Johnny Weir Will Be Fur-less At The Olympics
The crystal enchantress of the ice, Johnny Weir, isn't shy about how he loves to drape his naked body in fur and re-enact scenes from Dr. Zhivago (at least that's what I picture him doing). Even one of Johnny's costumes has the pubic bush of a fox on its shoulder. This made several animal rights groups aim their paint guns at Johnny, but he wouldn't back down. Johnny responded to them with this:
"I totally get the dirtiness of the fur industry and how terrible it is to animals. But it's not something that's the No. 1 priority in my life. There are humans dying everyday. There are thousands if not millions of homeless people in New York City. Look at what just happened in Haiti. I tend to focus my energy, if there is a cause, on humans. While that may be callous and bad of me, it's my choice.
Every skater is wearing skates made out of cow. Maybe I'm wearing a cute little fox while everyone else is wearing cow, but we're all still wearing animals."
And when Johnny puffed his nipples at the animal rights groups, they puffed right back. Apparently, they threatened to bring the crazy to Vancouver and ruin one of his Olympic performances. So in order to avoid being the target of a red paint bukkake while on the ice, Johnny is changing the fur to the fake stuff.
Johnny slowly slipped off his fur-lined leather glove finger by finger, and slappity slapped the animal rights groups in the face with this cunty statement:
"I would like to announce that due to pressures and threats from a certain animal rights group, I will be changing the genuine fox fur on my free program costume that I will use in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, B.C., to white faux fur. I made this decision after several threats were sent to me about disrupting my performance in the Olympic Games and my costume designer, Stephanie Handler, was repeatedly sent messages of hate and disgust. I do not want something as silly as my costume disrupting my second Olympic experience and my chance at a medal, a dream I have had since I was a kid. I hope these activists can understand that my decision to change my costume is in no way a victory for them, but a draw. I am not changing in order to appease them, but to protect my integrity and the integrity of the Olympic Games as well as my fellow competitors.
Just weeks away from hitting my starting position on the ice in Vancouver, I have technique and training to worry about and that trumps any costume and any threat I may receive."
Something tells me that Johnny really is going to have the last queef by wearing a white fox thong underneath his costume.
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I've been a vegetarian for 10 years and these sorts of debates used to get my panties in a wad but right about now I'm wishing Johnny were a vagitarian. So want to bedazzle his schlong. Then he could call it the Bitchuation.
I don' like him
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P.S. Johnny Weird's costume is ugly anyway, he looks like a complete IDIOT
Can't believe I used to think a rabbit fur coat was fashionable (about 30 years ago, haha)...I have them for pets now and am ashamed that I ever owned a rabbit fur anything...my pet chinchilla (10 yrs old) just passed away 2 days after Christmas and I cried my eyes out...I think anyone who wears fur, or anyone who could justify killing an animal in the name of fashion, should stop & think about the pain & suffering of the animals who are killed for their fur.
Wow. Is it ok if I be in love with this guy?
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I'm gonna take the advice this cashier at Winn Dixie gave about a customer refusing to use plastic bags:
"Why? One person can't stop it from happening. You can't save the world."
So as long as wearing fur is still a choice, life goes on.
um, who is this idiot? seriously, who is he? and someone should force him to sit down and watch animals being beaten and skinned alive for "fashion" when faux fur is so easily available and so much cheaper. can't stand vapid fools like this one.
in the united states alone, about 4 million cats and dogs are euthanized each year for lack of homes to adopt them. YOU can help stop this.. spay or neuter your pet. please "don't breed or buy while homeless animals die" and support animal shelters!
what I find most amusing about people that wear fur, is that they paid lots of money to look like they are wearing a dead animal. And that's exactly what it is.
Lifelong vegetarian, not into animal cruelty, and yet still care for humans too! How do I do it?
Can't fucking stand PETA!!! GOD I wish a grizzly bear would charge in to their headquarters and maul them all to death. Well not all of them, just the retarded ones that get all uppity about every damn thing liek the morons who wanted the groundhog to be replaced by a robot.
I'd never wear fur, but I'm not going to crap on anyone who wants to. These animals are raised for their fur. No different than animals who are raised for meat.
The term "Eskimo" is obsolete and derogatory; bad, old slang.
This precious petal is not going to win if he has technique and training to worry about at this point in the game. Perhaps he was spending too much time on his wretched costume and not enough on practice and humility. Figure skating is funny ha, ha and then you fall on your ass.
personally i'd rather wear baby skin!
uh-oh...i don't even know if i want to comment in this thread...i'm a vegetarian (since age 12 when i felt bad for the animals) BUT i have realized since the beginning that threatening, preaching, shaming someone will not make any difference. i wear shoes that probably have leather (would buy the leather free if i could but i am BROKE)...it's easy if you are rich to be vegan, vegetarian, organic etc...i NEVER expect pople to change restaraunt plans because a place has mostly meat. my parents and husband all have birthdays within a couple of weeks and we ALWAYS go to this prime rib place where the only veg things are the mashed potato and salad sides...whatever, fine with me--i usually just drank more. i still will cook meat for someone (yes it's gross to me but i don't comment). i do what i can and don't lecture people (unless it's something blatantly cruel and horrible)...so maybe i'm a hypocrite vegetarian but i sure as hell know the looks that will fly around when one of my(ok the only one)friends starts on her vegan raw foods lecture, everybody tunes out. SUBTLETY is the way to get the message across...
Now see Johnny, That wasn't so hard, was it?
I agree that fur belongs on the animal that grew it, but PETA'S actions are a little hard to stomach
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Submitted by thegobbler on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 3:36pm.
Curious...does the leather used for shoes actually come from a cow that's been slaughtered for food? I guess I could google it, but that reeks like effort...
From what I have read, the majority of it does.
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Well that makes me feel somewhat better about my shoes and the occasional burger...
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Am I the only one who likes to go into Neiman Marcus just to pet the overpriced furry things?
I don't own any fur, but I want to reach out and pet his arm. Sooooo furry....
So, if I find a dead fox by the side of the road and I decide to take it to be taxidermied or what-have-you, and made into a muff or a stole, that's bad and I should be threatened, harrassed, and assaulted?
Fuck that shit. PETA needs to STFU and stop using commando terrorist tactics on everyone who doesn't agree with their agenda.
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At the U.S. Championships in January, at Spokane, he finished 5th in the Free Skate.
Ryan Bradley was 2nd.
Johnny Weir usually finds a way to sabotage himself. Those of us who follow figure skating have noted this.
He could do well at Vancouver, because the Russians do like him a lot. His artistry is appreciated.
But he just isn't consistent. And there are at least five, or more skaters who are better athletes, ahead of him; including several who perform quadruples.
Submitted by La Angel on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 2:07pm.
I guess he's too young to understand that the way we treat animals is connected to how we treat humans.
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Bullshit. Plenty of vegetarian cultures are horribly violent to humans. Many vegan Hindus are the first to light their wives on fire if she doesn't bring enough dowry into the marriage. They also have a horrible caste system where a segment of the population is permanently "untouchable" and often the victims of horrendous violence because of it. Vegetarianism does not equal peace loving hippies.
Love him, love fur, love my leather boots. piss off peta
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Submitted by madam s. on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 3:23pm.
Some of you have got to be joking with your arguments. Do you really think people are eating mink and chinchilla and fox meat and organs to survive or for health and then just using the fur so as not to waste any of the animal? It is indulgent killing to the extreme. Wearing fur is simply a bizarre status thing for some people and it is arrogant and ignorant, and there are certainly many other superstitions and unenlightened beliefs around the world that lead to animals being eaten or killed for no good reason... but it is just that, superstition and ignorance. And yes the way cows and pigs are cultivated and killed is so gross and inhumane too. I don't care if people want to eat meat, but there should be far stricter regulations for humanity and decency.
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Submitted by dusted on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 3:19pm.
Eskimo is an umbrella term that includes Inuits.
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He just needs to really go all out for PETA and skate nekkid.
He is not going to win a medal anyhoo.
Is that a picture of Johnny Weir, or a picture of Kristin Stewart playing Johnny Weir in a movie?
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Submitted by BEAT on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 1:56pm.
Ugh, I loathe PETA and their tactics, even if I agree with their message.
That said, way to miss the point Johnny. If you understand the terribleness of fur, just don't fucking wear it. You don't have to crusade against it. What a novel thought.
Also, though I don't quite agree since I'm a vegetarian, many people do see a major difference between killing a cow for its meet, skin, and pretty much everything else and killing a fox for it's fur in the name of petty fashion.
One last thought: I'm fucking sick of people saying humans take sole or first priority. What, you don't think it's possible to simply have empathy for ALL?
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I don't think it's about being equally empathetic towards humans and animals. It's more about the way you go about doing it. If someone told me I better conform to their views or they will take action that is threatening to my career, we would have a SERIOUS problem. Especially since what I choose to do, legally, is no one's business.
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I'm all for the ethical treatment of animals, but to me that doesn't equal veganism. Ethical treatment means caring for the animals while they're alive and killing them quickly and humanely when that time comes.
And living in the northern part of the northern hemisphere, I don't oppose the use of fur. Or down feathers, or sheepskin, or leather. I have a hand-me-down fur coat that's 60 years old and still in perfect condition. I know which farm the fur came from, and it's nothing like the ones in PETA propaganda leaflets.
Faux fur is not warm, and it's certainly not environmentally friendly. Johnny better be careful, or the environmentalists will be after him next.
Last time I checked wearing fur wasn't illegal. Being naked in public is illegal. When those rules change, then I'll stop wearing fur, too.
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I continue to be ashamed that PETA is based in my home state of Virginia. As for Johnny, I hope he not only wears a white fox thong at the Olympics, but flashes us when he wins his gold.
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I say this every time there's a post related to Peta, but...I disdain them and would have a hard time listening to them because their tactics are unnecessarily aggressive, child-like, and overly emotional. Rather than use logic they often try to use shock factor and that gets old very quickly.
Submitted by rotten_egg on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 2:21pm.
exactly...you notice how vegetarians have to take supplements to get all the nutrients they need when they could just eat a freaking burger and be done with it.
it's like self-flagellation.
Submitted by Matador on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 4:04pm.
Forcing my beliefs upon others? What are you smoking? I'm not "forcing" nothing upon nobody. Nobody forces you to read the comments, airhead!
Ah, the good old "my flawed logic has failed me so I'll resort to third-grade insults" shtick. I rest my case.
I'll eat a delicious KFC meal in your honor this evening.
Submitted by Nicole on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 3:47pm.
Just agree to disagree and be done with it. You can still champion your cause, but you absolutely are in the wrong for continually forcing your beliefs upon others.
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Forcing my beliefs upon others? What are you smoking? I'm not "forcing" nothing upon nobody. Nobody forces you to read the comments, airhead!
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I know a vegan pulling down $$ as an exec at Whole Foods. Ummmm, you can't bitch about meat eaters if you are willing to pocket the proceeds. And any bullshit about changing it from the inside is just that: no way that chain is gonna stop selling animals.
i am very anti-fur but this shit is hysterical. he is right, that is his perspective and it is actually refreshing to see someone i don't agree with present a rational argument.
and HAHA! he will definitely be wearing a fur thong. for real! maybe a bunny tail?
Submitted by thegobbler on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 3:36pm.
Curious...does the leather used for shoes actually come from a cow that's been slaughtered for food? I guess I could google it, but that reeks like effort...
From what I have read, the majority of it does.
Submitted by Matador on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 3:30pm.
Right, and the fox has a personal choice to spend its short life in a small cage in misery? If stupid idiots like that drag-queen-skater stopped wearing dead animals we would not have scenes like this:
http://www.peta.org/feat/rejected/cannibalism.jpg
When did I or anyone say that the fox had a choice to spend it's life in a cage? I absolutely feel for the animal, and I think fur is antiquated and barbaric as a fashion statement, but again you miss the point: your thoughts and opinions as well as my own do not belong to everyone else, and it's not our place to proselytize and tell other what to feel, think, and choose. You have no right to impede the personal rights, freedoms, and choices of another human being, no matter how much you try to justify it.
Just agree to disagree and be done with it. You can still champion your cause, but you absolutely are in the wrong for continually forcing your beliefs upon others.
When I said fur is wasteful, well I honestly think the way we use animals is always wasteful and in too large quantities. This is in comparison to hunter-gatherer societies, where one animal is killed and eaten by an entire group of people--and I mean EVERYTHING is eaten and used: brains, thumbpads, bones, etc. And usually this feast sustains the group for a relatively long period of time. These folks are not eating bacon for breakfast, chicken for lunch and beef for dinner.
With most cultures, though, we are killing huge quantities of animals so we can each enjoy the "best" parts of the animal. It may not take 80 cows to make a leather jacket, but it takes a whole lotta chickens to keep KFC in business. The smaller the animal, the more we kill for our purposes. Fur especially because most of these creatures are very small and so every fur coat is full of many dead animals. That is what I mean by wasteful. But as I said, all of our practices are wasteful--just to more or less degrees.
Curious...does the leather used for shoes actually come from a cow that's been slaughtered for food? I guess I could google it, but that reeks like effort...
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When emotion trumps logic, everything goes awry.
Such is the case with many situations, but especially with PETA.
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Submitted by Nicole on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 3:18pm.
Get it through your skull already. It's a personal choice, and not something that can or should be policed
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Right, and the fox has a personal choice to spend its short life in a small cage in misery? If stupid idiots like that drag-queen-skater stopped wearing dead animals we would not have scenes like this:
http://www.peta.org/feat/rejected/cannibalism.jpg
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Submitted by ronnyk on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 3:18pm.
I don't like fur either, but every time I read the latest stunt by these attention hungry media whores, it makes me want to eat a veal burger.
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You are much kinder than I am. Whenever I hear about these bastards, I want to eat a double patty burger with some bacon thrown in. Might as well take out two animals.
Submitted by ronnyk on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 3:18pm.
PETA, the same group of cunts that kills 90% of the animals the 'rescue'.
I hate those cock suckers.
I don't like fur either, but every time I read the latest stunt by these attention hungry media whores, it makes me want to eat a veal burger.
Yeah but the only one getting punished in that case is the animal. Look I get that people hate PETA. I'm not a fan either, but animal rights do not begin and end with that group. I think their plan of disrupting the olympics is really obnoxious as is many of the other things they do. But try and take them out of the equation instead of letting your understandable contempt guide your choices.
Some of you have got to be joking with your arguments. Do you really think people are eating mink and chinchilla and fox meat and organs to survive or for health and then just using the fur so as not to waste any of the animal? It is indulgent killing to the extreme. Wearing fur is simply a bizarre status thing for some people and it is arrogant and ignorant, and there are certainly many other superstitions and unenlightened beliefs around the world that lead to animals being eaten or killed for no good reason... but it is just that, superstition and ignorance. And yes the way cows and pigs are cultivated and killed is so gross and inhumane too. I don't care if people want to eat meat, but there should be far stricter regulations for humanity and decency.
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Evolution has deemed the human as the only sentient being who is capable of conscious thought & behaviour.
Therefore, we rightfully set the rules, continuing to enjoy the fruits of our inheritance, which does involve omnivorous behaviourism... unless Baba-the-Chimp can evolve real quick and upset the hierarchy.
Deal.
Now pass me the buffalo wings, bitches.
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Eskimo is an umbrella term that includes Inuits.
Submitted by Matador on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 3:03pm.
http://www.justcardiff.com/saynotofurco/fox%20cage.jpg
What the fuck is your point? I told you I don't wear fur nor do I condone those who do, but it's NOT YOUR CHOICE NOR IS IT MINE TO MAKE FOR EVERYONE ELSE. Get it through your skull already. It's a personal choice, and not something that can or should be policed. I admire your conviction but fuck you lot can be so ignorant.
PETA, the same group of cunts that kills 90% of the animals the 'rescue'.
I hate those cock suckers.
I don't like fur either, but every time I read the latest stunt by these attention hungry media whores, it makes me want to eat a veal burger.
Submitted by dusted on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 3:11pm.
"...Wearing fur is not a practical issue unless you're an eskimo."
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I guess it's because I'm from the south (and therefore obviously an inbred idiot) but I don't see what the big deal is. If he wants to wear fur, then that's his right. I remember someone bitching me out for simply stating Michael Vick was a good football player when he went to play for the Eagles. Some bitch stated "And Hitler ran his country well." Hello people! Killing an animal is not the same as killing a human!!!! But I also didn't feel bad when Roy got attacked by that tiger...