| British Comedian eats dog on UK TV
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TV viewers in the UK may have
seen a programme on Sunday evening entitled
"Kimonos for Goalposts" with the British comedian
Frank Skinner, supposedly a light-hearted look at
the world of football.
Footage was shown of
Skinner in Korea eating live Octopus (still
moving).
He then went on to eat a meal of
dog and seemed to find this quite humorous. In
almost parrot-fashion, he repeated the nonsensical
justifications made by the Koreans that these dogs
were bred especiaaly for consumption (as if in
some way that made a difference, even if if WERE
true), and then went on to publicise the myth that
dog meat increases virility.
Unfortunately,
Skinner neglected to mention the extreme cruelty
and pain that these animals are forced to endure,
both before and during their deaths.
That
a British celebrity with such a popular following
could portray this issue in such a trite and
unbalanced manner would be bad enough, but to
broadcast this during prime-time television in the
run-up to the World Cup in Korea is insensitive
and tasteless in the extreme.
This piece of
"entertainment" was made by Avalon Productions.
Complaints should be sent to
Lee
Tucker,
Avalon Productions,
4A Exmoor
Street,
London,
W10 6BD,
United
Kingdom.
The programme was broadcast by
London Weekend Television, complaints emails to viewers@lwt.co.uk
The
regulatory body for items broadcast by LWT
is
The Independent Television Commission,
33
Foley St,
London,
W1W 7TL
Tel.0845
6013608
Please note that the ITC will only
accept complaints from people that have actually
seen the programme. - ITD
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Broadcast on ITV
Sunday
19/05/02
2205-2305hrs
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