PETA sends vegan "chicks" to Philly on Wing Bowl day
Move over Philly "Wingettes," there are some new "chicks" coming to town and they are armed with vegan hot wings. While 20,000 fans gather for the raucous celebration of chicken wings and women known as Wing Bowl at the Wells Fargo Center Friday, People for the Ethical Treatment for Animals is sending in its soldiers to Center City.
PETA sends vegan "chicks" to Philly on Wing Bowl day
Amy Worden, Inquirer Staff Writer
Move over Philly "Wingettes," there are some new "chicks" coming to town and they are armed with vegan hot wings.
While 20,000 fans gather for the raucous celebration of chicken wings and women known as Wing Bowl at the Wells Fargo Center Friday, People for the Ethical Treatment for Animals (PETA) is sending its soldiers to Center City.
Missed out on Wing Bowl tickets or want to check out a soy-based alternative to chicken? Head over to 10th and Market at noon.
Two PETA "beauties" wearing sexy referee outfits and holding football-shaped signs that say, "Bench Cruelty: Go Vegan!" (or my suggestion, Save a Chicken, Go Soy!) will be handing out vegan hot wings.
Their goal, they said, is to persuade Super Bowl viewers to give healthy and delicious vegan food a try during the big game this year.
It might just help fans live to see more Super Bowls.
The only things missing - PETA said - from soy-based wings are the cruelty and cholesterol.
"With all the delicious vegan options available, everyone should throw a flag on meat—and that includes football fans," says "referee" Leila Sleiman. "No matter which team you place your money on to win the Super Bowl, going vegan is always a safe bet."
A vegan diet is less prone to heart disease, strokes, and cancer than meat-eaters are, according to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
And, who knew this? Researchers at the University of Chicago have determined that switching to a vegan diet is more effective in countering climate change than switching from a standard car to a hybrid vehicle.
When: Friday, February 1, 12 noon
Man-made global warming is a myth— mystikast
It isn't relevant to the article, but OK, let's discuss climate change. Some people say it's happening, and others deny it. Which to believe?
Quite a bit has been published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. But the denialists aren't publishing there. Though they're well represented among anonymous Internet commenters like mystikast.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2012/12/11/climate_change_denial_why_don_t_they_publish_scientific_papers.html
But who are you going to believe? Scientists? Or the petroleum industry and their online shills and dupes?
- I heard POOP (People Openly Opposed to Plants)is going to be there also.— junethe4th
- PETA says they're opposed to cruelty. But they reject all meat eating regardless of how the livestock are treated. By lumping all keepers of livestock together, they do farm animals a real disservice.
But I do enjoy their kooky, oddly sexy protests, and look forward to the coverage of today's event. The participants are usually genuinely attractive (and unworthy of the sneering scare-quotes of paragraph four's " 'beauties' "). Check out some past events, easily found by a Google search. - Bringing attention to the senseless slaughter of animals is always good. Nobody needs to eat chickens.— bucky95
- @Lefty Grove- anyone who eats meat IS causing animal cruelty. There is NOTHING "humane" about slaughtering ANY being. People who continue to purchase, consume, and wear animal products are the ones doing animals a disservice. I don't agree with all of PeTAs tactics, but rejecting meat eating is for the benefit of the animals and anyone who thinks that eating animals is "kinder" and more humane than not eating them is not in their right mind.— Madilyn
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