Re: [photo-3d] Eating Rats

[Stephen Rumbaugh <gandamill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't think we are interested in your self-important, cruel belief
system. I doubt that anyone saw you on TV, and if they did, I doubt they
could give a "rat's ass" (pun intended) as to why you were there making
a fool of yourself. This is not a forum for animal hating, and your
uninformed, simple-minded comments and insults need to stop... I bet a
lot of the group agrees. I happen to be a vegetarian who happens to love
rats as much as I love 3D!

"A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears."
-Thackeray






Tom Deering wrote:

> Some of you saw me on television Friday, and wrote to ask about it.
> Here is the story for the rest of you.
>
> It seems there is a TV show called "Survivors".  On this week's show,
> they chased, killed, cooked and ate some rats.  In itself, this is no
> big deal.  We've probably all gotten drunk and eaten something weird,
> haven't we?
>
> The militant vegetarians, PETA, announced they would protest rat
> roasting outside CBS's New York studios.  It made the front page.
> This struck me as stupendously screwy, so I showed up to mount a
> counter-protest.
>
> There were seven PETA people--one in a rat costume.  Rented, I
> suppose.  On the side of rationality, there was just me.  PETA had
> professionally printed signs saying "Rats have rights".  I had a
> hand-made sign that said "Rat lovers: Get real".  Yes, that guy was
> was me.
>
> Three TV crews, a radio reporter, seven newspaper writers, and maybe
> ten photographers showed up.  It was funny to watch the reporters
> interview the PETA folks with a straight face, then stroll across
> 42nd street to interview me.  I asked each one, "Is this the
> stupidest thing you've ever reported?"  They all said that it was.
>
> Of course, dining on rats is big news in New York, but apparently
> others are also interested.  People in Missouri and Delaware saw the
> broadcast, maybe elsewhere.  My grandmother in Kansas City saw the
> story, but didn't recognize me.  I was not wearing a red suit.  I
> only wear that to NSA conventions.
>
> Mounting a televised protest is not difficult work.  I brought my
> laptop, and wrote material for an NSA workshop.  One reporter seemed
> very interested in what I had to say about stereo photography, but he
> printed none of it.
>
> I'm not really pro or con on vermin cuisine.  But when some pompous
> knucklehead makes outrageous public statements, it seems like someone
> should speak up.
>
> Clean your plate,
>
> Tom
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