This bonsai kitten site is a hoax, and
not a day goes by when i don't have
at least three emails about it.
This moron actually gets off on people
complaining, so the best thing to do
would be to ignore it imo.
For the full story, go to:
http://www.hsus.org/programs/companion/bonsai_kitten.html
thanks,
bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Catherine McKay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: i'm back Now with Wolf In Lindsey question and bonsai
kitten and so on
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>It's great to see
> Joni speaking for animals so simply and eloquently.
> The Wolf That Lives In
> Lindsey is one of my very favorite compositions,
> though I'm not sure who or
> what it's about. JMDLR's--can you offer any clues?
> Now, about that perm...
> Ken from SF
> PS; cat lovers, please check out the disturbing
> www.bonsaikitten website.
> Whether or not it's a hoax, we must register our
> protest to this cruelty!
I just did check out that site. Like you, I am
confused as to whether or not it's intended to be a
hoax or not. Even it if is meant to be a joke, it is
in extremely poor taste and there are lots of fools
out there who might actually go ahead and do this.
I'm grossed out and upset at this kind of cruelty to
animals (even if it is "faked" cruelty.) I've sent an
e-mail off to the webmaster (who is the webmeowster,
btw, leading me to believe it really is meant to be a
joke, but you never know) telling him/her how *not*
impressed I am. I took the liberty of copying your
organisation, Bill (but the general e-mail address,
not your personal one!)
I see my kids (my son in particular) going onto
different websites to play games, some of which are,
IMO, in extremely poor taste, to say the least. These
often consist of spoofs (but not very good ones) of
real celebrities or TV characters - e.g. one with a
group sounding like the Backstreet Boys singing "Which
Backstreet Boy's gay" to the tune of "I want it that
way" (or whatever that song is called); gross/
childish/ bathroom humour takeoffs on kids' TV shows
such as Teletubbies and so on. Believe me, I do not
hesitate to tell my kids that I don't think these
sites are funny and the reason why I believe this. I
don't want my kids growing up to be cynical. I know
there are times in a child's life when they seek to
grow out of childish things and, when they do so, they
often blatantly reject things they loved as a toddler
and so on. Maybe that's all part of the growing-up
process, but I think it's very sad that kids feel they
have to "prove" how mature they are by turning on the
very things they loved as a child; and, unfortunately,
this sort of thing seems to be quite rampant these
days.
The bonsai kitten website has that kind of effect on
me. I love a good piece of satire, but this kind of
thing (taking something that may not be your choice in
music or TV or whatever and making something gross or
cruel out of it - appealing to the lowest common
denominator, in other words) is not satire and it's
not humourous. It's just mean and completely without
wit.
Now stepping back off my soapbox to say I loved the
wolf-howls story, even though I have heard it before
(a good story bears repeating). But, is "the wolf"
based on a real person? A serial killer, I presume?
Does anyone know if it's based on anyone in particular
(asks the same person who often complains that too
much talk about *who* a song is about may be an
invasion of privacy - so call me a hypocrite.)
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