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PETA Demands Bar Change Its Name Because ‘Ye Olde Fighting Cocks’ Is Offensive t
« on: May 20, 2015, 06:32:04 PM »

PETA Demands Bar Change Its Name Because ‘Ye Olde Fighting Cocks’ Is Offensive to Chickens
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PETA wants “Ye Olde Clever Cocks” instead. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to the oldest bar in Britain on Monday demanding that it change its historic name because “Ye Olde Fighting Cocks” is offensive to chickens. PETA director Mimi Bekhechi said the name should be changed to “Ye Olde Clever Cocks” because that would “celebrate chickens as the intelligent, sensitive and social animals they are,” according to an article in the Mirror. The pub is Britain’s oldest, according to Guinness World Records, and has had the name since 1872.


According to PETA, however, history just doesn’t matter when it comes to something this serious.   “We understand that the pub has long been called Ye Olde Fighting Cocks and that there may be some resistance to making a name change, but just as many pubs with names tied to slavery changed their names to match modern sensibilities, so it’s high time for The Cocks to change,” the group’s special-projects manager Dawn Carr said in a letter, according to the Herts Advertiser.



(Yes — “slavery.”) Carr added that the name change would “encourage people to rethink the way that we treat chickens and grant these birds the respect and kindness that they deserve.”

Despite all of these super-compelling arguments, however, the local newspaper St Albans & Harpenden Review is reporting that the pub has no plans to change its name.  “We have a responsibility to preserve the history of this building,” landlord Christo Tofalli said. “We celebrate the fact that cock fighting was banned in the 1800s, but we won’t consider changing our name.” “We are animal lovers here and are one of the few pubs left that welcomes dogs,” he continued. “And we usually support animal welfare organizations and a lot of the great work they do.”

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/418658/peta-demands-bar-change-its-name-because-ye-olde-fighting-cocks-offensive-chickens


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Re: PETA Demands Bar Change Its
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2015, 07:01:12 PM »
Quote from: Buttplug on May 20, 2015, 06:32:04 PM
when it comes to something this serious.
The US is a bit behind the rest of the western world as far as legislation protecting animals. Maybe they've run of serious things in Great Brittan and would be better to pick up shop and move those headquarters elsewhere. PETA could find something better to do.
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Re: PETA Demands Bar Change Its Name
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2015, 07:47:56 PM »
They could change the name to Ye Old Wrinkled Cock.  :zoinks:
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Re: PETA Demands Bar Change Its Name Because ‘Ye Olde Fighting Cocks’ Is Offensive t
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2015, 02:38:29 AM »
PETA have no influence in the UK - they're a fucking joke. No danger of that pub, or any of the others called The Fighting Cock or variants, changing their name to please meddlesome idiots who think calling fish 'sea kittens' might stop people wanting to eat them.  :wanker:
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Re: PETA Demands Bar Change Its Name Because ‘Ye Olde Fighting Cocks’ Is Offensive t
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2015, 11:08:01 AM »
Personally I think it's very upsetting. I will have to start a petition on change.org. :P
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Re: PETA Demands Bar Change Its Name Because ‘Ye Olde Fighting Cocks’ Is Offensive t
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2015, 01:47:59 PM »
PETA gets more and more extreme as the years go by.   ::)
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Re: PETA Demands Bar Change Its Name
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2015, 07:22:52 PM »
Quote from: odeon on May 21, 2015, 11:08:01 AM
Personally I think it's very upsetting. I will have to start a petition on change.org. :P

Make your petntitions to name it YE Old Geriatric Cock.  :zoinks:
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Re: PETA Demands Bar Change Its Name
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2015, 07:23:52 PM »
This thread has the potential for so much absurdity!! :GA:
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Re: PETA Demands Bar Change Its Name
« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2015, 07:25:15 PM »
Quote from: Gopher Gary on May 21, 2015, 07:23:52 PM
This thread has the potential for so much absurdity!! :GA:

Ye Old Decrepit Cock.  :zoinks:
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Re: PETA Demands Bar Change Its Name
« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2015, 08:11:01 PM »
Ye OLd debilitated Cock. :zoinks:
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Re: PETA Demands Bar Change Its Name
« Reply #10 on: May 22, 2015, 11:35:25 AM »
Quote from: Gopher Gary on May 21, 2015, 07:23:52 PM
This thread has the potential for so much absurdity!! :GA:

I know. :GA:
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Re: PETA Demands Bar Change Its Name Because ‘Ye Olde Fighting Cocks’ Is Offensive t
« Reply #11 on: May 22, 2015, 12:06:27 PM »
A centuries old name is just that......a centuries old name and a part of history that only fanatical fools would get upset about!
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Re: PETA Demands Bar Change Its Name Because ‘Ye Olde Fighting Cocks’ Is Offensive t
« Reply #12 on: May 22, 2015, 12:08:51 PM »
true, but there are funnier angles.
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Re: PETA Demands Bar Change Its Name Because ‘Ye Olde Fighting Cocks’ Is Offensive t
« Reply #13 on: May 22, 2015, 12:16:21 PM »
Quote from: odeon on May 22, 2015, 12:08:51 PM
true, but there are funnier angles.
Truly bent fighting cocks?
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Re: PETA Demands Bar Change Its Name Because ‘Ye Olde Fighting Cocks’ Is Offensive t
« Reply #14 on: May 22, 2015, 12:22:32 PM »
Quote from: hykeaswell on May 22, 2015, 12:16:21 PM
Quote from: odeon on May 22, 2015, 12:08:51 PM
true, but there are funnier angles.
Truly bent fighting cocks?

Stupid Cocks Fighting Blindly :M
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