Joe Namath slammed by PETA over fur coat worn at Super Bowl XLVIII
Source: NY Daily News
The fur is starting to really fly between PETA and Joe Namath.
Namath, who sported a $3,000 coyote fur coat that he bought from Marc Kaufman Furs in Manhattan for Super Bowl XLVIII festivities, has drawn the ire of the animal rights organization.
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'The real embarrassment on Sunday was Joe Namath's caveperson coat," PETA wrote in a statement. "No matter what he spent on that eyesore, the animals who were trapped, bludgeoned, electrocuted, or skinned alive for their fur paid a lot more the ultimate price, in fact and viewers across the country agree that it was too high a price, as demonstrated by the outpouring of anti-fur messages that hit Twitter the second that Namath's coat hit the screen."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/jets/peta-cries-foul-namath-supe-fur-article-1.1603407
jmowreader
(50,709 posts)Two weeks of them prowling the neighborhood eating small yappy dogs, and she'll add "except coyotes" to the name of her organization.
I thought he was wearing his old Broadway Joe coat.
rpannier
(24,395 posts)From the article
Namath, who sported a $3,000 coyote fur coat that he bought from Marc Kaufman Furs in Manhattan for Super Bowl XLVIII festivities, has drawn the ire of the animal rights organization.
I'll never buy one at any price, but if wants to, why not?
rpannier
(24,395 posts)So he deserves the scorn heaped upon him (IMO)
jmowreader
(50,709 posts)I, and everyone I knew growing up, lost at least one pet to coyotes. They are VERY destructive animals, especially to chicken farmers and sheep farmers.
tabasco
(22,974 posts)is much more important than a functioning ecosystem.
Good point!
jmowreader
(50,709 posts)Coyotes are extremely overpopulated. They breed like rabbits, they eat anything they can catch (including your garden, if they're hungry for tomatoes today) and nothing will eat one. They're also migratory.
In most of the states that have coyotes, the hunting season is 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Even liberal Vermont has a year-round coyote season. Massachusetts' season is only nine months long, but it's actually more liberal than Idaho's - and you probably didn't think that was possible. (Mass allows dogs to be used and Idaho does not.)
The best thing we could do for the ecosystem would be to kill most of the coyotes, which would balance the number of coyotes with the amount of prey available to them.
tabasco
(22,974 posts)Humans must kill more, more, more in order to restore a healthy ecosystem! If the DNR (department of deer hunting and meat farmers) says so, it must be true!
Good point!
Nihil
(13,508 posts)> Coyotes are extremely overpopulated.
Check
> They breed like rabbits
Check
> they eat anything they can
Check
> nothing will eat one.
Close enough. Check.
> They're also migratory.
Check.
The best thing we could do for the ecosystem would be to kill most of the humans,
which would balance the number of humans with the amount of resources available to them.
former9thward
(32,379 posts)That's his thing.
rpannier
(24,395 posts)former9thward
(32,379 posts)That was such an insightful post I was sure there was going to be a follow up.
Iggo
(47,713 posts)That's a known fact.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)he didn't try to kiss Suzy Kolber this time.
narnian60
(3,510 posts)and he looked stupid in it.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)sideline announcer he'd hit on later in the game.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)I bet Pam Oliver was keeping a low profile, though
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)montanacowboy
(6,150 posts)and he looked like one
John1956PA
(2,750 posts)Unfortunately, he may have been serious. Either way, he sent the wrong signal.
rocktivity
(44,605 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 14, 2014, 03:23 PM - Edit history (1)
It was nearly fifty degrees that night!
rocktivity
QuestForSense
(653 posts)Skinned alive? That's over-the-top, or so I think. The facts alone should be enough to persuade people not to wear the pelt of an animal in this day and age.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)skinned alive for their pelts. Others are stomped, trapped, drowned or electrocuted, either anally or vaginally. Fur's realllll glamorous.
jmowreader
(50,709 posts)warrant46
(2,205 posts)You wouldn't think Coyotes were Cute. They are killing machines.
truthisfreedom
(23,203 posts)I know people who hunt them for pelts. They are NOT electrocuted nor are they skinned alive. They're a serious nuisance. My cat has the scars to prove it.
lobodons
(1,290 posts)as soon as I saw the Namath, I said PETA reaction in 3,2,1
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)dawn frenzy adams
(429 posts)I'm a liberal, but I can't stand PETA. I not alarmed about a man wearing a fur coat, when we are dropping bombs on human beings.
Redford
(373 posts)Fuck 'em. I thought the coat looked great
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Historic NY
(37,497 posts)they can play with them.
flvegan
(64,444 posts)Brings 'em out like cockroaches.
Or draws them in like flies. I probably can't say "cockroaches" around here. Trigger happy alertmonkeys.
Elmergantry
(884 posts)Oil based synthetic fibers not so much
1000words
(7,051 posts)Frank Cannon
(7,570 posts)He completely botched the opening coin toss. How hard can that be?
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)so twitter is now the new standard of outrage? what about the people who don't give a shit?
do predatory animals have rights too? fox are entitled to be in the henhouse? large predatory animals are entitled to eat small farm animals?
so many questions, so many answers,and so many who the hell cares what peta has to say.
geomon666
(7,512 posts)Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)Really, who cares what Namath does any more?
radicalliberal
(907 posts)-- during the summer of 1970. He told the audience, "Women are only good for sex." I also remember my mother's reaction to his misogynistic comment: "Why, he's not even good-looking." But no one in the audience booed him. As the father of two young women who are wonderful human beings, I'm not sure I appreciate his comment. I never considered him to be some kind of hero. A star? Yes. A hero? No.
imthevicar
(811 posts)Throw a Bucket of Paint on a Biker's Colors!
nilesobek
(1,423 posts)Russell Wilson never seems to act clownish or irresponsible like Namath. NY is always going to love him for bringing a miracle super bowl win home.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)and that is "slammed"?
dionysus
(26,467 posts)he should have had a fedora with a feather in it for good measure...
leftyladyfrommo
(18,907 posts)Coyotes have their place in the ecosystem just like all other animals.