Re: [photo-3d] Eating Rats

["Dan Shelley" <dshelley@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stephen,

Relax! Opinions abound in all facets of life. You have yours, Tom has his. 
Just as many people might agree with you and with Tom - in the end - who 
cares?

You don't eat meat, good for you - more for me!

Tom, I agree with your (I assume) statement that these people have better 
things they could be protesting. Don't you get it Stephen?

Dan Shelley ;-)
dshelley@xxxxxxxxxxxx



>From: Stephen Rumbaugh <gandamill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxx
>To: photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [photo-3d] Eating Rats
>Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:08:46 -0400
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>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
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>Tom Deering wrote:
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> > 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
> > ---
> > tmd@xxxxxxxxxxx    http://www.deering.org
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