Reader Em agrees, contacting the USPS with this letter:
Hmm, a stamp commemorating Colonel Sanders. Do we, as kind Americans, want to support keeping birds in windowless, stifling buildings for the only six weeks of their natural 17-year lifespan that they will get to live? Do we want to commemorate feeding them hormones and other animals so that they grow so rapidly that they're stricken with deformities and heart attacks? Do we want to celebrate mutilating defenseless birds by cutting off the first third of their beaks, causing them lifelong pain and suffering? Do we want to encourage abusive practices in slaughterhouses such as slitting someone's throat while they're still alive and conscious, dipping them in scalding water, letting them drown in their own blood, and cruel slaughterhouse games such as beating chickens against walls, stomping on them, or hitting them so hard their entrails spew out?EDITED: E-mails aren't being handled as one would hope. Instead, USPS wrote the following back to one of my readers:
NO, I AS AN AMERICAN DO NOT WANT A STAMP COMMEMORATING THE ANIMAL-ABUSING COLONEL SANDERS.
Thank you for contacting us about the Colonel Sanders stamp.Classic, right? Use our service -- and buy a stamp to do so -- in order to give your opinion about a stamp. Lame, but don't let that stop you from voicing yourself!
This stamp has not been approved, but is in the process. Feel free to provide your input to the following department by writing a letter:
CITIZENS STAMP ADVISORY COMMITTEE
C/O STAMP DEVELOPMENT
US POSTAL SERVICE
475 L'ENFANT PLAZA SW RM 5670
WASHINGTON DC 20260-2437
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