Sunday, May 9, 2010

Gettin' Friskies



I suppose I could just show this commercial and be like "lol this is what cats actually believe," but since this is a blog about veganism I feel I should analyze a little. What a weird dynamic we have where pets are a billion dollar industry and companies must market to the owners since they can't market to the cat. Again, we have the separation from reality, where the fish and turkeys and other animals in this video are happy and also appear to be tripping balls just like the cat. What I really dislike about this is the abuse of these other animals being fed to our feline friends through the capitalistic assembly line. It should not be cat vs. fish/turkey/chicken/etc., but an alliance of sorts for animal rights--the fight against ownership and the fight against abusive conditions. This is in the same disgusting vein as Soylent Green if you will.

1 comment:

Bea Elliott said...

Thank you for this post! Each time I see it on t.v. I chuckle (and cry) to myself: "Happy meat for cats". There's so much disconnect in this little minute commercial - It would take years to disseminate it all! Your efforts are apprecited on this one. ;)