I would certainly be willing to "sign" the letter. I hate it when people think reptiles are going to jump up and attack them when they are the ones scaring the poor reptiles. Also, I've always believed shows like Fear Factor are cruel to animals, by the way they use them to scare people in the first place (i.e. dumping a bunch of snakes in a box, on top of some girl who's scared to death of them, where she has to dig through them to fling a certain colored snake into a different box.). -Melissa Berliner. p.s. - sorry this is kind of belated. I had to figure out how to send a plaintext message in my email program. Julie wrote: Dana, Certainly some good thoughts. Let's hear from the rest of you gexers! Julie B. Dana wrote: > Hi Julie - > I agree with you that this isn't cool at all - it seems to me to be a > case of animal cruelty. It also seems to me (from observing how > people think about reptiles) that most often people don't think so > much about reptiles being fearful, nor do they worry so much about > animal cruelty issues with reptiles - reptiles are often treated as an > extreme "other" animal in a way that people wouldn't think about or > treat cats and dogs and other mammals. Most people seem to be afraid > of reptiles and think they are aggressive rather than fearful. It is > unfortunate that a TV show can perpetuate people's fears and put > animals in an extremely stressful situation. It would be nice to make > people more aware of this as an issue, since a lot of people watching > the show were probably unaware of how afraid the geckos and the snakes > probably were. A letter signed on behalf of all GGA members to the > network responsible (NBC?) might have some effect. Any other thoughts? > > Dana > ------------------------- > Dana Chyung > Providence, RI > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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