http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2009/01/23/ringling-bros-elephant-abuse-show-comes-to-nashville-this-weekend Comments On: Ringling Bros. Elephant Abuse Show Comes to Nashville This Weekend by Jack Silverman en-us Copyright 2013 Nashville Scene. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Nashville Scene readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Nashville Scene. wil@desert.net (Nashville Scene Webmaster) Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:30:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by peppermentp]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:41:48 -0600 Nashville Scene Posted by ashleyy]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:06:02 -0600 Nashville Scene Posted by Rachel]]> Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:27:33 -0600 Nashville Scene @Jack: When did you stop beating your mother with a lead pipe?
That comment to Jack is stupid and in bad taste, but it's equivalent to the pro-PeTA comments on this thread. You can't prove a negative, but the claim itself poisons the discussion.
Claims of torture abound, but as Barry points out: the anti-circus bunch is so far up the butts of the circus trying to prove allegations of torture that if things were even 1/10 as bad as they claim, there'd be dozens upon dozens of new undercover videos released weekly.
PeTA acolytes need to think a little harder about the issues and not just uncritically accept everything they say as gospel.
Posted by nospam]]> Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:13:48 -0600 Nashville Scene But you're forgiven ... my experience shows me that the pro-PeTA crowd doesn't allow facts to get in the way of a good story.
As for PeTA: Just because they're strident on the issue doesn't mean they're right.
There are a lot of people out there who need to graduate from Trendy Activism 101 and dig deeper into PeTA -- take a few minutes and see what their agenda really is and where their money actually goes.
Posted by nospam]]> Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:06:36 -0600 Nashville Scene
Damn! Sure glad I'm not a member of that family.
Posted by Anne]]> Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:11:36 -0600 Nashville Scene http://www.elephants.com/. From their website:
The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee, is the nation's largest natural-habitat refuge developed specifically to meet the needs of endangered elephants. It is a non-profit organization, licensed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, designed specifically for old, sick or needy elephants who have been retired from zoos and circuses.
Posted by rhonda]]> Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:09:05 -0600 Nashville Scene LOL
Posted by Gilbert, Jr.]]> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:06:16 -0600 Nashville Scene Posted by John Wayne Gacy]]> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:16:59 -0600 Nashville Scene As P.T. Barnum said, there's a sucker born every minute.
LOL
Posted by Gilbert Martin]]> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:50:21 -0600 Nashville Scene Posted by Jack]]> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:43:17 -0600 Nashville Scene Sure, it takes a helluva big waterboard, but it's appropriate.
Posted by D. Cheney]]> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:23:42 -0600 Nashville Scene Posted by Barry]]> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:24:18 -0600 Nashville Scene Posted by amy]]> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:55:50 -0600 Nashville Scene Posted by Woods]]> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:37:32 -0600 Nashville Scene Like this article, which admits as such: "an elephant ride a Harley or whatever the hell it is they do."
Well, if you spent any time talking to and observing the trainers, visiting the CEC, getting to know the professionals involved, understanding that there's no rational reason on earth why anyone involved would harm an elephant, you might change your tune.
Let's get to basic, unemotional, hardcore reality: The circus is a business. In any business, does it make business sense to harm one of the key benefits to your business?
Posted by nospam]]> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:17:07 -0600 Nashville Scene 2) As co-worker Caleb said just now, PETA may be extreme and nutty at times, but it doesn't mean they're wrong on this issue.
Posted by Jack]]> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:14:11 -0600 Nashville Scene Posted by Caleb]]> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:00:25 -0600 Nashville Scene Posted by jim]]> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:13:10 -0600 Nashville Scene "The Scene has gone from counter-culture to laughable with this article."
Amen and amen. Laughable is a kind description.
Posted by Anonymous]]> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:35:57 -0600 Nashville Scene The Scene has gone from counter-culture to laughable with this article. Just because the opposition newspaper is a biased rag, does that mean the Scene has to become one as well in order to create "balance"?
An article detailing the supposed "abuse" of animals in the circus would have been welcome.
Posted by Sean]]> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:58:20 -0600 Nashville Scene Posted by Adam]]> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:42:16 -0600 Nashville Scene Posted by stellabardo]]> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:42:09 -0600 Nashville Scene