“I think people are trying to create more drama than there really was,” said Amanda Beard.
PETA has taken something dull and silly like the Olympics and made it more interesting by have Olympic Swimmer Amanda Beard naked in their latest Don’t Wear Fur poster. Amanda Beard demonstrated on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals outside the Athletes Village by unveiling the centerfold-like poster.
The nude Amanda Beard demonstration was first scheduled for a location near the Water Cube. However, Chinese officials objected. There are laws in China against what the Chinese define as pornography.
PETA’s investigation claims to have found that before being skinned alive, animals are pulled from their cages and bludgeoned with metal rods or slammed on hard surfaces – which does not always result in immediate death.
A nude Amanda Beard joins a bevy of other nude celebrities, including a recent poster of Jenna Jameson pretending she’s Bob Barker. Be sure to have your pet spayed or neutered.
The I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur ads have been very popular, lots of very pretty and very famous people have done these ads. The PETA posters are sexy and fun and remind me of the good old days of Pin-Ups. I like seeing a naked Amanda Beard and a naked Jenna Jameson.
But naked photos of celebrities don’t make me want to protest for animal rights.
When I was in Edinburgh a few years ago there was a Vegetation restaurant right across the street from our hostel. They sold baked potatoes covered in baked beans-great stuff. The walls of the restaurant were covered with animal rights posters-these were images of animals being tortured and abused and slaughtered-the normal life of an animal raised for food. Nothing cute or pretty here-stomach turning stuff in fact. These were people serious about their cause. But no one would want to see a PETA poster of a sweet little chinchilla having it’s skin ripped off.
So PETA will keep finding pretty people, mostly women, willing to get naked for their posters-and I will keep wondering if this is best use of PETA’s time.
