At least the Billboard Cos. wouldn't display this disgusting BS
No company will display PETA’s ‘baby’ billboard
Animal advocacy group planned to put up ad comparing eating meat to local baby’s death.
By Doug Page, Staff Writer
Updated 10:12 PM Tuesday, May 24, 2011
DAYTON — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals will not put up a planned billboard that linked a mother’s microwaving of her 28-day-old baby with the cooking of meat.
PETA failed to find a billboard company that would accept the message.
“We understand why our message — that most of the animals killed for human consumption are innocent babies who feel pain and fear just as humans do — might be upsetting,” PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman said in a Tuesday email. “We encourage anyone who is troubled by the comparison between a baby human and a baby pig to clear their conscience by adopting a humane, vegan diet.”
China Arnold, 31, was convicted May 13 of the aggravated murder of her infant daughter, Paris Talley, who died in a microwave oven in 2005. Friday, a jury declined to recommend the death penalty for Arnold. Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Mary Wiseman sentenced her to life without parole.
PETA’s plans drew outrage from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which said the ad compared black people to animals.
The billboard was to feature two images: a mother pig nuzzling her piglet and a person about to place a pork chop in a microwave oven. The text reads “Everybody’s Somebody’s Baby. Go Vegan.”
“That’s very good,” Bishop Richard Cox, president of the SCLC’s Dayton chapter, said upon hearing the news that the proposed billboard would not appear. Cox has been a staunch defender of Arnold, saying he believes she is innocent.
“This is good news for China Arnold and the African-American community,” he said.
