Poor Swedes.

[Samandiriel]

Brigitte Bardot 'ashamed to be French'

PARIS - Brigitte Bardot, angered over what she called France's insensitivity to the plight of minks, has threatened to move to Sweden.

The French film star, who runs a foundation for animal rights, wrote a letter Wednesday to Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson calling his nation one of only a few countries "that takes into consideration animal well-being."

Bardot also contacted the French Finance Ministry to criticize France for attacking Sweden's proposal for new European Commission rules on conditions for raising minks in Sweden.

"The intervention of my government makes me ashamed, ashamed to be French," she wrote.

While Bardot admitted that her image and international renown have always been linked to France, she said: "To the contrary of (film legend Greta) Garbo, who left Sweden to finish her days in the United States, perhaps I will leave France to finish my days in Sweden, since today, I feel much closer to Swedish sensitivity than to the French insensitivity."

She also encouraged Sweden to push ahead with its proposal to improve conditions for the "millions of unfortunate minks raised for their fur."




and I was worried about the starving kids.

 

[Roxanne Appleby]

Brigitte Bardot 'ashamed to be French'

PARIS - Brigitte Bardot, angered over what she called France's insensitivity to the plight of minks, has threatened to move to Sweden.

The French film star, who runs a foundation for animal rights, wrote a letter Wednesday to Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson calling his nation one of only a few countries "that takes into consideration animal well-being."

Bardot also contacted the French Finance Ministry to criticize France for attacking Sweden's proposal for new European Commission rules on conditions for raising minks in Sweden.

"The intervention of my government makes me ashamed, ashamed to be French," she wrote.

While Bardot admitted that her image and international renown have always been linked to France, she said: "To the contrary of (film legend Greta) Garbo, who left Sweden to finish her days in the United States, perhaps I will leave France to finish my days in Sweden, since today, I feel much closer to Swedish sensitivity than to the French insensitivity."

She also encouraged Sweden to push ahead with its proposal to improve conditions for the "millions of unfortunate minks raised for their fur."

and I was worried about the starving kids.

I would love to adopt a mink.

Actually, about 20 of them, all sewn together into a lovely, stylish jacket. Yes, a jacket I think - that would be cool.


(That said, I would prefer that the minksters are nice to the minks before they make my jacket out of them. You know, roomy cages, comfy pillows, TV, visits from friends and stuff, before . . . )

 

[Zeb_Carter]

I really have no problem with the donning of fur from an animal. Minks being what they are, are bread to produce fur. So I suppose we're not supposed to use the leather from cows to make our shoes...blah, blah, blah.

Although I think treating them like honored guests at my mink ranch in Wyoming is a little bit much. They have nice cages in a warm building and are only skinned once after they are dead, unlike sheep who are skinned over and over again.

 

[Samandiriel]

Wonder what they taste like?

 

[Roxanne Appleby]

Wonder what they taste like?

Get that steak sauce away from my jacket, sister!

 

[Samandiriel]

Get that steak sauce away from my jacket, sister!

bitch.

 

[OhMissScarlett]

Forgive me, Brigitte, for not feeling like the plight of the mink is the most important thing going on in the world right now. The most important issue is obviously steroid use in sports.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Wonder what they taste like?

Chicken, of course. Unless you BBQ them, then they taste like BBQ'ed chicken.

 

[matriarch]

I really have no problem with the donning of fur from an animal. Minks being what they are, are bread to produce fur. So I suppose we're not supposed to use the leather from cows to make our shoes...blah, blah, blah.

Although I think treating them like honored guests at my mink ranch in Wyoming is a little bit much. They have nice cages in a warm building and are only skinned once after they are dead, unlike sheep who are skinned over and over again.

Silly Zeb.
Sheep aren't skinned.
They have haircuts.
Skincuts.
Skinheads.
Whatevah.