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VegNews pisses off vegans everywhere
Thanks to a mouse at wank_report for this!

VegNews is "an award-winning vegan magazine and website packed with recipes, travel, news, food, reviews, and so much more."

"So much more" apparently means stock photos of meat used to illustrate vegan recipes. Comments are posted, comments are deleted, and users are banned when they point out that using photos of meat (some of them poorly photoshopped to remove bones) seems contrary to the tenets of the magazine.

“Thank you for your interest in VegNews. However, your inappropriate and mean-spirited commenting has violated the policy of VegNews, and we have and will continue to remove any future comments. Please know that we welcome constructive criticism from all viewpoints, and rarely unpublish comments from readers. Should you have any constructive feedback, feel free to email me directly. I’d love to hear from you.”

People are extremely not happy. (But their wanking is done in the most non-violent, humane way possible.)

VegNews posts a non-apology. Surprise, surprise, it doesn't go over well.

(Gothamist's closing line about this debacle is priceless: "Should VegNews change its name to CarnNews, was their apology enough, or is this all just much tofu about nothing?")

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Not a single Simpson's icon do I have. :(

singe
2011-04-16 12:49 pm UTC (link)

Some men hunt for sport,
Others hunt for food,
The only thing I'm hunting for,
Is an outfit that looks good...

See my vest, see my vest,
Made from real gorilla chest,
Feel this sweater, there's no better,
Than authentic Irish setter.

See this hat, 'twas my cat,
My evening wear - vampire bat,
These white slippers are albino
African endangered rhino.

Grizzly bear underwear,
Turtles' necks, I've got my share,
Beret of poodle, on my noodle
It shall rest,

Try my red robin suit,
It comes one breast or two,
See my vest, see my vest,
See my vest.

Like my loafers? Former gophers -
It was that or skin my chauffeurs,
But a greyhound fur tuxedo
Would be best,

So let's prepare these dogs!

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	Re: Not a single Simpson's icon do I have. :( cmdr_zoom 2011-04-16 03:38 pm UTC (link)
	Kill two for matching clogs! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Not a single Simpson's icon do I have. :( puipui 2011-04-16 07:25 pm UTC (link)
	See my veeeeeest! See my veeeeeest! Oh please, won't you see myyyyyy veeeeeeeeest! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Not a single Simpson's icon do I have. :( visp 2011-04-17 04:40 am UTC (link)
	I really like this vest. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Not a single Simpson's icon do I have. :( puipui 2011-04-17 05:07 am UTC (link)
	I gathered that. XD (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Not a single Simpson's icon do I have. :( kittikattie 2011-04-19 09:30 am UTC (link)
	da da da, da da da, da da daaaaaa~ (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Not a single Simpson's icon do I have. :( vzg 2011-04-18 03:25 am UTC (link)
	Oh how conflicted I was upon seeing that episode for the first time. On one hand I was thoroughly disturbed, but that song is just so damn catchy! (Reply to this)(Parent)

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