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Mountainman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 12:06 PM
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Alicia Silverstone's PETA Ads Pulled, For all you vegan lovers out there!
Edited on Fri Oct-05-07 01:00 PM by Mountainman
Alicia Silverstone is too hot for TV – in Houston, that is.

The actress shed her clothes for a PETA ad championing vegetarianism set to debut in Texas Wednesday, but Comcast Cable pulled the 30-second spots from the airwaves.

In the commercial, Silverstone, 30, steps out of a swimming pool, unclothed and sharing the benefits of a vegetarian lifestyle.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20057845,00.html?xid=alicia-silverstone-article-aol-entertainment-news

See the ad here:

http://www.peta.org/feat/alicia_psa/index.asp


I'm a vegetarian not a vegan but I agree with the ad and no I don't support everything PETA does.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 12:07 PM
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1. I proudly support the baring of Ms. Silverstone's nekkid ass.
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SteveM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 12:09 PM
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4. Me, too! And now, time to go get some spare ribs (not hers).
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 12:08 PM
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2. Thank goodness there's no nudity on cable.
:sarcasm:
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BrklynLib at work Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 12:09 PM
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3. Her "naked" body was just too shocking for those "pure" folks out there.
I saw the video, and she was very well covered where it counted. It was one what some might call "tasteful".
There is more flesh seen every night on the news, whenever there is a story about Britney Spears.
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JackintheGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 12:10 PM
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5. That was so weirdly non-sexual
Ms. Silverstone is very attractive, as that sort of thing goes, but what an odd choice.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 01:00 PM
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26. Why is it "an odd choice"?
Alicia is a full-on Animal lover and fighter for their little rights!
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JackintheGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 01:07 PM
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31. Maybe I'm being too provincial
but she hasn't been in a major release in two years and most of her recent work has been brief appearances on television shows. Nothing wrong with that, and heaven knows I like her as much as I like any actor, but these kinds of ads like to use people who can quickly capture the public imagination. I don't think she's anywhere near that now.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 01:18 PM
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32. I'm looking at it from another
angle..in that, Alicia is beautiful, healthy woman and she is a Vegetarian. Maybe this is her life more than acting..being an activist for animal rigths.

IMO, I don't think the purpose of the ad is going to have any problem with Alicia not capturing the public's imagination. I think she was born to do it.

It's not always about when or what your latest movie is, imo(again). :)
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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 01:42 PM
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37. I agree.
She may not be in the news as frequently as, say, Britany Spears, but she seems a bit more thoughtful and well-grounded.
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 12:12 PM
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6. I've seen more risque ads than that touting cars, beer, and shampoo.
Silliness abounds with America's schizophrenia about sex.
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 12:13 PM
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7. There's nothing wrong with that ad
:wtf:

It's a very nice spot.

Not enough to make me give up meat, but it looks fine.
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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 12:13 PM
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8. DAMNED work firewall.
"Greusome content", it says.

I HARDLY THINK THIS IS GREUSOME, DAMN IT!!!

:)
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 12:15 PM
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10. Greusome?
:rofl:
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Mountainman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 12:17 PM
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11. Here you go
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 12:23 PM
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14. oh my god my eyes are burning...i`m going to hell!
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 01:02 PM
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28. Quick! Look Away! YOU
might save yourself even if your eyes gone!
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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 12:25 PM
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16. DU Friends and Family pull through again.
You just made the work day all that much better.
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JackintheGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 12:38 PM
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17. How can she claim to be a vegetarian
then prance around in that mammal skin she's got on?
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Buzz Clik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 12:54 PM
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23. Hm. Makes me hungry for vegetarian.
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Katherine Brengle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 12:14 PM
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9. PETA's use of pornified advertising to convey their message turned me off completely.
As an advocate of animal rights, I can't stand the fact that they do this shit.

I think they should pull ALL of that advertising.
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Mountainman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 12:18 PM
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12. Nudity especially this ad is not porn!
I hope you were not serious but if you were I feel sorry for you.
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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 12:24 PM
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15. I consider
Bush standing near a flag discussing the war in Iraq to be pornographic. This ad is art. Just my opinion.
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 12:51 PM
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20. "pornified "??
:rofl:

I regard the anorexic models on runways more "pornified" than this by far.
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 01:05 PM
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29. EEK!! I've been "PORNIFIED"!!
I watched the ad and felt a TREMENDOUS, UNCONTROLLABLE, URGE TO........laugh my ass off at the incredible thought that anyone would see it as pornographic.
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CT_Progressive Donating Member (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 01:29 PM
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34. Why do people not know the difference between nudity and pornography ?
Nudity = nakedness.
Pornography = sex acts.

I can be nude and not be porn.
I can be porn and not be nude (yes, you can commit sex acts clothed).

Get a clue.
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 01:40 PM
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36. I can't believe they're oppressing Alicia Silverstone like that.
They're probably giving her drugs to trick her into do that. There's no way a proper lady would choose to do it on her own.
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 12:21 PM
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13. i saw her butt crack! --i saw her butt crack!!
oh my god! i saw her butt crack! i`m corrupted now but please keep those beautiful images of a woman away from the children...

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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 12:41 PM
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18. nice spot
the butt shot could've lingered a bit longer though :evilgrin:
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tnlurker Donating Member (698 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 12:47 PM
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19. I'll check this out later
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Buzz Clik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 12:53 PM
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21. Somebody hates vegans?
I hate being screamed at, lectured to, and treated like a sewer rat. But that's a knock on PETA, not vegans.
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Mountainman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 01:01 PM
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27. I changed it to vegan lovers. Save on food bills, love a vegan!
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Buzz Clik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 01:05 PM
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30. That works. Vegans are very lovable.
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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 12:53 PM
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22. Does comcast show the E! channel ?
Dr 92010 (? zip ) and The Girls Next Door leave very little to the imagination. How about those Girls Gone Wild infomercials ?

Oh well, PETA will get more publicity this way, and the video will go viral :D
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porphyrian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 12:56 PM
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24. They pulled that?!
They must have been offended by her not showing enough flesh, because a one second long distance shot of her ass crack is absolutely nothing compared to most cable fare. I'm pissed that I wasted my time watching it thinking there might be something censor-worthy in it.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 12:59 PM
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25. Houston won't run Alicia Silverstone's
naked body but they'll show bombing for OIL.

I'm a Vegan and I don't support everything peta does but this looks all civilized and shit.
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CT_Progressive Donating Member (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 01:23 PM
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33. She is hot ! I want to buy whatever product was being sold !

Sorry, wasn't paying attention to the ad...





what?
:)
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 01:38 PM
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35. In Texas! No Way!
I doubt it has as much to do with her "nudity" as it's because it's Texas. If I remember correctly, Texas is pretty big on their beef industry.
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 02:19 PM
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38. Vegetarianism is fine. Forcing it on others isn't.
PETA stands for forcing an anti-human ideology on the rest of us.
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-05-07 02:23 PM
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39. That was hot!
now pass the broccoli, please.
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