General Beijing Olympics: US swimmer in naked protest

[The Helper]

Glamorous US swimmer Amanda Beard became the first athlete to cross the boundary between sport and politics at the Beijing Olympics today when she took part in a naked protest against the international fur trade.

Ms Beard, a double Olympic Champion, posed for a nude picture as part of a publicity campaign run by the animal rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

The swimmer, who is no stranger to showing a little skin - she posed naked for a centerfold in Playboy Magazine last year - said she was determined to use the Olympic platform as a stage for her views.

"What happens with animals when their skin is ripped from their bodies when they are still alive, it's heartbreaking for me," she told reporters.

Beijing Olympics: US swimmer in naked protest

Glamorous US swimmer Amanda Beard became the first athlete to cross the boundary between sport and politics at the Beijing Olympics today when she took part in a naked protest against the international fur trade.

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[Lord_Phoenix]

yay for pron, neigh using it to promote not wearing FUR COATS.

 

[KaboomDoggy]

Does PETA really have any authority anymore? And the animals are killed before skinned if they were alive that would be mean but would also damage the fur thus rendering it unable to be sold.

 

[Seb!]

PETA wants animals completely released from service - skinning them alive would be even worse in PETA's view. PETA doesn't care about the treatment of animals, but rather the fact that they are being treated.

PETA -

rejects the idea of animals as property, and opposes all forms of speciesism, animal testing, animal product eating, factory farming, and hunting, as well as the use of animals in entertainment or as clothing, furniture, or decoration

 

[TheDamien]

PETA's "treatment" of the animals they receive isn't what I would describe as ethical at all. Also Amanda Beard's teeth look like they could sheer through plate metal.

 

[esb]

Animals are not killed before skinned -_-
Seen many videos where they are skinned alive, competely.

 

[Lord_Phoenix]

Animals are not killed before skinned -_-
Seen many videos where they are skinned alive, competely.

And then I gnaw on their thigh.. mmm, old bessie tastes better without the skin!

 

[shawtybaby]

Does PETA really have any authority anymore? And the animals are killed before skinned if they were alive that would be mean but would also damage the fur thus rendering it unable to be sold.

That was written out of pure ignorance. Get your facts straight.

 

[Varine]

PETA kills so many animals so I don't really give a shit what they say about my furry hood. I think I'll form a group called PETAA... People for the Efficacious Thralldom of All Animals.

Does PETA really have any authority anymore? And the animals are killed before skinned if they were alive that would be mean but would also damage the fur thus rendering it unable to be sold.

Why would them being alive damage the fur?

 

[Effane]

I am just confused on why killing the animal ruins the fur, I can think of so many places to enter to kill.

 

[KaboomDoggy]

Why would them being alive damage the fur?

Umm the thrashing around possibility of blood getting on it..

Holy crap i sound brutal, Im not really.

 

[shawtybaby]

Does PETA really have any authority anymore? And the animals are killed before skinned if they were alive that would be mean but would also damage the fur thus rendering it unable to be sold.

That was written out of pure ignorance. Get your facts straight.

Umm the thrashing around possibility of blood getting on it..

Holy crap i sound brutal, Im not really.

Once again, you speak out of pure ignorance. Watch and educate yourself http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_AKdAGCYQU

These bastards that do this to the animals are sick..

 

[thewrongvine]

Ok, let's not start our own argument here. What they do is sick (I watched the video ) and sad... sniff. But. ...

 

[FireCat]

Ok, let's not start our own argument here. What they do is sick (I watched the video ) and sad... sniff. But. ...

But what?
it's pure cruelty on animals, I don't even want to watch hole video.
what they do it's sick. :thdown:

 

[shawtybaby]

I am sorry if I posted that video, but ignorants like KaboomDoggy just pisses me off. That is how I feel.

 

[BlargIAmDead]

All the problems in China right now that this lady could be protesting against, and this is what she picks?

Amazing. :banghead:

 

[FireCat]

what is wrong with that?

 

[Karawasa]

what is wrong with that?

Opportunity cost my friend. Rather than spending time protesting for animal rights, perhaps her time could have been used protesting for HUMAN rights?

 

[Draphoelix]

Protesting for human rights by being naked. Cool!

 

[FireCat]

Opportunity cost my friend. Rather than spending time protesting for animal rights, perhaps her time could have been used protesting for HUMAN rights?

Why spending time, well they cant talk, they cant say to a human, why human is cruel to us Right?! well, sure she could also protest on human rights, but where is other people? And why only she protest over something. she did something anyway.