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sanop001:
Het is toch juist goed als iemand zoals Ingrid Newkirk op deze manier opkomt voor de dieren. Waarom doen we hier zo spastisch over?

Sander:

--- Citaat van: sanop001 op 24 april 2003, 21:36:00 ---Waarom doen we hier zo spastisch over?

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Omdat een hoop mensen hier goed begrijpen dat zo'n aktie door een hele grote hoeveelheid mensen niet begrepen gaat worden.

Toby:
Animal rights leader says wants to be barbecued
By Francois Murphy

LONDON (Reuters) - The leader of a prominent U.S.-based animal rightsgroup said she had drawn up a will directing that her flesh be barbecued and her skin used to make leather products in protest at man's ill-treatment of animals.

Ingrid Newkirk, 53, president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said Thursday she had chosen to donate her body to her organization for use in a variety of startling protests.

Newkirk also suggested her feet be removed and made into umbrella stands similar to those made from elephant feet that she had seen as a child.

"I want to find ways to have my work live on when I'm gone and this has been my first idea. I will make a stir when I am long in the ground," Newkirk told Reuters.

A PETA spokesman said Newkirk held British and U.S. citizenship and a copy of her will would be kept in both countries.

In the document she also suggests her liver be vacuum-packed and sent to

France to be used in a campaign to persuade shoppers not to buy foie gras, made from the livers of force-fed ducks and geese.

"We are in the business of getting people to think about what happens to animals," she said.

"When they go to the grocery store and buy foie gras in a tin, there is absolutely no thought of the geese. If my liver makes people talk about the issues then some good will come of it."

Newkirk said she had not heard of anyone making similar arrangements in their will.

"We hope it will start a trend," she said, adding that she had received a letter from a person interested in using their remains to promote vegetarianism.

But one body part listed in the will is not protest or animal related.It says a small part of her heart should be buried near the HockenheimFormula One racing circuit in Germany, preferably near the Ferrari pits.

"I love Formula One. I love Michael Schumacher, and I thought I would have a little bit of personal indulgence there," she said. "But it's not without a connection to animals because he actually signed a letter for us against experiments on monkeys in Germany."

Toby:

--- Citaat van: Sander op 25 april 2003, 10:11:51 ---
--- Citaat van: sanop001 op 24 april 2003, 21:36:00 ---Waarom doen we hier zo spastisch over?

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Omdat een hoop mensen hier goed begrijpen dat zo'n aktie door een hele grote hoeveelheid mensen niet begrepen gaat worden.

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Nee? Nou ik denk dat veel mensen toch best een goed gevoel voor humor hebben en best clever genoeg zijn om door te hebben dat het hier om gaat:  "We are in the business of getting people to think about what happens to animals," she said.

Ik ken genoeg "allesetende" mensen die wel heel goed de waarde van zo'n persbericht kunnen inschatten en die daar ook nog de humor van inzien en daar over door praten en dat is helemaal niet op een negatieve manier.

Sander:

--- Citaat van: Toby op 25 april 2003, 11:31:31 ---Nee? Nou ik denk dat veel mensen toch best een goed gevoel voor humor hebben en best clever genoeg zijn om door te hebben dat het hier om gaat:  "We are in the business of getting people to think about what happens to animals," she said.

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Zonder al te negatief over te willen komen weet ik 100% zeker dat die hoeveelheid mensen (want ze bestaan zeker wel) stukken kleiner is dan het aantal mensen dat deze aktie niet zal begrijpen...

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