{"id":2821,"date":"2002-09-17T15:56:24","date_gmt":"2002-09-17T20:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=2821"},"modified":"2002-09-17T15:56:24","modified_gmt":"2002-09-17T20:56:24","slug":"quack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/09\/17\/quack.html","title":{"rendered":"Quack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bored?  Nothing to do?  I mean, absolutely nothing that would add to the betterment of life on this here Earth?  Like taking out the trash.  Or dusting your furniture.  Or turning off the TV?<\/p>\n<p>Then you probably might as well join this campaign <a href=\"http:\/\/www.upc-online.org\/alerts\/020304aflac_duck.html\">condemning AFLAC commercials<\/a> for &#8220;degrading ducks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>No, I&#8217;m really serious here.  Or, at least, United Poultry Concerns is.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, there&#8217;s probably some worthwhile things that UPC does in terms of the conditions of factory farms, etc.  But actually urging a letter-writing campaign about the AFLAC commercial betrays an attitude that is so over the top that, like PETA, it poisons the whole well of everything else they have to say.<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2002_09_01_archive.html#85460707\">BoingBoing<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bored? Nothing to do? I mean, absolutely nothing that would add to the betterment of life on this here Earth? Like taking out the trash. Or dusting your furniture. 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