Anna Wintour received a pie in her face !

[misssakura]

Of course. I think one of their biggest gripes is that animal products are found in everything and therefore it's almost impossible to live a truly vegan life. So instead the motto has to be 'do the least harm'. I think they're hoping that by eliminating the by-product industry then consumers can focus on creating a more ethically friendly consumer and drug market..

I personally prefer viva http://viva.org.uk ...although their pig video is a bit cheesy ..

 

[Skywire]

PETA Protestor Throws a Pie at Anna Wintour American Vogue editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour reacts after having a pie thrown at her face on her way to the Chloe show at Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, as part of the Spring/Summer 2006 ready-to-wear fashion collection. The fashion magazine editor had a pie thrown at her by a PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) supporter protesting against the promotion of fur in the magazine.

Photos already posted on pages 3 and 4 of this thread.

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[JJohnson]

uff that is uncalled for...peta runs around like militants or something, they should try focusing on human issues for a change. Instead of protesting darfur or anything they're ranting about animals. They need to shut the hell up and get over it!!

 

[Assembler]

I agree, why aren't they throwing pies in the face of everyone who eats meat, or wears leather shoes, or is taking cancer medication (considering those medications were tested on animals).

PETA is just about getting media. I think I'm going to buy something with fur just to protest PETA. They may have had a good message, they may have had something to really say, but it has been totally lost with their behaviour. I'm completely turned off of them. (And I used to be anti-fur!).

 

[Spiral1532]

PETA Protestor Throws a Pie at Anna Wintour

What kind of pie was that? Cause she's barely covered in white stuff.
It looks more like if a bottle of lotion exploded in her hands.

 

[luna minor]

i detest Anna Wintour. hag. Someone should throw actual animal blood on her next time.

 

[Alexandra8715]

I agree, why aren't they throwing pies in the face of everyone who eats meat, or wears leather shoes, or is taking cancer medication (considering those medications were tested on animals).

PETA is just about getting media. I think I'm going to buy something with fur just to protest PETA. They may have had a good message, they may have had something to really say, but it has been totally lost with their behaviour. I'm completely turned off of them. (And I used to be anti-fur!).

I respect your opinion however I don't think that it makes sense. Their behaviour is nothing worse than how Anna Wintour acts in relation to the fur issue. As someone mentioned earlier, she doesn't allow for anti-fur adverts to appear in Vogue even when they offer loads of money. How is this any better than Peta? Of course, if you look at it superficially the fact that they threw pie at her is perhaps to some people 'outrageous'.
However, isn't Anna Wintour imposing her own view on fur in an equally outrageous manner by not allowing Vogue readers to be aware of the sick and brutal way in which the animals are killed just to make a glamourous looking coat for wealthy people? She has no reason to refuse it as they offer her money!! She refuses it out of her own personal opinion so that the fur trade is allowed to continue. I think it's just as aggressive and dogmatic. Although this is also true of Peta, is something that I think the people defending Wintour overlook!
I don't condone Peta's behaviour but I can certainly see where it's coming from when people make nonsensical comments such as 'well then stop eating meat if you hate fur'. When I stopped eating meat I developed anaemia and was always tired. That's why I have to eat meat. When have you ever heard of someone needing to wear a fur coat for their health?! (except for inuits lol) Anyways, fake fur is changing! Technology is making fake fur look and feel more realistic. So real fur is redundant! Why wear it when you can wear something that looks the same minus the barbarism involved in killing the animals!?It's totally ridiculous and just shows how people don't have their priorities in order. Wealth and privelege really has made us some very sad people.

 

[JJohnson]

PETA are meenies

i detest Anna Wintour. hag. Someone should throw actual animal blood on her next time.

oh my that's so harsh...I dont see why everyone hates Anna. Okay I see that she wears fur, but that's her personal choice. Doing things like this is defn not going to stop her and if it did, others people would still be wearing fur. Anywho, Anna isnt that bad. Even if she does have an attitude or w/e (idk) but still she's not bothering other ppl. Also idk why the PETA ppl throw animal blood on others or dead animals. Isnt like against their purpose to get the dead animal anyway?! *sigh*

 

[JJohnson]

I respect your opinion however I don't think that it makes sense. Their behaviour is nothing worse than how Anna Wintour acts in relation to the fur issue. As someone mentioned earlier, she doesn't allow for anti-fur adverts to appear in Vogue even when they offer loads of money. How is this any better than Peta? Of course, if you look at it superficially the fact that they threw pie at her is perhaps to some people 'outrageous'.
However, isn't Anna Wintour imposing her own view on fur in an equally outrageous manner by not allowing Vogue readers to be aware of the sick and brutal way in which the animals are killed just to make a glamourous looking coat for wealthy people? She has no reason to refuse it as they offer her money!! She refuses it out of her own personal opinion so that the fur trade is allowed to continue. I think it's just as aggressive and dogmatic. Although this is also true of Peta, is something that I think the people defending Wintour overlook!
I don't condone Peta's behaviour but I can certainly see where it's coming from when people make nonsensical comments such as 'well then stop eating meat if you hate fur'. When I stopped eating meat I developed anaemia and was always tired. That's why I have to eat meat. When have you ever heard of someone needing to wear a fur coat for their health?! (except for inuits lol) Anyways, fake fur is changing! Technology is making fake fur look and feel more realistic. So real fur is redundant! Why wear it when you can wear something that looks the same minus the barbarism involved in killing the animals!?It's totally ridiculous and just shows how people don't have their priorities in order. Wealth and privelege really has made us some very sad people.

it's one of those things that's going to continue. Anna wintour didnt start the fur trade so what's the problem? She is editor-in-chief so she can decide what she wants in Vogue. Also she is only in charge of American Vogue. There are some 60 other editor-in-chiefs so we can argue about them as well. Fake fur is nice, but still I dont think anti-fur ads is going to change ppl minds about anything. It's just one of those things. Kinda like saying anti-mcdonalds ads will stop ppl from eating beef. Or anti-sex ads will stop ppl from sleeping around. People are always going to do what they want. If there is a need for any movement, it should revolve around more important issues such as human life.

 

[misssakura]

oh my that's so harsh...I dont see why everyone hates Anna. Okay I see that she wears fur, but that's her personal choice.

A personal choice is fine when it only affects YOU. Not only does her choice affect the lives of hundreds of thousands of animals but also the workers paid very poorly to provide her with fur. It's a choice but it's much more far-reaching than just deciding say, to have spirituality or to not eat the pips in grapes.

 

[JJohnson]

Ok I dont understand your argument. If the fur trade is bad and it's stopped then the workers would have no jobs. I'm not anti-fur or for fur, I just see it as being here. Granted, I would not like the abuse of animals, but what I'm saying is it's going to happen. I dont see PETA trying to actually stop it by normal means. I just see a group of militant-like people screaming messages and such. It appears to be more of a theatrical spectecal than actually getting business done.

 

[misssakura]

It isn't that black and white. There are plenty of jobs that aren't being filled - there's room for displacement. I do agree that PETA doesn't always protest in a dignified manner, however they have done a lot of really great things over their 30 year history, it's just a shame that these are overlooked in favour of being "fashionably cynical" about the state of animal protection laws and those who try to enforce/create them.

 

[BaroqueRockstar]

I respect your opinion however I don't think that it makes sense. Their behaviour is nothing worse than how Anna Wintour acts in relation to the fur issue. As someone mentioned earlier, she doesn't allow for anti-fur adverts to appear in Vogue even when they offer loads of money. How is this any better than Peta?

think of what would happen if she did allow PETA ads
you'd have an anti-fur ad on one page and then you turn the page... LO AND BEHOLD!!! A cavalli ad showing daria wearing a gorgeous fur coat
it would make her a hypocrite in my opinion...
in addition, peta ads disgust me...i really don't need/want to see pamela anderson or anna nicole smith in vogue...

 

[JJohnson]

It isn't that black and white. There are plenty of jobs that aren't being filled - there's room for displacement. I do agree that PETA doesn't always protest in a dignified manner, however they have done a lot of really great things over their 30 year history, it's just a shame that these are overlooked in favour of being "fashionably cynical" about the state of animal protection laws and those who try to enforce/create them.

May you name some things they have done?

 

[misssakura]

May you name some things they have done?

Wikipedia has a long entry if you scroll down to the bottom, it has a timeline.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PETA

They're not perfect of course not. I also think when you get an organisation there are those who don't behave in a manner that is deemed acceptable by the organisation but it can tarnish everybody within the group and what they stand for which is a shame. The second you get a group big enough to give itself a name it's liable to the same scrutiny as any other corporation regardless of their motives or methods. In that regard it's probably best for anybody who cares to not attach themselves to a 'named' cause.

 

[Alexandra8715]

I can't believe that people are actually defending the fur trade!!! There is absolutely no reason for it to continue except for people to show their wealth and luxurious lifestyles (which is a crap reason!!) Animal cruelty is continuing for no reason! I'm not going to say anymore on this matter because I can see this argument going round in circles on the thread and I'm just working myself up so I'll probably end up offending someone.

 

[JJohnson]

Very interesting...oh well dont work your self up Alexandra8715. It's pretty difficult to change people's minds, especially when they're grown and set in their ways. Regarding the rich, some of them dont have time to care

 

[Assembler]

Why is the fur trade worse than the leather trade, or meat trade? If the animals were killed and kept in a humane way, would it still be wrong?

I have to admit, I don't know too much about the fur trade. But I also know about furs that people make themselves (from hunting) and aside from killing the animal (which happens pretty immediately), I don't see it as cruel. They certainly don't suffer. So is all fur trade bad? Or just the big company fur trade where the animals are treated poorly while they are alive. I think PETA would be better off to try and find ways that the fur trade could be performed more humanly to the animals. Like how some chicken farms are free range farms rather than keeping the chickens in stacked cages for all their life.

I don't see anything wrong with wearing fur. I think the industry could do a better job in treating the animals humanely. I think the way PETA protests, making FUR the bad thing rather than the treatment of the animals (which is hypocrital if they aren't as gung ho against meat eaters, or people who wear leather soled shoes) makes their case hollow.

I wonder how environmentally damaging it is to make artifical fur.

 

[misssakura]

You partially answered your own question by admitting you don't know much about the fur trade....the thing about hunting (although I dislike guns with a passion and see the 'sport' as being pathetic and cowardly), the animals are allowed to roam in their natural environment and there is no doubt that a skilled gunsman will make an instant kill. The fur trade isn't necessarily worse than the meat trade (I deplore both) however it does encourage cruelty and even worse, poaching, as well as illegal practices as the industry is far less regulated than the meat industry.

I've personally been to a rabbit fur farm and honestly it made me never want to wear fur again. Because fur is such a prized commodity, the animals aren't allowed to move at all because any damage to the fur will greatly reduce profit. There is no sunshine allowed in. The animals are often fed foods that artificially encourage hair growth and shine even though the animal is nutritionally starved. The teeth and the claws are completely removed to ensure that, again, no damage to can be made to fur. It's absolutely disgusting. Because slaughter of animals for fur isn't as regulated (and it's a difficult skill to master), the skinning and the slaughtering is often done to semi-conscious animals. For those animals that are caught for fur in the wild, the suffering is even worse. Traps are set to catch badgers, tigers, leaopards etc. These animals can often be in a trap for a week, slowly trying to chew their limbs off, dying of starvation.

And then of course you have the cat/dog fur trade in china which actually is passed off as other types of fur to the western market...

Why? So a few rich people can have a coat or two? We don't NEED fur. We're an advanced species and we should be compassionate. I don't see why that's a hard concept to grasp. We aren't primitive, we understand the consequences of our actions, we're self aware and understand suffering so why would we ever encourage it?

And PETA are equally against the meat trade so I don't understand where you got the idea that they're hypocritical o_O

P.s. faux fur is made from synthetic fibres, so if you ever wear polyester, nylon etc it's the same thing

 

[lcm]

she got a pie thrown in her face? funny.