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Randy Stankey
Film God
Posts: 6539
From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 12-07-2001 11:00 PM
So... PETA is at it again. Today they just unveiled a new publicity stunt. The actresses, Dominique Swain, Pamela Anderson, Kim Basinger, Melissa Etheridge, and Christy Turlington are going to pose nude in advertisements to protest against fur.Here's the link: PETA.ORG I think this one is going to backfire on them in a BIG way. Just think... Every teenage boy in the world is going to be thinking, "Do you mean to tell me that if somebody buys a fur coat PAMELA ANDERSON will get NAKED!?" Here, Kitty, Kitty! ------------------------------------------------------ PETA’S NEWEST NUDE ANTI-FUR AD UNVEILED AT VENICE HIGH SCHOOL Lolita star Dominique Swain Declares, "I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" For Immediate Release: December 7, 2001 Contact: Paul West 323-954-9540, ext. 6 Dan Mathews/PETA 757-622-7382 Jackie Domac/Venice High School 310-713-7070 Los Angeles —– The wildest dream among kids is finding themselves standing nude in front of their classmates. Actor Dominique Swain (Lolita, Face/Off), just turned that dream into a reality when she became the youngest star ever to pose au naturel for PETA’s anti-fur campaign. In the ad, Swain appears naked in a classroom, writing, "I’d rather go naked than wear fur," on the chalkboard. Swain will unveil the ad for high school students: Date: Monday, December 10 Time: 4 p.m. Place: Venice High School, Cunningham Bldg., Rm. 135, 13000 Venice Blvd. (east of Lincoln Blvd.) Space is limited. Please R.S.V.P. to Paul West by noon on Monday. Before the unveiling, Swain will show students a brief video exposé of animal cruelty in the fur trade, hosted by designer Todd Oldham. Twenty-one-year-old Swain joins the ranks of Pamela Anderson, Kim Basinger, Melissa Etheridge, and Christy Turlington, all of whom have shown some of their own skin in order to save animals’ skin in PETA’s high-profile "Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" series. The unveiling is sponsored by Venice High School’s Peace Club, which has been active in promoting kindness to animals, spaying and neutering, and recycling in the area. The campaign, shot in Hollywood by Robert Sebree, breaks nationally on December 11 in Gear magazine, which donated a full-page, four-color ad to the effort. For more information, visit PETA’s Web site FurIsDead.com.
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Joe Beres
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 606
From: Minneapolis, MN, USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 12-08-2001 06:23 PM
Forgive me for playing the devil's advocate, but Randy, you said: quote: People have the right to their opinions. This is AMERICA after all!
but then, you said: quote: Animals are food. Get used to it, PETA. It's not going to change. If they have a problem with that they should move to Afganistan.
Aren't you telling people, or at least PETA, what to think? You can certainly disagree with their ads or their opinions, but aren't they enititled to both, just as you are? It seems as though you're saying that In America, everyone is allowed to express their opinion, but if you disagree, please leave. (I know I'm exaggerating what you said, to a degree, but it helps illustrate my point.)
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Randy Stankey
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From: Erie, Pennsylvania
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posted 12-08-2001 09:52 PM
quote: Joe Beres -- It seems as though you're saying that In America, everyone is allowed to express their opinion, but if you disagree, please leave.
Well, that's why America is here in the first place, isn't it? A bunch of people from England and Europe decided that they didn't like the way things were, so they left. Right? Okay, seriously... Not everybody can have everything the way they want it all the time. There has to be some way to reach a middle ground so that the most people can have most of the things they want most of the time. That's why we have elections. I don't care if you want to be a vegetarian. I don't care if you eat twigs and berries for the rest of your life. I don't care if you want to tell people about it. Just don't do things that are illegal to try to make your point. That's what bugs me about PETA. If enough people thought the way they did then there'd be enough support for them to elect some officials who thought the way they did. I don't know about you but I think they are a bunch of goofballs. If this publicity stunt is a way for them to spread the word about their cause, I think they are doing themselves a disservice. First it reinforces the idea that PETA people are kooks. Second, if people get the idea that these bodacious actresses will get naked if they buy fur then you could imagine that some people will buy MORE fur.
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