PETA

Do people in PETA have meetings wherein they try to think of the most 
outlandish publicity stunt possible?  If anyone is a member, just explain it 
to me.  

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Goodbye Slaughterville, Hello Veggieville? 
 
 
Feb 17, 11:07 am ET 

DALLAS (Reuters) - A vegetarian group wants an Oklahoma town named after a 
family that helped settle the state to change its name to Veggieville because 
they think its sounds a lot better than Slaughterville.
The city council of Slaughterville, Oklahoma, a town of about 3,000 in the 
center of the state, was due to discuss next week the proposal by the People 
for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

PETA is even offering $20,000 worth of veggie burgers to an area school if the 
name change goes through.

But town manager Marsha Blair said on Friday the chances of passage were slim 
to none. "We do not intend to change the name," she told Reuters.

Bruce Friedrich, PETA's campaign manager, said the organization is focusing 
its resources on the abuse and cruelty of animals that are killed for the food 
and clothing industries in slaughterhouses.

"Even if the people of Slaughterville are not looking at the cruelty to farmed 
animals as an issue, it is a fact that anyone, including the residents of 
Slaughterville, who is eating meat, is supporting the felony level of abuse of 
animals," he said.

Slaughterville was named after a family that helped settle the area in the 
19th century. The family ran a dry goods store and blacksmith shop. 

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