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Sacrifice for the Whopper?

Who are you going to chuck in the name of the Whopper?
Who are you going to chuck in the name of the Whopper?

Sacrifice your friends for food.

No - there's no spears, cavemen, or giant people-roasting fires involved: Just one popular website and an equally famous hamburger.

Burger King has now launched a new customer-seeking iniative through users of FaceBook, (a popular 'teen networking' site ranking more than 150 million users.)  The resturant is currently advertising this fast-food movement using phrases such as; "You like your friends, but you love the Whopper."  Now we ask, what would you do for a free Whopper?

Through the powerful Burger King-Facebook collaboration, all you have to do is sacrifice...your friends, that is.  Whoppersacrifice.com puts the directions in simple terms; Just "install WHOPPER SACRIFICE on your Facebook profile, and [they'll] reward you with a free flame-broiled Whopper when you sacrifice 10 of your friends."

The Whopper is a worthy prize; as of today 189425 friends have been officially sacrificed in the burger's name.

Are you going to join the "Whopper Sacrifice" revolution? What WOULD you sacrifice your Facebook friends for? (waffles, anyone?) :D

In 2006, then-editor Steve Smith of The Spokesman-Review had the idea of starting a publication for an often forgotten audience: teenagers. The Vox Box was a continuation of the Vox, an all-student staffed newspaper published by The Spokesman-Review. High school student journalists who staffed the Vox made all content decisions as they learn about the trade of journalism. This blog's mission was to give students an opportunity to publish their voices. The Vox Box and the Vox wrapped up in June 2009, but you can follow former staffers' new blog at http://voxxiez.blogspot.com.