Everyone is still abuzz about Michael Jackson’s death and finding unique ways to pay tribute to the King of Pop in the form of cakes and shrines.
PETA decided that they wanted in on the action. Last week they sent a letter to Jackson’s estate seeking the rights to his 1972 single “Ben.” In the event that you don’t remember the lesser-known tune, it waxes poetic about a boy and his pet rat.
Ecorazzi gives us the PETArds’ reasoning:
Michael Jackson’s hit has always been a moving testament to the power of empathy for animals. If more people could be inspired by his song to stop supporting the cruel and ineffective animal-testing industry, it would be a fitting and enduring tribute to this talented performer.
Never mind the fact that back in March, PETA went to great lengths to attack Michael Jackson for animal cruelty because of his desire to use exotic animals in his London shows and for animals left at Neverland Ranch. According to PETA:
Michael needs to learn to leave exotic animals alone.
Clearly this is what the King of Pop would have wanted.
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Two things I despise right now. All of this media Coverage on Michael Jackson and PETA.
Amen Angry Army Wife. A-men.
Have you noticed that, even PeTA is changing their views over Wacko-Jacko after his death? Let’s forget the pederast, now he’s an angel!
Psychos…
Uch, a bunch of attention whores clamoring to get in on a wave of publicity for a dead kiddie-diddler. Famous people are so fargin’ nasty.
Come on, folks, this is just the latest PETA publicity stunt. Every few months they get themselves a lot of free publicity with an absurd idea. Remember when they asked Ben & Jerry’s to use human milk? Or the campaign to rename fish “sea kittens”? It’s fun to get outraged at their antics, but it just plays into their plan: “All publicity is good publicity.”
But this makes a certain amount of sense. If we all do what PETA wants, we’ll wind up being eaten alive by the animals they say we should save, just like at the end of the movie!
Too bad what happens to Kenny on South Park didn’t happen to Michael…hmmmm.
“Cruel and ineffective animal testing.” Really? Isn’t that how their major spokeswhore, Pam Anderson, came to have treatments for her illness? And doesn’t Ingrid herself have diabetes, with her insulin derived from pigs?
The irony is making my head spin.
Stick around, bubbasom. Head-spinning irony is sort of coin of the realm…