http://religionandtechnology.com/2009/08/30/teaching-speciesism-the-mcdonalds-talking-fish-schools-consumers-on-complicit-complacency/ "The subjects are cyborg, nature is coyote, and the geography is elsewhere." * Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:30:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://religionandtechnology.com/2009/08/30/teaching-speciesism-the-mcdonalds-talking-fish-schools-consumers-on-complicit-complacency/comment-page-1/#comment-3546 Forlorn79 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:56:42 +0000 http://religionandtechnology.com/2009/08/30/teaching-speciesism-the-mcdonalds-talking-fish-schools-consumers-on-complicit-complacency/#comment-3546 I agree with your analysis of the reaction of the actors, but I feel that the message of the song, although comical, may actually sway people away from eating animal products. Even though it's a funny sounding song, and the commercial is making satire of the animal’s position, maybe it will make some people think more deeply about it. In that way, I think McDonalds may have made a mistake by making this commercial, even if it does result in some short term gains in sales while the commercial is up, the long term loss of some people going vegetarian would be a big problem for them. As a vegan, this is exactly the type of thing I want people to think about, if they were in the position of the animal. Compassion has to start somewhere. Most people won't get that message, and maybe those types of people were never going to stop eating meat, but to those open to it, the song may make a difference, in spite of the commercial. I agree with your analysis of the reaction of the actors, but I feel that the message of the song, although comical, may actually sway people away from eating animal products. Even though it’s a funny sounding song, and the commercial is making satire of the animal’s position, maybe it will make some people think more deeply about it. In that way, I think McDonalds may have made a mistake by making this commercial, even if it does result in some short term gains in sales while the commercial is up, the long term loss of some people going vegetarian would be a big problem for them. As a vegan, this is exactly the type of thing I want people to think about, if they were in the position of the animal. Compassion has to start somewhere. Most people won’t get that message, and maybe those types of people were never going to stop eating meat, but to those open to it, the song may make a difference, in spite of the commercial.

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