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sunnyciegos
10/12/09

In reply to Happiness Is A Warm Puppy
Love Nellie! The world needs more Nellie McKay!
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ritualtheory
10/12/09

@sunnyciegos: Agreed. She must be too interesting and witty to be all that famous. She doesn't seem to mind, either.
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lola_in_the_dark
10/12/09

In reply to Happiness Is A Warm Puppy
She's right. In high school I was actually told by a girl that she hated me because I was "so happy all the time". I don't know if she was jealous or what but my near constant good mood irritated her.

I also remember a few people asking me if I was on drugs because according to them it wasn't normal for someone to be so happy all the time.
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Tippi Hedren
10/12/09

@lola_in_the_dark: I have a friend who is happy and positive all the time... she is pretty much my polar opposite, but you just can't help but love her!
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
10/12/09

@lola_in_the_dark: What is wrong with those people?
I don't like "perky", I think it's excessively aggressive - like those cheerleaders who try to *force* you to go to the pep rally.
But if you're just smiling to yourself and going about your own business ... grrr.

(Yes, of course I recognize the irony.)
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whynotshesaid
10/13/09

@lola_in_the_dark: What buttheads.

I am generally a happy person, but that's because I recognize how freaking great my life is, and I pretty much exist in a perpetual state of gratitude as a result. Of course, this mindset was only achieved after ten years of numbing situational depression, so make of that what you will...
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Tippi Hedren
10/12/09

In reply to Happiness Is A Warm Puppy
Que sera, sera...
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HereComesMyBaby
09/25/09

In reply to The Bull By The Horns
Oh, God, I bet I know some people who went to this.

So many of my friends in the US are animal rights activists, but for some reason, I find Israeli ones super annoying. It's like their advocacy approach is stuck in the '70s.
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BeckySharper
09/25/09

In reply to The Bull By The Horns
Nice Kabbalah red thread, too.
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bowleserised
09/25/09

In reply to The Bull By The Horns
I've just been reading about a woman who was a pioneering veterninary surgeon whose research improved the lives of huge numbers of animals, but who was driven out of house and home by animal liberation protestors in her old age. So I'm not feeling so much love for the tattoo, although this ritual doesn't sound like much fun for chickens.
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BeckySharper
09/25/09

In reply to The Bull By The Horns
Thank God someone's speaking out against Jerusalem's greatest injustice: swinging chickens.
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greengrey
09/25/09

@BeckySharper: Are you an anti-Semite? :P
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BeckySharper
09/25/09

@greengrey: Yes, I only hate on Jewish chickens. Such as the really dry overcooked one I was served on Rosh Hashanah.
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greengrey
09/25/09

@BeckySharper: "Jewish Chicken" made the best mental image of the day.
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HereComesMyBaby
09/25/09

@BeckySharper: I agree with that sentiment!
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Hiroine Protagonist
09/25/09

In reply to The Bull By The Horns
That tattoo seems concentration- camp style.
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BeckySharper
09/25/09

@Hiroine Protagonist: Depending on the camp, some were on the inside of the forearm, some were on the outside.
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Rare Affinity
09/25/09

@Hiroine Protagonist: Under Rabbinical Law, Jews were not permitted to have tattoos, which was one of the reasons the Nazis placed tattooed numbers on concentration camp prisoners. So by wearing such a prominent tattoo in Jerusalem, the Israeli activist is being particularly provocative
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debauch
09/25/09

@Rare Affinity: Actually, this is mostly lies (y)our mother(s) told: [www.nytimes.com]

I know, world changing.
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HereComesMyBaby
09/25/09

@Rare Affinity: Eh, not really. There are secular people in Jerusalem, you know. And I doubt they were protesting in a super-religious neighborhood.
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Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini
09/25/09

In reply to The Bull By The Horns
I'm a vegetarian, but I could just eat her right up.
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GirlFailer
09/25/09

In reply to The Bull By The Horns
Is it really considered abuse to swing the chicken? From what I read yesterday it sounded like they pass the chicken over the noggin and that's it. Are they upset that the chicken is eaten afterward?
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Aluminum Falcon
09/25/09

@GirlFailer: If they're performing the traditional Kapparot ritual, the chicken (rooster for men, hen for women) is slaughtered and its meat given to the poor after your sins are passed into it.
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GirlFailer
09/25/09

@scarletsidhe: So basically, it's no different than the way any other chicken that is used for it's meat is killed. Other than quick pass over the head, I mean. I suppose you have to pick your battles as an animal liberation member.
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Rare Affinity
09/25/09

In reply to The Bull By The Horns
She is fully clothed so I assume she is not campaigning on behalf of PETA.
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JerseyGrrrl
09/25/09

@Rare Affinity: That and the sense of empowerment!
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J.D.Regent
09/25/09

In reply to The Bull By The Horns
I'm not even an animal rights person, but I can never help swooning over some badass who believes in the liberation of anything so much she tattoos it on her arm. While wearing Sophia Loren eyeliener. And possibly acrylic nails.
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bluebears
09/25/09

@J.D.Regent: I looked at it and thought, oooh girl crush. ;-)
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Cerridwen
09/25/09

In reply to The Bull By The Horns
That tattoo? That right there is what you call a "dealbreaker."
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JerseyGrrrl
09/25/09

@Cerridwen: I'm guessing she appreciates that as a means of weeding out people she's not interested in knowing.
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Rare Affinity
09/25/09

@JerseyGrrrl: Hope she doesn’t do a Naomi Campbell in later life and become a turn-(fur)coat.
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Cerridwen
09/25/09

@JerseyGrrrl: Heh, true. I suppose it can go both ways!

It's just funny because I don't find the "animal liberation" aspect to be the problem per se, as much as the militant fanaticism that it implies.
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librarianette
09/11/09

In reply to What A Boob
peta really makes my blood boil. boston jezzies can see them try to hold their own against harvard debaters tomorrow: [www.peta.org]
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Conrad
09/11/09

In reply to What A Boob
I know plenty of fat vegetarian/vegans.
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