed to be eaten, all animals – including the human animal – are equal, in the 21st century, there is no excuse for not going vegetarian.”

See the ad in full here