Naked Angels for Animals

Joanna Krupa gets naked for animals, and disrespects a religion to boot.
Let's get naked to adopt animals, and totally disrespect a religion for this cause. Of course, this isn't the first time Peta has screwed around with people's religions. Is there any greater way to secure yourself a place in the world as a horridly disrespectful and insensitive organization than with stunts like these?

As a practicing Catholic myself (oh yeah, church every sunday and all that jazz) this made me foam at the mouth. There were so many ways to do this ad in a much more tasteful fashion, and yet they didn't. Why? Because, as Joanna herself says, "my team told them we wanted to make sure the concept is controversial, sadly, because that's the only way to get your message out there." Yes. Because dressing up in a toga or a robe would really take away from the message. I mean, I'm guessing since this is an ad about being an angel, and angel is supposed to be giving us this message, right? An angel, not a naked playboy bunny who looks like she just got off the set for some racy "angel's on earth and in bed" porn movie.

As a women, I've always found their objectification of women disgusting. Women seem to have no place in Peta except as sex objects to push their agenda. When they're not showering naked in public, they're getting naked and sexy to oppose fur (oh yes indeed, that's Joanna again). Why don't they showcase any normal looking women in their ads? As Lisa Lange says, "sex sells". Right. Because when people see naked girls, they're totally thinking about the message, and they're totally not standing there going "OMGZ BOOBIES". Damn,  I don't even like boobs, they're so... booby, but I'll admit that's my reaction. Of course, seeing people degraded like that, turned into objects and treated like nothing more than tools, doesn't make me think too highly of the organization that's putting them in those types of positions (even if they do agree to it, although I'm sure the money changing hands helps a bit with that).

There are actually people saying "that's not a crucifix, that's a cross, and the cross isn't just Christian, it's a symbol for other things too, durrr". Of course, they're wrong. The type of cross she is holding is similar to the Crux Gemmata, a cross with forked ends and 13 gems arranged upon it (if you count the oblong shapes on the cross Joanna is holding, you'll come out close to around 13). Still don't see it? Here's another example of a Crux Gemmata. Add to that that she is in a freaking CATHEDRAL, and it's more than apparent that it is a Christian cross, a symbol that is highly sacred to Christians (yes, Catholics and Protestants included, amazing I know) and that shouldn't be used in a context like this.

The Catholic League has spoken out about this ad (I'm liking the prez here), saying that is is wrong, disrespectful, and distasteful. Joanna's reply? "I am a proud Catholic and I am sure God is looking down shaking His head in disagreement with the Catholic League's comments." She believes that God would accept her using sex to spread a message of kindness. How can you spread a message of kindness if you are showing that you have no respect, not for others, and not for your own religion? She actually has the gall to say she is a "proud Catholic"! Let me tell you, there are very few practicing, regular church going Catholics who think that getting naked and parading around with a cross covering their naughty bits is "good". It's not even the nakedness so much, let's face it, Adam and Eve are always portrayed as naked with fig leaves. It's the fact that she is using a sacred Christian symbol in an ad that is using sex to promote an idea.

Now, as a first generation American of Polish descent, I'm ashamed and appalled at her acts. She says she is a Catholic, but I find it hard to believe. There's something missing there; I grew up in a Polish Catholic home, and it was by no means strict, but somehow I never got it into my head that standing around naked with a cross was "all right" and "tasteful". I don't know what her upbringing was like, but I can guess. I mean, just like me, she grew up in good ol' Chicago. There's a large population of Poles here, and a lot of Polish churches, most of which I've been in. I can find no part of any teachings of either the Catholic church or the general Polish home teachings that would have said "yes, this is okay. Get naked. With a Cross".

Thank you, Joanna, for giving Polish youth another terrible role model to look up to, and thank you Peta for showing, once again, just how callous, unfeeling, and disrespectful you can be.

Peta2: Thanks, I needed the laugh

Oh Peta2, not only are you a cesspool of immaturity and one-track minds, you are also a veritable medley of humor.

Here are just a few gems:

"Make the S.O. cook their own meat. My boyfriend eats meat, and he said he's not going to give it up.

Well if he dosen't that's his choice, but he will have to learn to cook it/cook it on his own.
If he wants me to do all the cooking, he's going to be eating vegan every day.
That's my opinion.
(I also make him brush his teeth before kissing me after eating meat. XD)"
Source

(in response to question about the taste of tofurky)
"And you get the gravy, which is a very good replica of gravy made from chicken stock."

"eww i really dont think its good at all. ive tried and tofurkey just doesnt taste like turkey."
 Source

"No, it's not vegan to eat the eggs no matter how you treat the hen. And I don't think it's ethical for you to take the eggs from the chicken. If it's a broiler chicken, I don't even think they lay eggs, do they?

What you COULD do is care for the chicken as a rescue. What they do at sanctuaries since hens are bred to lay more eggs than what's natural, losing a lot of their vital nutrients, they feed the eggs back to the chickens.

When you take an egg from a hen, your perpetuating the idea that that egg is yours and that that hen is your property which is speciesist. Just like saying "women are here to serve man" or "we can use black people for slaves".

It's not a problem of HOW we use animals, it's the fact that we ARE using them."
This whole thread is made of funny

Thank you Peta2, for proving that as long as there are narrow-minded people in the world, there will never be a shortage of idiocy to laugh at.

PeTA's Idea of Ferret Care

Ferret Care, according to PeTA: http://www.helpinganimals.com/animalsHome_ferrets.asp

Where do we start? How about the very first thing that sends warning signals to almost any ferret owner worth their ferretone:

"Vitamin supplements such as ferretone and linatone and small amounts of fresh fruits and vegetables aren’t strictly necessary, especially if you provide a high-quality cat food, but they can contribute to good health if they are supplied in the proper amounts."

Have we all read that? Given in small amounts, fresh fruits and vegetables are okay! Except, you know, for the chance of internal blockages part. Or the ferret doesn't actually get any nutritional value from them part. Or the sugar content of fruits has been linked to insulinomas in ferrets part. This is one of the biggest problems with ferrets - the fact that people give them sweet fruits like raisins and bananas because the ferret likes it, or it might help it. Fruits do not help ferrets, they are carnivores and any plant matter they might ingest would be predigested already. Vegetables can lead to blockages, and I have yet to meet a ferret that is content to chow down on a carrot or celery stick.

Let's backtrack just a moment:
"Ferrets must eat a high-protein cat food, but keep in mind that most ferrets dislike fish flavors."

Just because I needed to ask this: If most ferrets dislike fish flavors, does that mean the four ferrets I've had so far have been anomalies, since they all like the taste of tuna, salmon oil, and herring? Also, and I've done this myself,  the juices from a can of tuna trickled over the ferrets food is a great way of getting picky ferrets to try something new.

Next? Next:

"Nail-trimming is best left to a veterinarian, unless you are confident that you won’t nick a blood vessel. Do not declaw your ferret."

Yes, okay. I will be taking in my ferrets every 3-5 days to get their nails trimmed. Honestly? Their nails are see-through, you can see exactly where the quick is. I've been trimming ferret nails for five years now and I haven't over clipped even one nail yet. Ferretone on the belly, or in a cup in front of them, and there you go - easy-peasy nail trimming. Note to PeTA: Ferrets are not cats in this instant, they won't scratch you up if you mess around with their paws for nail trimmings.

Okay, let's skip the "horrible neglectful pet stores" part...

"If more than one ferret will be living in your home, expect “dominance fighting” to take place in the beginning."

Okay, this is nitpicky, but - ugh - it is not "dominance fighting", it is dominance fighting, without the quotations. It is not fighting that mimics dominance fighting, it is actual dominance fighting. You really don't need the quotation marks.

"Human food—even ferret-safe human food, including fruits and vegetables, is harmful in large quantities"

No. Just, no. Stay away from the fruits and vegetables. Ferrets aren't omnivores, trust me. Why are they being presented as such here? I just don't understand.

"When you aren’t home to supervise your ferret, you may decide to enclose him or her in a ferret-proof room or in a roomy, metal mesh cage—one that is at least 18 inches long, 18 inches deep, and 30 inches wide, though larger enclosures are preferable."

Whoever wrote this part apparently failed geometry. I'm not sorry saying that, because it is true. I suspect the cage they are talking about exists on maybe the fifth or sixth dimension, considering I have never seen a cage in our current dimension which can, at the same time, be both 18 inches long and 30 inches wide - in other words, be both 18 inches and 30 inches on the same length.
I'm going to just going to assume that one of those 18 inches is the height dimension, and look at this as a 18 x 18 x 30 inch cage, which you know what? Maybe I could put a rat in there. Maybe. More like a couple of hamsters or gerbils. Whichever ferret ends up in a cage like that would need a huge amount of out-of-cage time. Good thing they added that "larger enclosures are preferable", but it almost sounds like an afterthought, what with them saying that the 18x18x30 cage is "roomy".

Oh, and "Don’t forget that ferrets can go for walks on a leash attached to a harness."
 Gee, that's nice of you to remind me in the Housing section.

This really sounds like on huge copy and paste, fill in the blanks job by someone who might know a friend of a friend of a friend whose cousin owned a ferret, like, ten years ago. Maybe. Maybe it's just a PeTArd trying to sound intelligent and ending up sounding like they don't know a clue about anything that has to do with ferrets.
I mean, honestly, when About.com knows more about ferret care than you do, then you're doing something wrong.