Hey kids, only your "real" friends eat meat!
Check out the site they link. Fairly sickening.
from
http://www.prwatch.org/spin/January_...tml#1043902800
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Real Girls Have Hamburger Buns
Responding to reports of rising vegetarianism among
teenagers, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association
"responded to the looming vegetarian crisis by
launching a website, Cool 2B Real, in an attempt to
link meat consumption with some degree of hipness.
http://www.cool-2b-real.com/
The site, which looks like a cross between a Barbie
fan page and a Taco Bell ad (beef-filled tacos and
gigantic hamburgers dot the screen), extols teenage
girls to 'Keep it Real' - 'real' as in a person who
eats beef, preferably three or four times a day.
Visitors are also invited to send e-cards to their
'real friends' and to tell the world why they are
'real girls' (because they eat beef burritos, of
course!)" But Time couldn't resist adding its own
pro-beef spin to the story, stating that "New
findings from the University of Minnesota link teen
vegetarians to a less health-conscious lifestyle
than that of their carnivorous peers." Actually,
the latest U of M research shows exactly the
opposite.
http://www1.umn.edu/systemwide/enews...hor-Teen-47857
Source: Time, January 30, 2003
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