The family of the deceased has to give permission for a “celebrity’s” likeness to be used. I think the main case that spurred this decision was the case of Elvis’s family to have his likeness deemed the property of the estate rather than as the public.
If PETA doesn’t have permission to use Einstein’s likeness, vegetarian or not, they’re breaking the law. Of course, PETA doesn’t really care about laws, do they?
Mrblue92
Yep, I’m sure that Harry S. T. was trying to sabre rattle to good old Joe Steel. But old Joe has already shown that he’d starve his own people, let alone kill someone else’s.
Far as I can tell, Harry told old Joe “big boom we got, don’t mess with us” (late July 1945, whatever the conference was - same one that Churchill had to leave because he was voted out) to which Stalin simply shrugged. Was Uncle Steel stupid, or just don’t care if 90% of his people die?
But I’m really thinking this is 2 topics. Cold war considerations are only vaguely important in VJ Day.
Joe, IIRC, you’re referring to the Potsdam conference. At that point, the Soviets probably knew we had the bomb anyway, so I don’t think it was any surprise to Stalin. And considering he killed more of his own people than the Germans managed to, no, I don’t think he cared if 90% of his people died, so long as it increased his power.
Fortunately we had the Soviets beat hands down in nuclear delivery systems until after his death, so there was never a realisitic opportunity for him to push the button. Would he have acted in 61-62 (Berlin/Cuba) as Khrushchev did? I’ve seen interviews of first person witnesses who feel he wanted Soviet world domination… But then again many people feel America wants world domination, at least as far as culture is concerned… (Just ask Bjorn.)
And yes, Japanese surrender v. Cold War considerations are two different topics, but historic events are often driven by intermingling causes and seemingly unrelated occurrences. Just read a little of James Burke sometime…
Burke’s column in Scientific American is a monthly treat.
While I’m sure that part of the motive to use the big stick was a demonstration for the Soviets, I still maintain that the major consideration was to hold down casualties (for both sides).
If we had come ashore on the home islands, Iwo Jima would have looked like a cake walk. IIRC the estimates were for a million or so US dead. And when you consider they were quite prepared to throw the entire population against the beach head (including civilians armed with farm implements), one would assume several million Japanese dead as well.
As for Cuba, I don’t think Stalin would have painted himself into a corner like that in the first place. But if he had been in that situation, he wouldn’t have blinked.
Holy wandering threads, Batman!
Don’t forget PETA’s idea for a Kurt Cobain campaign that said “I need fur like I need a hole in the head.” As I understand it, Courtney Love, Cobain’s wife, in a rare display of good taste, refused to allow it, even though Cobain was a PETA supporter.
I thought I stated this the first time: it is debatable whether or not Japan would have surrendered without the bomb (or invasion). The problem was that we were demanding unconditional surrender. Of course the Japanese knew they were defeated, but IIRC were looking to retain some measure of honor. The A-bombs helped eliminate the need to negotiate diplomatic points, but the case can be made that they were unnecessary to end the war. But perhaps they were necessary to show our resolve to the Soviets.
Possibly not, but we had missiles in Turkey just as close, so it was tit for tat. The Soviets felt the Berlin crisis in '61 was more acute, as neither side was willing to give up Berlin. (Soviet and American tanks pointing their guns at each other was not a good thing, either…)
What do mean? Clearly PETA’s veganism is simply another communist plot to contaminate our precious bodily fluids…
ROTFLMAO!
PETA is a front for the Red Menance?! And here I was assuming they were in league with the Illuminati, working to destabilize the United States so that FEMA can suspend civil liberties and launch the New World Order. 
Well, yea, in addition to that.
You didn’t realize that mice are actually the hyper-intelligent beings that created this planet, and that PETA was organized covertly by these commie mice to free their brethren? :eek: Have you ever seen a white lab mouse? Those pinko feets and noses are dead giveaways.
Yep, it’s all documented right there in a combination of Dr. Strangelove and Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.