(March 14, 2021 at 7:33 pm)SUNGULA Wrote:

Quote:Protein deprivation causes stupid.

You do realize you can get protein from other sources than meat in fact some foods have more protein than meat.

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Quote:The PETAphiles some years back boycotted KFC for factory farming chickens....  KFC said BFD - those pricks don' t eat here anyway.....

That' s why I am a customer...

This is a stupid objection. I may not like PETA but their whole goal is the Ethical treatment of ALL animals, not just the ones they "use". This is as dumb as telling a group of abolitionists protesting the sugar industry's use of slave labor they're dumb because they don't eat sugar(and many of them didn't ) so they shouldn't protest the ethics of it.

Stalker alert.

(March 14, 2021 at 8:16 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:

(March 14, 2021 at 7:33 pm)SUNGULA Wrote: You do realize you can get protein from other sources than meat in fact some foods have more protein than meat.

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This is a stupid objection. I may not like PETA but their whole goal is the Ethical treatment of ALL animals, not just the ones they "use". This is as dumb as telling a group of abolitionists protesting the sugar industry's use of slave labor they're dumb because they don't eat sugar(and many of them didn't ) so they shouldn't protest the ethics of it.

Stalker alert.

Nope

I wouldn't have put the whole fracas about how Pepe le Pew got "cancelled" in this thread normally. Frankly, all the rapey shit aside, he was always a second-tier Looney Tune whose shorts were all just one joke (although, to be fair, he was apparently a parody of similarly lecherous protagonists in films from romantic comedies of the era, with the sort of reactions one would rationally expect from such horseshit that didn't appear in said films, and there were at least a few [too few] shorts where Pepe loses). What galls me is that the scene of his that was removed from the upcoming Space Jam movie is the exact sort of scene that would be necessary if you were to ever use him again:

Quote:Pepe was set to appear in a black-and-white Casablanca-like Rick’s Cafe sequence. Pepe, playing a bartender, starts hitting on a woman at the bar played by [Greice] Santo. He begins kissing her arm, which she pulls back, then slamming Pepe into the chair next to hers. She then pours her drink on Pepe, and slaps him hard, sending him spinning in a stool, which is then stopped by LeBron James’ hand. James and Bugs Bunny are looking for Lola, and Pepe knows her whereabouts. Pepe then tells the guys that Penelope cat has filed a restraining order against him. James makes a remark in the script that Pepe can’t grab other Tunes without their consent.

Quoth Greice Santo, who has become helped raise awareness for this sort of thing, “For me, it was so important to have this scene in a movie to inspire the younger generations, and also the older generations, so we can correct that behavior. I felt that this scene was a way to show kids that this kind of behavior is wrong.” She's offered $100,000 for any footage of the scene. And if this scene comes to light (and at most, it'll consist of footage of Santo and LeBron James and maybe some storyboards), well, it'll be a fitting epitaph for the character; a deconstruction of his entire schtick and an unambiguous repudiation thereof.

I'm not sure if it counts for this thread, but I'm not sure if there's another place for it and I'm not sure that it deserves its own thread. That said, fucking Hell, Warner Brothers drops a scene that might actually help alleviate rape culture a bit for the next generation, but Burger King goes forward with a "Women Belong In the Kitchen" ad campaign.

(March 14, 2021 at 7:33 pm)SUNGULA Wrote:

Quote:Protein deprivation causes stupid.

You do realize you can get protein from other sources than meat in fact some foods have more protein than meat.

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Quote:The PETAphiles some years back boycotted KFC for factory farming chickens....  KFC said BFD - those pricks don' t eat here anyway.....

That' s why I am a customer...

This is a stupid objection. I may not like PETA but their whole goal is the Ethical treatment of ALL animals, not just the ones they "use". This is as dumb as telling a group of abolitionists protesting the sugar industry's use of slave labor they're dumb because they don't eat sugar(and many of them didn't ) so they shouldn't protest the ethics of it.

You can support the goals of a group while, at the same time, recognizing the some methods of achieving those goals may be poorly thought out.

PETA's goal (the ethical treatment of animals) is a good one, and they have every right to protest. But a boycott is a very specific form of protest whereby you stop purchasing a company's product in order to create enough economic pain to cause that company to change whatever practices you disagree with.  Declaring a boycott of a company you don't already patronize and whose products you don't already use isn't a protest, it's an empty, meaningless gesture.

Boru

(March 15, 2021 at 4:15 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(March 14, 2021 at 7:33 pm)SUNGULA Wrote: You do realize you can get protein from other sources than meat in fact some foods have more protein than meat.

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This is a stupid objection. I may not like PETA but their whole goal is the Ethical treatment of ALL animals, not just the ones they "use". This is as dumb as telling a group of abolitionists protesting the sugar industry's use of slave labor they're dumb because they don't eat sugar(and many of them didn't ) so they shouldn't protest the ethics of it.

You can support the goals of a group while, at the same time, recognizing the some methods of achieving those goals may be poorly thought out.

PETA's goal (the ethical treatment of animals) is a good one, and they have every right to protest. But a boycott is a very specific form of protest whereby you stop purchasing a company's product in order to create enough economic pain to cause that company to change whatever practices you disagree with.  Declaring a boycott of a company you don't already patronize and whose products you don't already use isn't a protest, it's an empty, meaningless gesture.

Boru

1. I don't support PETA or the boycott I'm simply saying it's not a good objection.

2.A boycott can also about discouraging  other people from buying a product or patronizing a store etc

(March 15, 2021 at 4:29 am)SUNGULA Wrote:

(March 15, 2021 at 4:15 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: You can support the goals of a group while, at the same time, recognizing the some methods of achieving those goals may be poorly thought out.

PETA's goal (the ethical treatment of animals) is a good one, and they have every right to protest. But a boycott is a very specific form of protest whereby you stop purchasing a company's product in order to create enough economic pain to cause that company to change whatever practices you disagree with.  Declaring a boycott of a company you don't already patronize and whose products you don't already use isn't a protest, it's an empty, meaningless gesture.

Boru

1. I don't support PETA or the boycott I'm simply saying it's not a good objection.

2.A boycott can also about discouraging  other people from buying a product or patronizing a store etc

Fair enough.

Boru

Mother Of The Year!

Mom Creates Deep Fake Nudes Of Daughter's Rivals

Quote:The mother of a teenage cheerleader created deepfake images and videos using social media photos in an apparent effort to damage rival members of her daughter's squad, according to Pennsylvania police.

Hilltown Township Police arrested Raffaela Spone on March 10 amid accusations that she created so-called deepfakes—digitally altered videos and images that can appear realistic—depicting some of the girls nude, smoking and drinking alcohol.

Boru

Mississippi Is Being Run By Assholes

Quote:“My position has not changed. I am opposed to expanding Medicaid in Mississippi,” Gov. Reeves said during a press conference covered by the Mississippi Free Press. When asked by Vox if the prospect of additional funding might make him reconsider his opposition to Medicaid expansion, Reeves , “No, sir, it will not.”

Quote:On top of the 90 percent match, the stimulus bill President Joe Biden signed Thursday would give Mississippi, the poorest state in the country, an estimated $600 million over two years to expand Medicaid to the roughly 200,000 to 300,000 people in the state who would be eligible. Nearly  of people who’d gain health insurance as a result of Medicaid expansion in Mississippi would be people of color. The vast majority of those people are Black. 

Boru

From the Fuck Around And Find Out file:

Elderly Asian Woman Beats Up Her Attacker

Quote:An elderly woman being attacked on Market St. in San Francisco Wednesday – the latest victim in a wave of attacks on Asians in the Bay Area – spoke to KPIX 5 about turning the tables on her assailant, leaving him with injuries that required a trip to the hospital...

Boru

(March 18, 2021 at 6:38 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: From the Fuck Around And Find Out file:

Elderly Asian Woman Beats Up Her Attacker

Quote:An elderly woman being attacked on Market St. in San Francisco Wednesday – the latest victim in a wave of attacks on Asians in the Bay Area – spoke to KPIX 5 about turning the tables on her assailant, leaving him with injuries that required a trip to the hospital...

Boru

Good Girl