PETA is holding its 25th anniversary gala event in Hollywood, California on September 10, 2005 and this year the main humanitarian honor - the Linda McCartney Memorial Award - will be presented to Morrissey (by Chrissie Hynde)
The event is a celebration that PETA like those that PETA has held in the past that raise money and awareness of animal rights issues. Most food, services and usual 'gala' accessories are donated by the sponsors.
No mention yet of Moz actually performing at the event, but Paul McCartney did so in 1999 with Chrissie Hynde and others and that Gala was filmed and the performances were shown on television that year. So you never know...
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individual tickets are $500 (Score:2, Informative)
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Meat 0, Vegetable 4 (Score:1)
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Re:Is Marr still a veggie? (Score:2, Informative)
I don't eat dairy products either, not for any moral reason, I just feel better without that stuff. I recommend it. People don't actually realize the effect that food has on their mind and vibe. I don't like being sluggish and slow, so I avoid cheese and milk and bread too. I became a vegetarian because of Angie, my wife, and Morrissey in about 1983. I try to avoid leather as much as I can but not totally I'm afraid to say.
Well, of course he can't avoid leather - Johnny without a leather jacket? It just wouldn't look right!
PS: He said 'vibe'. I wonder if he says 'doobie' as well?
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tasty rewards (Score:1, Funny)
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Which is intersting because your pig sausages do actually contain poo!
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peta is bullshit (Score:2, Interesting)
Ask them why PETA only adopted out 14% of animals it took in whereas a neighboring shelter managed 73%.
Ask them why a veterinarian had just handed over to PETA some highly-adoptable kittens and then had to see them dead in a dumpster that same day.
Yeah, enjoy your celebrity events, PETA, but you can drop that "ethical" word off your name now. (Not that I ever found PETA to be ethical to begin with.)
And I noticed PETA's normally rapid-response web site has not a word to say about this latest scandal. So typical.
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Re:peta is bullshit (Score:3, Interesting)
i first became aware of this phenomenon when an organization that is based around fighting diabetes sent my place of employment a bunch of Krispy Kreme donuts as a "thank you" for being involved in their organization. they didn't even send any fruit or sugar-free candy for any person who might have been either watching their weight or were diabetic.
they sponsor marathons that people enter to help raise money for diabetes research. how much of that money actually makes it to that stage once the CEO, the PR department, and the lawmakers get paid their share, who knows?
MADD is another one. used to be a good organization. now, they rake in tons of money off of people who are forced to attend their DUI classes after they were arrested for failing to use a turn signal, even if the charges were dropped. MADD also backs away from criticizing any organization that hands it a big chunk of money such as cell phone companies, insurance companies, and automotive corporations.
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Re:peta is bullshit (Score:3, Interesting)
I totally agree with you about MADD. Yup, started with a worthy mission, but now they've become this big institution who's main purpose is just to keep raising more money.
And what's become so annoying about MADD in recent years is how they always wanna expand "drunk driving" to include ever-lower levels of alcohol in the bloodstream, to the point where if you even have one glass of wine at dinner you've gotta wonder if you'll get pulled over on some pretext by the cops laying in wait and have your life screwed up.
They also throw around the phrase "alcohol-related accident" in a way that misleads - their definition includes accidents where no drunk-driver was the cause at all, just as long as someone in the incident had had some alcohol in them. This reveals MADD wanting to make the statistics seem as bad as possible, to give them more reason to exist and recieve more money.
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Re:peta is bullshit (Score:2, Interesting)
basically, what happened is that the tee-totallers took over the organization and the founder of the entire organization left because it became more prohibitionist than she wanted. these are people who think that alcohol is of the devil and they hire biased researchers who corroborate their views. one biggie is that they said lowering the BAC to
a person who is
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Re:peta is bullshit (Score:2, Insightful)
does anyone besides me remember the Monty Python skit about the Society for Putting things on top of other things?
these CEOs at MADD (who, ironically, are now mostly men and not concerned mothers) get a good paycheck which affords them nice houses and entrance to the country club. why on Earth would they turn out the lights and say, "that's it folks. we've done our job"? does it really matter to them that there is some shmuck who is now completely broke from court and attorney fees and can't drive to work because they were wearing heels and tripped on a crack on the sidewalk while doing the sobriety test?
no. it simply becomes a machine that crunches onward into oblivion. you have all of these people who work within the company who are beating themselves in the head trying to impress their bosses in hopes that they too can be a highly paid 'ho and they do it without even thinking about the consequences of what they are doing because they don't have to actually interact with the people they got tossed into the pokey thanks to their hard work. even if they did have an epiphony, who in the company is going to be brave enough to stand up and say, "you know, i think this is crazy" because they'll be fired and replaced with somebody who thinks it's great.
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Re:peta's holding the baby (Score:3, Informative)
Anyway here is PETA's response on www record:
"PETA insists that its method of euthanasia, lethal injection, is more humane that the local methods —
PETA president Ingrid E. Newkirk told us, "We have a history of communications with these shelters. They know we provide free euthanasia services. We drive down there to euthanize their animals."
Newkirk said the fact the canine corpses were thrown in a Dumpster was "a shocker for us too," and, "should never have happened," but insisted the two staffers should not have been charged with animal cruelty. She said they were being unfairly treated and were "good people."
Newkirk added, "You can sit there and write what you want and I hope you're happy about it. Why don't you come down and get your hands dirty? Come ride in our van and see the condition of these dogs that no one cares for. We are here to stop animals from being cruelly treated. They were being shot with
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of course he's not gonna perform! (Score:1, Insightful)
he hasn't been in touch with most of his band since last year...
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This would be the perfect oppurtunity to... (Score:0)
I can dream can't I?!
Linda-The Solo Album that Never Was-with Morrissey (Score:2, Funny)
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PETA is total and utter bullshit (Score:0, Insightful)
Get real..The TRUE AND ONLY fight for Animals is performed by those who are willing to serve time for it.
Are you poncey glitzy showbiz type?
Like hell you are.
Get off the bus...we REALLY could not care any less than you do, about YOU.
That's terrific news!! (Score:0)
Hooray!
Please try to make it (Score:2, Interesting)
For anyone ready to flame in defense of meat eaters because they don't care about the lives of defenseless animals sharing our planet just remember... if we all went vegetarian at least and stopped this blood feast the world would not have famine in it. Children in other countries die because you must eat an animal. E-mail me if you would like data and information to back this statement up. Nothing in my life has made me happier than becoming a vegetarian and contributing to PETA (well...except for the first time I had sex, picked up a guitar and a mic or first heard Morrissey)
GO MORRISSEY! GO PETA! GO KERRY! (damn it all...scratch the last one....I still can't get over that...)
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Honor? (Score:0)
Oh, by the way, I saw Bob Geldof for real the other day. Ah, he's in another league...
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Re:What PETA really stands for (Score:1)
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mmm...tasty like shwarma (Score:1)
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