People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) launched a campaign to raise awareness of the slaughter of millions of animals for human use. The slogan for this campaign (also being the heart of the conflict) was "Holocaust on your plate". This sparked lots of controversy in the Jewish community despite the fact that the campaign was funded by a jewish PETA member. The were angered by the fact that the slaughtering of animals was being compared to the mass genocide of over 6 million jews.
i personally think that while this is an unusual comparison, it should be alright to use. one of the comparisons made was the fact that over the course of 7 years 12 million people were killed, and that equivalent of animals are slaughtered every 4 hours. Aside from the fact that it may offend a certain ethnicity, I think it is fine. However, to the over arching picture, it is ethically wrong because the content that was released could easily have considered offensive to a large group of people.
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