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Post by Dabbit on Apr 24, 2006 12:11:43 GMT -5
I'm not sure if you have Bernard Matthew products in the US but if you do I would urge you to boycott them, following a report on tonights local TV. Four workers of the company were caught on camera throwing live turkeys up in the air and then hitting them with a wooden stick (as in rounders/baseball). When the poor (often damaged turkeys) landed on the ground the men then started to kick them!!!
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Post by Maria on Apr 24, 2006 12:17:28 GMT -5
Outrageous! I don't know how mankind can be so uncaring of the living. However, when one thinks of it, look at how some treat our own kind in prisons. There has to be too many deranged people in position of power.
I would boycott that brand if it were here.
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Post by Fluffy on Apr 24, 2006 12:25:13 GMT -5
You wouldn't want to eat them anyway, if you knew what went into them...yuk!
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Post by louise90 on Apr 24, 2006 16:24:13 GMT -5
I tell you, I was sickened by what I saw today on the TV. I simply couldn't believe they could be so cruel & stand there laughing. The slimy little *****!
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Post by Mark on Apr 24, 2006 17:22:39 GMT -5
Yes, that's essentially what I said too, Louise, when I read it on dabbit's Forum. Actually when I saw your posting I said to myself, 'Self, I thought you put that on dabbit's forum?'. Then I saw your name. I think maybe I'll put an 'M' on my bartman shirt.... ;D
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Post by Fluffy on Apr 25, 2006 3:49:43 GMT -5
For a nation of animals lovers there is a surprising amount of cruelty that goes on, and just once
in a while we, the wider public, gets to hear about it. We do have some power in these sort
of situations, by boycotting those companies who pussyfoot around and suspend their staff,
instead of sacking them outright.
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Post by Mark on Apr 25, 2006 8:41:05 GMT -5
It's a tragic example of how corporations can turn a blind eye to its employees activities as long as they enjoy a healty bottom line in their Income Statement. They need a good letter-writing and emailing campaign to increase the public's awareness and Bernard Matthews' awareness that the public will not put up with such maltreatment.
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Post by Fluffy on Apr 25, 2006 8:53:12 GMT -5
As the footage has been widely seen on TV here, from what Dabbit said, I think that BM will see
a rapid down turn in their profits!
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Post by Mark on Apr 25, 2006 9:03:04 GMT -5
Great initials, those, for such a company, what?  |
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Post by louise90 on Apr 25, 2006 9:13:55 GMT -5
I've just seen the news updates on TV, and the RSPCA have been called in. Thankfully, and quite rightly so, the men in question have been suspended. I hope they charge them now for cruelty. They darn well should be!
Louise
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Post by Mark on Apr 25, 2006 9:23:10 GMT -5
Exactly! BTW, perhaps I should redraw your Bartman with a skirt... ;D
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Post by Dabbit on Apr 27, 2006 10:42:18 GMT -5
I think you should perhaps Mark - as i get confused enough....
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Post by Mark on Apr 27, 2006 11:33:27 GMT -5
How about something like this, Dabbit?  |
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Post by Fluffy on Apr 27, 2006 13:30:55 GMT -5
lol Mark..very clever
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Post by Mark on Apr 27, 2006 23:23:59 GMT -5
Yeah, but Louise is liable to want to choke me when she sees it... ;D
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Post by Dabbit on Apr 28, 2006 7:50:49 GMT -5
Maybe you could add an L to her shirt Mark?
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Post by Mark on Apr 28, 2006 8:20:33 GMT -5
To the original or the skirted one, Dave?
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Post by Dabbit on Apr 28, 2006 11:10:04 GMT -5
Yeah...Or change the head to that the one of Marge...lol
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Post by Mark on Apr 28, 2006 14:32:27 GMT -5
Now, that's an idea!
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Post by Dabbit on Oct 22, 2006 9:25:30 GMT -5
 Not sure whether you can see this picture but it is of the men playing 'rounders' with the live turkeys... |
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