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"As families with children drove in to pick up their annual
holiday birds, the protesters unfurled a banner reading: 'Why
have a beheaded turkey with dead wings and leg stumps for dinner?
Discover new traditions.' They carried kosher vegetarian candles,
not lighted because of blustery winds, and posters of turkeys
being slaughtered and artificially inseminated. . . .
" 'This plant is representative of the kinds of mass murder
that is taking place all over this country as a way of preparing
for Thanksgiving day,' Davis said. 'We want to instigate some
remorse and reflection in people about this.' "
from The Washington Post, "Protesters Say No
Thanks to Turkey Dinner," Nov. 27, 1996, D5.
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photo by Michael Williamson - The Washiongton Post
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