You couldn’t make it up

[Dogtrousers]

A pentuple post and yet none of them contain any explanation of what the link is

 

[annedonnelly]

A pentuple post and yet none of them contain any explanation of what the link is

I don't follow links that have no explanation. I'm guessing this one is something to do with foxes though that could be the vegetarian thread

 

[Chris S]

That pub is at the top of Hurst Street where there are quite a lot of furries, including foxes. I think they're the ones who are being offended.

 

[Profpointy]

It's a bit "rage bait" to he honest
The assertion is that Peta have allegedly complained that the pub name "sly fox", whilst not "offending foxes" per se increases the tendency for cruelty to foxes. The pub in tern have managed to get some free publicity and the BBC and no doubt the likes of the Daily Mail can run headlines about loony eco-terrorists. It benefits them all to run a piffling non-story with all the significance of a gnat's fart in a hurricane

 

[mistyoptic]

I don't follow links that have no explanation. I'm guessing this one is something to do with foxes though that could be the vegetarian thread

I didn’t explain because I didn’t want to cause further offence to the foxes

 

[Rusty Nails]

I don't think any Foxes really care ! Bonkers.

Has anybody asked them if they like being called sly? It’s a bit patronising to assume they don’t care.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I didn’t explain because I didn’t want to cause further offence to the foxes

The foxes 🦊 are on Cycleachat . Watch what you say.

 

[Gunk]

I’m now going to identify as a fox

 

[Drago]

Has anyone asked the foxes what they think of this?
Show them respect and don’t patronise them by talking on their behalf.

Our local foxes run a pub called The Shifty Looking Human, so Imdont believe they have grounds for complaint.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

They've got previous, they wanted the Pork Pie roundabout in Leicester to be renamed the Vegan Pie roundabout a couple of years ago.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-62491414

 

[Dogtrousers]

Peta are funny.

I first heard of them many years ago because of this amusing domain name case:

Doughney registered the domain name peta.org in 1995 with Network Solutions, Inc. ("NSI"). When registering the domain name, Doughney represented to NSI that the registration did "not interfere with or infringe upon the rights of any third party," and that a "nonprofit educational organization" called "People Eating Tasty Animals" was registering the domain name. Link: https://cyber.harvard.edu/stjohns/PETA_v_Doughney.html​

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People Eating Tasty Animals

 

[Pat "5mph"]

You couldn't make it up?
Yes, you can!

Examples of Anthropomorphism in Literature

• The Panchatantra The Panchatantra is an ancient Indian collection of interrelated animal fables and moral stories. ...
• Animal Farm
• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland The animals and creatures that Alice encounters in Wonderland behave, speak, and think much like humans. ...
• The Jungle Book The Jungle Book (1894) by Rudyard Kipling contains both zoomorphism and anthropomorphism. ...
• Maus ...
• Life of Pi ...

 

[DRM]

It’s publicity, in this respect PETA are as cunning as fox, whose just been appointed head of cunning at Cambridge University, according to Baldrick

 

[Accy cyclist]

I'm all for animal rights and absolutely hate fox hunting and all forms of hunting for sadistic 'pleasure', but I can't see anything derogatory in calling foxes sly. 🤔 🧐

 

[Drago]

I'd rename the pub The PETA Griffin,