TV tonite oh,baby

[jagur]

dont forget to tune in CBS tonite for the Victoria Secret fashion show

[john_childs]

I wonder if they'll edit out the little mess with the PETA folks during the show.

[jagur]

i didnt here about that,did those zelots use spary paint or cream pies this time?

[jagur]

lol,to bad the best part will be edited...

[john_childs]

No pies, spray paint or naked protesters. Just signs and verbal abuse.
Yahoo News Story (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20021115/ap_en_tv/tv_victoria_s_secret_9)

PETA actually stands for People for the Eating of Tastey Animals. Every time I hear of a PETA protest I have a hamburger in their honor.

[U-Turn]

Juicy burger and a Guinness..... yum!

[jagur]

it just got over here on the left coast.i could tell where they edited out the Peta freaks.

its was produced better than i thought,i never thought there would be music and comedy too.those girls sure know how to walk in heels.

go away Phil Collins.:mad:

[Graeme]

There was another PETA protest in the news recently. Two activists stripped naked in China (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2353963.stm). Normally I don't pay much attention to this, but I suddenly realised that one of the protesters used to be one of my neighbours many years ago when we were both kids. She has very definitely grown up since then;)

Have fun!

Graeme

[GILD]

are u guys in favor of the fur trade then?

[Graeme]

Originally posted by GILD
are u guys in favor of the fur trade then?

Speaking for myself, no, most definitely not. However, in these days of "compassion fatigue" (or whatever the trendy phrase is) I think it is quite common for people to more or less ignore such single issue protest groups. Given the total f*cked up mess the world seems to be getting itself in at the moment I can understand that sympathy for some causes, no matter how worthy, just becomes more difficult to raise. Perhaps that's why such groups attempt more "newsworthy" activities and such activities may have a negative effect on some people who were wavering or unaware of the issues.

Given the original example, what if the protest had remained unedited and had been broadcast? Someone sitting at home and seeing it may well have thought "What the hell are those cranks doing interrupting my programme?" and decided that they and their views were annoying but otherwise irrelevant to their life. If somehow they had presented a reasoned argument against the fur trade then they may be more likely to gain approval, but a) you can't do that in that kind of protest, b) if they did so in, say, a 5 minute film would people watch it or just turn over?

In these days of rapidly decreasing attention spans (fuelled by the media) any protest group is fighting a harder battle just to get noticed, let alone be effective.

Graeme

[john_childs]

Originally posted by GILD
are u guys in favor of the fur trade then?
I'm all in favor of pretty women in nice fur coats.

Mink fur and similar is fine with me. I don't agree with clubbing little white seals for their fur, but mink is OK.

[Catboy]

I dont mid fur either. I was just watching it again(I taped it:D ) and I noticed they use alot of fur products. I am vegan and I dont mind(mainly because of Heidi Klum) Sure I feel sorry for the animals but my elbow is too tire to gripe from watching that(:D ).
Just kidding

-Eric

P.S. I dont wear fur, to expensive and wierd.

[GILD]

kewl response graeme
sad but true
i still respect the fortitude of people who go ahead and act their conscience despite the problems u pointed out

all that is neccesary for evil to triumph...
and all that

[rhysling]

Originally posted by Graeme
In these days of rapidly decreasing attention spans (fuelled by the media) any protest group is fighting a harder battle just to get noticed, let alone be effective.


You lost me after the 'Speaking for myself' part, but I managed to come back around by the last paragraph. So... uh.. what was I...

[rogersmith]

If you didn't read it the first time. Here's another reminder:

I'll be on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno this Thanksgiving!
The limousine will be picking me up on tuesday :)
the taping is wednesday and thursday is the show!!!

hope you watch the show

Roger Smith

[U-Turn]

Good luck, Old Chap!

[jagur]

whoa yeah! a full year later and im watching this again (with the wife's permission) i love those wings!

[zod]

Yes it was good!
And a year later PETA still sucks :D

[jagur]

did you notice how much air time Gisele got this year? i think they were doing that since last year her whole solo walk got edited because of the Peta freaks.

[zod]

Originally posted by jagur
did you notice how much air time Gisele got this year?

WooHoo, that's not a bad thing! ;)

[yoopers]

PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals.


Yea! First day of deer season tomorrow! Can't wait!