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Post by veggiewoman on Dec 10, 2006 20:30:10 GMT
Tell Nigella to Get Stuffed This Christmas! Many of you may have caught the recent BBC TV advert that has been running to promote Nigella’s Christmas Kitchen. This trailer shows a turkey walking through the countryside to Nigella's house with the voice over saying along the lines of, "If you're going to die this Christmas wouldn't you rather be cooked by Nigella?" This advert is offensive for a number of reasons. Firstly, no animal willingly chooses to go to slaughter – and to suggest that ones does (even in jest) is both distasteful and heartless. Secondly, the turkey has obviously been debeaked – a painful process common on factory farms (where the vast majority of the 20 million killed in the UK each year spend their short and tragic lives crammed together). So, the trailer is also misleading – as no factory farmed turkey will ever find its way outside, let alone get a chance to wander freely. Please join Viva! in giving two feathers up to the BBC and Nigella by making a polite complaint. You might also like to take this opportunity to ask why the BBC has - as it does every single year - failed to even attempt to cater for Britain's three million plus vegetarians and vegans (most of whom are licence fee payers) this Christmas? Complain to the BBC on 08700 100 222 or use their webform. For more information on Viva!’s campaign against turkey farming visit here. www.viva.org.uk/christmas/index.html
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Post by applecrumble on Dec 12, 2006 20:41:05 GMT
Nigella has deliberately tried to offend non-carnivores before, she loves the attention.
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Post by applecrumble on Dec 12, 2006 20:45:29 GMT
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Post by applecrumble on Dec 12, 2006 20:48:29 GMT
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Post by earthmother on Dec 14, 2006 9:51:03 GMT
Have complained, also complained to ITV about the python they dropped last night during the comedy awards.
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Post by earthmother on Dec 18, 2006 11:52:43 GMT
Got this message back form the BBC re: Nigella
Thank you for your e-mail regarding the trail for 'Nigella's Christmas Kitchen'.
I appreciate that you found the trail offensive.
May I state that the promotion for Nigella Lawson's new show was not intended to be disrespectful in any way, but given that the series is about Christmas food, we needed to find a simple, memorable way to tell viewers about the programme. We therefore took a popular Christmas food tradition that most of the country would recognise and treated it in a light-hearted way. We take our responsibilities to animals extremely seriously. At no point was the bird put under any stress, and in fact three identical turkeys were used to prevent them getting tired. The birds, originally bred for the Christmas food market, have now been taken on as pets in the North of England, where they will be allowed to live out their lives peacefully. Nevertheless, I do acknowledge your concerns and can assure you that your comments on this matter will be fully registered and made available to our Presentation department and indeed senior management within the BBC. Feedback of this nature helps us when making decisions about future BBC services and your views will most certainly play a part in this process.
Thank you again for taking the time to contact the BBC.
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Post by puffin on Dec 18, 2006 14:35:08 GMT
Ummm thats quite a nice email reply. I hope they will think a bit more in the future. Do you think the birds got re homed?
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