AW Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 CLICK ME Road kill candy angers animal rights activists Kraft: 'We didn't mean to offend anyone' Friday, February 25, 2005 Posted: 9:41 AM EST (1441 GMT) TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) -- Animal rights activists are disgusted by a new candy from Kraft Foods Inc. that's shaped like critters run over by cars -- complete with tire treads. The fruity-flavored Trolli Road Kill Gummi Candy -- in shapes of partly flattened snakes, chickens and squirrels -- fosters cruelty toward animals, according to the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. "It sends the wrong message to children, that it's OK to harm animals. And that's the wrong message, especially from a so-called wholesome corporation like Kraft," said society spokesman Matthew Stanton. The society is considering petition drives, boycotts and letter-writing campaigns to get the candy pulled from the market, Stanton said. After receiving a complaint from the NJSPCA Wednesday, Kraft officials pulled an animated advertisement from Trolli's Web site that featured car headlights and animals. No other decisions on changes have been made, said Kraft spokesman Larry Baumann. "If you look across the Gummi category we certainly have many products that are offbeat, and that's what we were doing in this case," Baumann said. "We didn't mean to offend anyone." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbivore Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 i just saw this on msnbc.com... the animal rights activists need to fucking relax. no harm is being done... and it doesn't "foster cruelty towards animals"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUMPKIN ESCOBAR Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 I agree, chill the fuck out. But Road Kill Candy? How fucking dumb is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERIZENO Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 this is the kind of shit that makes people not take activists seriously. self-defeating morons !!! hold out for a good cause people can back you with. edit for grammer ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERIZENO Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 they did it ... i dont know whats worse ... the activists making a deal of this ... or kraft conceding to this bullshit. http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/25/news/fortu...dex.htm?cnn=yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODS-1 Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 I guess we should expect a lot from Phillip Morris. I think the candy is dumb, but I mean for fuck's sake, there's people without any food at all! Can't we work on that first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emergin_graffer Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 "It sends the wrong message to children, that it's OK to harm animals" how does run over gummys show that harmin animals is ok? :what: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASER1NE Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 Mmmmmmmmmmmnnn Candy.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
why write? Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 hahahah....its okay to run over your gummy bears is the message that i got from this, just run those mother fuckin gummy bears over, who cares...there just gummys, kids cant even drive so what do they care anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiniteWisdomOfThePezDisp Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 the world has lost its sense of humor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effyoo Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 Originally posted by InfiniteWisdomOfThePezDispenser@Feb 26 2005, 05:45 PM The US has lost its sense of humor. Quoted post fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiniteWisdomOfThePezDisp Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 excellent point. I stand corrected. really sad state of affairs though.l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taper Posted February 27, 2005 Share Posted February 27, 2005 Originally posted by PUMPKIN ESCOBAR@Feb 25 2005, 05:08 PM I agree, chill the fuck out. But Road Kill Candy? How fucking dumb is that? Quoted post stupid idea but thoes animal rights fuckers do need to realx. its a goddam gummy snake its not a big fucking deal... that shit pisses me off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postmodernism Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 Anybody ever seen the Breakfast Gummys? Shaped like eggs and toast and sausage links. I couldnt bring myself to try em. No gummy eggs for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsallafarce Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 jeez i actually think that the idea of road kill gummi's is great....when i read the first article that tesseract posted i laughed my ass off....fuckin activists whats next boycotting black forest gummy bears or worms....might as well it teaches kids that eating animals is good and tasty :rolleyes2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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