{"id":240,"date":"2009-11-12T08:04:34","date_gmt":"2009-11-12T08:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/yourcharmedlife\/2009\/11\/could-thanksgiving-be-thanksgiving-with-the-turkey-off-the-hook.html"},"modified":"2009-11-12T08:04:34","modified_gmt":"2009-11-12T08:04:34","slug":"could-thanksgiving-be-thanksgiving-with-the-turkey-off-the-hook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/yourcharmedlife\/2009\/11\/could-thanksgiving-be-thanksgiving-with-the-turkey-off-the-hook.html","title":{"rendered":"Could Thanksgiving be Thanksgiving with the Turkey Off the Hook?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"olive_sb.jpg\"<\/span>I’m planning, as I’m sure you are, a fabulous Thanksgiving this year with my husband, daughter, and son-in-law (who, by the way, will be a stilt-walker in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade). Today a message came from Mary Max, a devoted advocate for mitigating cruelty in the world and the wife of the wonderful artist, Peter Max. I’m using her message as a guest blog today, and plenty of food for thought. (The lovely lady pictured here, by the way, is Olive, a rescued turkey who lives at Farm Sanctuary<\/a> in Watkins Glen, New York, and would love to have you as her sponsor<\/a>.) Below, from Mary Max:<\/p>\n

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“I’d also like to take this opportunity to gently encourage those of you who are planning to eat a traditional holiday meal to reconsider and instead extend your compassion to the 46 million turkeys who are cruelly raised and slaughtered just for this day by choosing to celebrate with a vegetarian<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/b>Thanksgiving<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/b>(that can still be really fun and delicious!). After all, how can we sincerely honor<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/b>the themes of Thanksgiving (i.e. peace and gratitude) with a slaughtered sentient being in the middle of the table<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/b>(<\/span><\/b>http:\/\/www.goveg.com\/factoryFarming_turkeys_farms.asp<\/a><\/span><\/b>)?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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“For scrumptious<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/b>recipes, please visit:<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.vegcooking.com\/f-thanks05.asp<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/vegweb.com\/thanksgiving\/<\/a><\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/b>or<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.adoptaturkey.org\/aat\/recipes\/<\/a>  <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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“And<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/b>for those of you who think (like I used to) that “free-range” turkeys<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/b>are not cruelly raised, please visit <\/span><\/b>http:\/\/www.free-range-turkey.com\/<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/u><\/strong>.<\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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“Finally, here’s a little poem from an animal’s point of view:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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\"51xm9nqr91L._SL500_AA240_.jpg\"<\/span><\/p>\n

  ‘Thanksgiving dinner’s sad and thankless<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

     Christmas dinner’s dark and blue<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

     When you stop and try to see it<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

     From the turkey’s point of view.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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     Sunday dinner isn’t sunny<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

     Easter feasts are just bad luck<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

     When you see it from the viewpoint<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

     Of a chicken or a duck.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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     Oh how I once loved tuna salad<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

     Pork and lobsters, lamb chops too<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

     Till I stopped and looked at dinner<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

     From the dinner’s point of view.’<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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   <\/span><\/b>  <\/span><\/b>From Where The Sidewalk Ends<\/a><\/i> by<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/b>Shel      Silverstein<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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