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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: gofaster on August 01, 2003, 08:07:23 AM
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Another mis-guided youth abusing the legal system for her own political gains. In the time it took to process her paperwork, the judge could've been doing something constructive, like sentencing criminals. :rolleyes:
Young Activist Changes Name to GoVeg.com
Thu Jul 31, 2:42 AM ET Add U.S. National - AP to My Yahoo!
By MARTHA IRVINE, AP National Writer
She knew her new name might finally stick when she got a phone message recently: "Hi, GoVeg.com. This is your mother. Please call me."
It might sound more than a little odd — but it's true. A young animal rights activist from Indiana once known as Karin Robertson has legally changed her name to that of a Web site run by her employer, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
It's not a first name or a last name — just one name. And don't call her "Veg" or "Dot," as some have tried to do.
"I like the whole name together," says the 23-year-old recent college graduate, who is now a youth educator for PETA and living in Norfolk, Va., where the organization is based.
The point, she says, isn't necessarily to promote PETA, where her bosses were as surprised as anyone when she came to them with the idea this past spring.
She says she made the switch to get people talking about vegetarianism and animal rights wherever she pulls out her new driver's license — at the airport, the bank or anyplace else. Is it that, or is she brown-nosing for a promotion?
"People are really perplexed," she says. "They say, 'You've got to be joking.'"
They usually laugh — and so does she.
"Every time I go to the bank, the tellers will report back about vegetarian food they've tried," she says, gleefully.
Her decision to take on such an unusual name also offers a chance to talk about the treatment of animals on farms and in processing plants — a source of heated debate.
The conditions under which chickens are raised and slaughtered was, for example, the topic of much discussion at the International Poultry Exposition in Atlanta earlier this year.
Agriculture experts there said animal rights activists are simply choosing sentimentality over science and practicality.
Now those in the agriculture field are rolling their eyes over GoVeg.com's name change.
"It sounds like she needs to get a life," says Kara Flynn, a spokeswoman for the National Pork Producers Council, a lobbying group in Washington. "If she actually went on a farm and saw what was happening there, she might be pleasantly surprised."
Yeah, it sounds to me like she needs a life, too.
The activist formerly known as Karin Robertson seems undaunted by the criticism — and that's not unusual, says her mother, Melanie Robertson, of Culver, Ind.
She says her daughter first became concerned about conditions of animals on farms after doing a science project for school. While still in high school, her daughter then joined an animal rights group on the campus of nearby Ball State University in Muncie, Ind. Its easy to be an activitist when you don't have a mortgage and car payments. Ever notice how so many extreme activitists are the ones who can barely support themselves?
Admittedly, her mother says, the name change has been difficult to get used to.
"My first comment was 'But your real name is so pretty. Why would you want to do that?'" says Melanie Robertson, a kindergarten teacher who named her daughter for a college friend.
GoVeg.com's father, Bob, regularly eats vegetarian food, too, since having triple bypass surgery two years ago. But when it comes to his youngest daughter's name change, the fisheries biologist, who counts many hunters among his friends, is taking his share of ribbing.
Still, the family — most of whom GoVeg.com says aren't vegetarians "yet" — is standing behind her.
"To us, she will always be Karin," her mother says. "But I think she has a good reason for doing what she's doing."
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Someone should give her an good beating...
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I'm hungry...who want's to go get some veal?
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
I'm hungry...who want's to go get some veal?
LOL!
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ROTFLMAO JimBear....:D
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Originally posted by JimBear
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Amen brother!!
(http://www.grandys.com/Welcome/chicken_fried_steak-1.jpg)
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Iceburg Lettuce... medium rare. Wait...
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Make mine rare.
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We've found her! She probably hates porn too!!
(http://www.webulagam.com/women/beauty/images/2002/07/fatgirl.jpg)
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(http://goveg.com/feat/gvsmile.jpg)
shes ok. decent rack but her face looks busted up.
i'd goveg that though.
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WTF? she's wearing a bra? What kind of animal loving vegan wears a bra (other than SOB)?
MiniD
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HEY! I'm not a Vegan, damnit. :D
SOB
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just reading about this makes me want a nice big steak or a hamburger!
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Originally posted by moose
(http://goveg.com/feat/gvsmile.jpg)
shes ok. decent rack but her face looks busted up.
i'd goveg that though.
Carrots. Cucumbers. Bananas. Squash. But no meat.
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Originally posted by gofaster
Carrots. Cucumbers. Bananas. Squash. But no meat.
The lesbian double entendre is duly noted.
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Originally posted by gofaster
Carrots. Cucumbers. Bananas. Squash. But no meat.
are ya saying she's a carpet muncher only, too??? damn. :(
oh btw, I had a nice little steak for lunch. med rare. The rest of the meal was veggie though. no wait, there was cheese and eggs on the salad. :( damn. Guess, GoVeg.com wouldn't like me.
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The radio station in Detroit had her on for an interview a few weeks back. WHAT A MORON SHE WAS! she kept talking about her name. Every time the DJ's changed the subject she would some how get to talking about Vegins. Plus she sounded like a dits! not saying i wouldnt do her :p
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I'd like to just go up to her and continually pull on her eyebrow piercing. When she gets annoyed with me and tells me to stop I'll reply, "Now you know how the rest of us feel."
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I'd like to just go up to her and continually pull on her eyebrow piercing. When she gets annoyed with me and tells me to stop I'll reply, "Now you know how the rest of us feel."
I don't mean it as a highjack, but I gotta ask. do those eyebrow peircings bother the rest of you as much as they do me? I mean I'm cool with the whole peircing thing, it's your body poke it full of holes if you want. and the other peircings don't bother me in the slightest (ears, nose, lips, bellys, nips, whatever). but when I'm talking to someone with that damn eyebrow thing my arm starts twitching and I have to really fight the urge to just reach up there and rip it out.
this highjack/rant has ended. please return to your previously schedualed posting.
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Originally posted by Nifty
are ya saying she's a carpet muncher only, too??? damn. :(
But isn't tuna a forbidden food of the vegan?
ack-ack
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I'd ask her if that was real leather on her shoes.
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You guys are pretty pathetic, "I'd do her"??? What do you want to be when you graduate high school?
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she needs a good dose of butt love then slapped in face with raw tenderloin..
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Originally posted by Gadfly
You guys are pretty pathetic, "I'd do her"??? What do you want to be when you graduate high school?
I want to be a pervert!
SOB
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Study hard and apply yourself son, you may be able to work your way up from plain old village idiot.
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Well, if you think so, I'll try. Thanks for the encouragement!
SOB
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Gadfly puts his feet up on the desk and lights a smoke, as the young V.I. leaves his office. Nothing makes a teacher feel better than a little "counseling". Here the poor lad was, no ambition beyond excelling as a master-baiter, and now his goal was set unbeliveably high: to become the BEST pervert he could be. Oh, he was cured all right.
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Originally posted by Gadfly
Gadfly puts his feet up on the desk and lights a smoke, as the young V.I. leaves his office. Nothing makes a teacher feel better than a little "counseling". Here the poor lad was, no ambition beyond excelling as a master-baiter, and now his goal was set unbeliveably high: to become the BEST pervert he could be. Oh, he was cured all right.
Sam looked anxiously over Gadfly's post trying to find some sort of humorous sarcasm, but alas, he had found nothing of the sort. Sam sighed in dissapointment and reached for the remote as he tuned to Curb Your Enthusiasm. Narrating Sam's life in a third person perspective was fun, but all good things must come to an end.
:)
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All the bliss and beauty will be gone
Will my weary soul find release for a while
At the moment of death I will smile
It's the triumph of shame and disease
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I thought it was at least a Little humorus....
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Originally posted by Gadfly
I thought it was at least a Little humorus....
I'll give you a few points :). I was only messin' with ya.
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Misty tales and poems lost
All the bliss and beauty will be gone
Will my weary soul find release for a while
At the moment of death I will smile
It's the triumph of shame and disease
In the end Iliad
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Originally posted by Gadfly
You guys are pretty pathetic, "I'd do her"??? What do you want to be when you graduate high school?
I want to be a fireman.
ack-ack
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Originally posted by Ack-Ack
I want to be a fireman.
Would you let her play with your hose?
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I want to be a fireman. The pay sucks:D
Do you think cannibals prefer vegans? Kinda like grain fed beef or farm raised catfish.
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Originally posted by Gadfly
You guys are pretty pathetic, "I'd do her"??? What do you want to be when you graduate high school?
i want to be ron jeremy
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Originally posted by capt. apathy
I don't mean it as a highjack, but I gotta ask. do those eyebrow peircings bother the rest of you as much as they do me? I mean I'm cool with the whole peircing thing, it's your body poke it full of holes if you want. and the other peircings don't bother me in the slightest (ears, nose, lips, bellys, nips, whatever). but when I'm talking to someone with that damn eyebrow thing my arm starts twitching and I have to really fight the urge to just reach up there and rip it out.
Is that a piercing or a mole?
If its a piercing, then yeah, its kind of nasty. Reminds me of a boxer after a fight, ya know? "Cut me, Mick! Cut me!"
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I want to be...taller