Okay, so as I lay in bed last night I had a thought of Pamela Anderson Lee and a whole bunch of leather laying around. One thought led to another and I got to thinking. A lot of celebrities have gotten on the PETA bandwagon in the past few years. They are vegetarians, anti-fur, and according to the PETA website, anti-leather.
Now I assume these celebrities (or a majority of them) drive high-end luxury cars, limos, etc. that all have leather in them. I do not know of any cars that cost over $100,000 that have a cloth option (I am sure it is possible as a special order option).
How do they justify following and/or enforcing PETA’s message while sitting back enjoying the luxurious feel of premium leather in their cars? How about $50,000 couches in their house? How about a thousand dollar pair of premium leather shoes? I am sure I can go on and on about this.
Does anyone know of any legit justification for this? Or does PETA have certain exemptions that allow for their celebrity spokespersons to do this? Or is it the old saying “Do as I say, not as I do”?
I think you have a whole lot of assumptions going on when you state that these celebrities are sitting back in leather. #1) I am pretty sure that Pamela Anderson has the money she could order a car upholstered in silk made by virgin catapillers if she wanted.
#2) I also make my own assumption when I believe that her security needs would preclude buying any off the lot automobile, no matter how high end it seems to be.
#3) I have never seen PETA give anyone a pass on anything. Their brand of fruitcakery would be more likely to “out” a celeb than to ride on the fame.
Really, there’s no need to panic. Threads are not usually closed just because someone finds out that they’ve made a mistake, or gets more knowledge after the post.
Ther’s really nothing wrong with what you posted, and no need for the thread to be closed.
Hey, you stood corrected on your own research, no foul there.
I guess that’s about the Mercedes G55p, which is upholstered in puppy skins.
Seriously, though, most of cattle skins don’t become car seats or shoes. They become gelatin, collagen skin creams, and the collagen injections some models and actresses get, so they can have “full, sensual lips” if they weren’t born with them. I don’t suppose Pamela got any of that?
Our own Cecil did a somewhat disturbing column about the transition from cow skins to Jell-O®. I’d give you a link, but I don’t want to look at it again.
Yes. But, I’m willing to extend Anderson the benefit of the doubt. I think she uses some macrobiotic, cruelty free, skin cream which costs an obscene amount, and is promoted by a phony guru.
IIRC The collagen can also be taken from human cadavers. As the people have died of natural causes, this is also cruelty-free.
PETA can make all the noise they want, there will be cattle raised for meat. What else should we be doing with the skins of these animals? Sure would seem a great waste if we could not do something useful with them. PETA has great intentions, but their heads are on backwards.
All silkworm catapillars are virgin.
They don’t mat until after they emerge from the cocoons as butterflies/moths, and then lay eggs to produce the next generation of silkworms.
