Sorry I’m a Sucker!!

By miriam, on December 29th, 2011

Thanks to everyone who wrote in and let me know that the piece about the teacher taking kids to see cows being murdered was fake. I did see that the site was “NewsWEAK,” but I thought that referred to the authors’ opinions about the news, not that the news itself was FAKE.

So, I apologize, one and all, and hey — all you teachers out there, start taking your kids to see the sickening torture and murder behind the “yummy hamburgers” you make them eat. It’s a good idea even if the story was fake.

11 comments to Sorry I’m a Sucker!!

Greenconsciousness

December 29, 2011 at 2:49 pm

I knew it was a fake but I still posted it and I love it. In fact last night I was gong to add a whole section about the children stumbling over veal calves trying to nurse from a dead cow but there was no way I could make it funny. The kind of funny that stays with you and makes you think. Newsweak is a great site — better than The Onion. Let everyone discover the hoax after they think about it a while.
catherine podojil

December 29, 2011 at 10:32 pm

Dear greenconsciousness,

How do you get to the Newsweak site? When I enter it on google, all I get are links to Newsweek.

Thanks
Greenconsciousness

December 30, 2011 at 12:26 am

Here you are:

http://newsweak.com/news/school-field-trip-tour-of-slaughterhouse-traumatizes-children#.TvkcWoXncWw.facebook
Greenconsciousness

December 30, 2011 at 12:27 am

and here is their home page:

http://newsweak.com/
Anita

December 30, 2011 at 2:06 am

I rather thought you posted it to make people think. The fact that it was a spoof in the way it was presented doesn’t mean it shouldn’t make people think.
Nancy

December 30, 2011 at 10:02 am

thanks for the link. I wish it were true. I posted it anyway.
Happy New Year!
catherine podojil

December 30, 2011 at 1:06 pm

Thanks, Green C. Now it’s on my check-often list. But I’m paranoid about why it doesn’t come up on google.
Greenconsciousness

December 30, 2011 at 1:50 pm

Probably because it is a new site?
Kimberly Roemer

December 30, 2011 at 11:12 pm

Miriam – My mother told me that her high school class trip was a tour of a pig “processing” facility. The class went to the slaughterhouse and saw the whole thing. She is still traumatized by it and she’s eighty. There were teachers who thought it was ok. So really, even though this story isn’t now true, it was at one time.
bravebird

January 1, 2012 at 9:32 pm

Wow — what a story….. Thanks for posting this, truly.
Bea Elliott

January 3, 2012 at 9:29 am

The story and photo captured what we know is the proper response anyone should feel once faced with the reality of what is done to innocent life. I think it’s very relevant – No matter what “facts” surround the photo. Thanks for posting!