PETA Jumps The Dolphin-Free Shark; Opens Own Porn Site
from the and-we-all-thought-we'd-seen-the-last-of-torture-porn-after-Saw-XXIII dept
Of all the entities looking to take advantage of the brand (dare I say, "spanking?") new .xxx TLD, I would imagine that most of us would have put PETA somewhere toward the bottom of the list. True, it has been known to throw around a lot of (human) skin in order to draw attention toThe answer is "yes," with a "but":
Reuters reported the story, saying the anti-animal cruelty organization is staking its claim to peta.xxx, which will serve as an animal cruelty awareness and pornography site. Peta has pushed the limits of its animal cruelty ads often in the past with near-nudity, racy slogans and a lot of shock value.Never before in the history of everything ever has the phrase "animal cruelty awareness and pornography site" ever been uttered (or typed). It's truly a groundbreaking achievement, one that will likely be refreshingly free of bandwagon jumpers. Porn has long been known for "raising" things, but "animal cruelty awareness" has never been one of them. How exactly does PETA plan to do this? I'm glad/sickened you asked:
"As soon as people land on the site they will see some explicit content, those tantalizing images that they'll be hoping for," Rajt said of the site's content. As they go deeper into the site, however, visitors will find graphic images of animal abuse.Now, I'm no sociologist but I don't imagine that your average internetizen is going to be too interested in shocking images of animal abuse while abusing themselves. I could be wrong, but considering there are thousands of other cruelty-free porn sites available, I can't see this juxtaposition raising much more than frantic mouse fingers in a one-handed effort to steer back to a "happier place."
However, I can see this attracting a certain subset of society, one that usually ends up behind bars doing multiple life sentences after a long manhunt and several trips to secluded areas to identify dental records. The thought of someone steering towards PETA's proprietary blend of eroticism and animal torture by choice is more than a little disturbing. One can almost picture the "enthusiast" down in his basement, shouting "IT PUTS THE 'NOT APPROVED FOR COMMERCIAL SALE' LOTION ON THE SKIN" in the general direction of the petting zoo imprisoned at the bottom of a 6-foot-hole while dancing around to Moby's latest, making "Herbal Essence" noises and trying on a new prom dress made from the skin of last year's prom queen.
Most people view torturing animals as the first sign of a "troubled youth who always kept to himself until one day his house was swarmed by the SWAT team, at which point we all realized that the smell wasn't a backed-up sump pump, but dozens of decaying corpses." Somehow, combining porn and tortured animals seems like the sort of thing that someone should be monitoring (from an unmarked van) rather than using to "raise awareness."
Maybe it will all be just fine. PETA's spokesperson seems upbeat:
"It can be a pretty depressing subject," Rajt said about animal cruelty, "We hope it'll grab people's attention, get them talking, and ultimately get them to ask questions."True that. People enjoying porn love to be interrupted by disturbing images and random conversation. This could bring about a whole new dialogue about animal testing, one that most likely will start with "Doesn't anyone knock anymore?" and ends with "It's not what it looks like. I was actually masturbating to normal porn."
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Happened to me once...
There I was, enjoying a solitary moment in my room as a teenager, when my father burst through the door with a napkin in his hand.
"I just fucking smashed the shit out of this spider!" he claimed gleefully. "Now let's discuss the implications on life in general and...WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING IN THAT GIMP MASK!!???"
I've been addicted to animal abuse ever since....
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(That might also explain the odd "18+" requirement at the sci-fi conventions I'm asked/forced to attend...)
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If you're beating/slaughtering/eating humans that's okay with them.
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Nope. And thanks to me, nothing's beneath your notice either.
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Nudity does not equal porn
PETA likes publicity. So far, this campaign with all the pearl clutching outrage to it is working very cost effectively.
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PETA is strange.
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I'd put PETA on the "not quite dangerous" end of the crazies list.
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921074747.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_ medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29
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Aluminum melts @ 1220F
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He makes no reference to the maximium heat that could come of a fire containing office supplies, offices, building and jet fuel but he seems to know a little bit about these sort of things...
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"Jet A is the same stuff burned in conventional steel wall heaters. In an open-air office fire such as that at WTC (called a "dirty burn") kerosene or any hydrocarbon will burn at around 500-700degrees Fahrenheit"
from a "truther" site: http://www.911weknow.com/911-faqs/8-q-doesnt-jet-fuel-burn-very-hot
so your "facts" need some checking. I imagine there would be quite a lot of oxygen rushing into the building with the pressure change when the seal broke. So it would probably be hotter than a normal "dirty burn" or office fire.
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I Was A Deluded 9/11 Truther
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UULUQfEQFuU
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Is this going to be like a "softcore" version of 4chan's /b?
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here's to more white knights on the beloved site.
it's time to move.
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Some info about PETA
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People Eating Tasty Animals
He had used the site to put up his parody, "People Eating Tasty Animals".
I've never had any respect for PETA after they got that judge to help them steal that guy's website.
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Shades of 'good old days' of religion and commerence...
Love or Hate PETA - at least they are being honest about what they are trying to do, stick a pair of teats in your face for you to cough up some coin.
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Heh.
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Give it two months ...
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The .xxx TLD is widely blacklisted
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lol
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animal equality
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Bravo .
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It's disappointing that you would give them the attention they desire. It's self-serving bullshit from these people.
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(previously know as baby goat porn)
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So get em wanking, then show em gory pics, does anyone see this site becoming the building block for future Dexters?
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are they assuming the "graphic images of animal abuse" aren't the "those tantalizing images that they'll be hoping for"?
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"This is the only meat I'll ever eat..."
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PETA!
Unfortunately this entire sordid episode does nothing more than to highlight the fact that some, if not most of their membership are in fact extremist fanatics.
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CtF+RtB gone horribly wrong
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Wouldn't that be a "butt", with two Ts? ;)
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Why not launch a preventive promotion, geared towards teenagers (the next generation).
Also, keep in mind that showcasing photos of animal cruelty doesn't necessarily make people want to help, many people cannot bare to view that kind of material.
In my opinion funding should be spent on providing society with tools to prevent Animal Cruelty, and a way to fight against large meat and like companies by passing laws to protect the way animals are treated by forcing penalties. For the larger companies, attacking their money flow is the only way to really make a difference, and the only thing they will respond to.
Obviously there are many different facets to Animal cruelty, that should all be addresses by society as a whole, but a porn site is seriously not the way to go.
On a separate note to PETA: Imagine how much more you can do for animals with the money you spend sending every household a bunch of printed stamps and labels, that's the first thing that crosses my mind when I receive those in the mail.
With that said, I appreciate any foundation dedicated to helping animals and children.
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Peta site
But it was not to be.
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