Dalai Lama v/s PETA
Interesting new item about how PETA purposely mis-quoted the Dalai Lama in order to further the cause pf PETA.
The Dalai Lama replies (
San Mateo County Times)
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Dalai Lama critical of PETA
The office of the Dalai Lama said Friday that an animal rights group misrepresented the nature of a request by the spiritual leader that fast-food chain KFC not open an outlet in his homeland, Tibet.
bq. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, released a document Thursday from the Dalai Lama asking that the Louisville, Ky.-based restaurant chain "abandon its plan to open restaurants in Tibet."
bq. But the Dalai Lama's heading on the document, "APPEAL," was changed to "Dear Mr. Novak" -- a reference to David Novak, chief executive of KFC's parent company, Yum! Brands Inc.
bq. PETA then issued a statement saying the Dalai Lama had "dispatched a letter" to the company.
And the reply from the Dalai Lama?
bq. "We strongly object to your changing the nature of the appeal without seeking our approval," the Dalai Lama's secretary, Tenzin Geyche Tethong, said in a letter faxed Friday to Ingrid Newkirk of PETA in Norfolk, Va.
A Buddhist is "strongly objecting"
They must indeed be hacked off at PETA...
Posted by DaveH at June 26, 2004 11:12 AM