Follow-up to my Jordan/ACS article

I just received an e-mail earlier this evening in regards to my post about how the American Cancer Society is coming down on Michael Jordan. A representative from PETA emailed me the following:

Hi! I saw that you covered the Michael Jordan/ACS story and thought you might like to know that PETA has something to say about the whole fiasco. We think it's a bit odd that the ACS would call out Michael for smoking an occasional cigar, while the ACS serves cancer-linked meat laden dishes at fundraisers. PETA president Ingrid E. Newkirk fired off a letter to John Seffrin, the CEO of the American Cancer Society with her thoughts:

As sure as Michael Jordan could hit clutch jumpers, the ACS has seen all this evidence. In fact, your Web site even admits that "..studies have linked vegetarian diets with a decreased risk of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, and colon cancer." In his letter to Jordan, your spokesperson wrote, "When high-profile athletes publicly display unhealthful habits, they can mislead young people to emulate their behavior." Isn't it safe to say that when a high-profile health group publicly promotes unhealthy habits like meat consumption, it is also misleading Americans, young and old?"

I found it interesting how she mentioned that the American Cancer Society was selective in who they criticized. Which I guess could be said for a lot of organizations it seems that they go after who gets them the most publicity. I mean criticizing Jordan for smoking a stogie would get more hits than the drawbacks of meat consumption. Regardless it is good to know that many types of people read this blog.

In fact here's more information about what she wrote:http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/09/american_cancer.php?c=pfmjacs08.