Logical question - which deserves a logical answer: Do you think they will allow this ad to be posted up when the organizers banned a parodied logo that PETA drew to not be made into T-Shirts?

(NOTE - please do NOT e-mail me this answer - I think that people should be able to read this answer).

Posted by: Mel | July 27, 2009 02:40 PM

Go Peta! You guys are rockstars!!

Posted by: Amanda Jacobson-Eddy | July 27, 2009 02:52 PM

Mel:
1. Don't tell PETA what to do.
2. Are they supposed to psychically know whether or not their billboard will get turned down. Demanding an answer is not only rude, it's also impossible since I doubt PETA has anyone on staff who can see the future.
3. You are contrary and annoying, and I wish you would go bother someone else instead of hanging around here and thinking you are entitled to have anything your way or the highway.

Posted by: Elphaba | July 27, 2009 04:01 PM

YAY!!!!!
As a Canadian,this makes me so happy!!!
I have been campagining endlessly to have this horrific hunt stoppped for YEARS, and now I finally feel as if we're FINALLY making progress.
Give it up to PETA!!!

Posted by: Ashley | July 27, 2009 05:56 PM

Elphaba:
Mel was just asking a rheutorical question/making a point. You need to consider opinions that are not your own. You annoy me by saying that Mel is annoying, which (s)he is not. If you don't like Mel, then you can ignore it and not make a big deal about it. Now go bug someone in real life.

Posted by: Edward | July 27, 2009 08:53 PM

My boyfriend and I swear that Mel secretly works for PETA and is paid to troll the boards just to get people riled up. Her comments are just straight up ridiculous. It's bizarre that she spends so much time here since she hates most of PETA and thinks meat is good for you.

If PETA was worried about being told, "NO" they would have ended long ago. Thank goodness they are persistent and don't let anything stop them.....much less the mere twinkle of a thought of a "NO".

Posted by: Tamra | July 27, 2009 09:19 PM

Duh Mel, PETA doesn't even expect that the billboard will go up--but its rejection WILL get attention. That's the point.

Posted by: Canaduck | July 27, 2009 09:31 PM

Elphaba, I think Mel has a point. She's asking if PETA thinks that Toronto will allow the new billboard to be posted up when they decided to deny selling of the shirt with PETA's parody logo?

Sure she's demanding there, but that's the carnivore lifestyle. I see it's a speculation question, only because we have seen groups in Vancouver say that PETA couldn't sell the shirts with the same logo. Guess we'll wait and see.

Posted by: Jade | July 27, 2009 09:44 PM

As much as I would like the poster to be plastered all over Vancouver, I am positive the offer won't be accepted. Sorry to burst your bubble, but as a Canadian, I know this. I hope you can prove me wrong.

Posted by: NT | July 27, 2009 11:27 PM

Tamra, LOL.
Edward, suck it.

Posted by: Elphaba | July 28, 2009 10:25 AM

I think PETA is probably not expecting the ad to be approved - but they are making a point, and getting free publicity in doing so.

Posted by: Michele | July 28, 2009 12:04 PM

Elphaba, I agree with you. Perhaps the supporters of the poster in question haven't hung around the posts long enough to read all of the nonsensical, negative, and incorrect facts posted by this person over the past year or so.

Posted by: Tamra | July 28, 2009 02:10 PM

Tamra, first you say that Mel is paid by PETA to be a troll, now you're saying she's hung around for nearly a year posting this "nonsense"? (looking back here in the archieves), it appears she's tried posting only a few months - haven't seen anything prior to 2009 so far).

Which is it - because if PETA hired her it could be seen that PETA hires morons all the time. Wouldn't that be detrimental to their cause? You would think they'd hire seeders who spout the praises and wonders of this board, not start trolling issues that could in fact harm said group.

Posted by: Jade | July 28, 2009 04:16 PM

Jade, I think it's fairly obvious that Tamra was joking about Mel working for PETA. The bottom line is that Mel is a pain, and if s/he has the right (and she does) to antagonize PETA supporters with all of her b**ching and moaning we certainly have the right to point out how irritating that is.

Posted by: Elphaba | July 28, 2009 05:20 PM

Elphaba, it still doesn't answer her question though, and admittedly I'm curious too. The only reason I say this is that - as she said here and confirmed here on PETA - the logo of Inutuck bludgeoning a seal (or easier to say Parodied version of the Vancouver Olympic Logo) was banned from being sold on T-shirts online.

We haven't heard anything yet from PETA saying they reconsidered, so it makes me wonder if they'd accept this billboard because it has the same logo. I don't think she's antagonizing the board inasmuch as trying to see why they're trying it.

Posted by: Jade | July 28, 2009 05:52 PM

My bad Jade. It was just one of the zillion scenarios we have come up with in order to understand an otherwise mind-blowing situation. As far as the whole "year" goes, I could be wrong. It just seems like I've been annoyed by this person for that long.

**Let me just state for the record. I do NOT, I repeat DO NOT, have any inside information that the person that posts periodically on the PETA website otherwise known as 'Mel' (the meat eater, animal-slaughter supporter, self-professed biology expert, and just all around PETA billboard hater) has any sort of affiliation WHATSOEVER with the PETA organization or the friends and/or family of the PETA staff.

Thank you.

Posted by: Tamra | July 28, 2009 09:49 PM

Jade, I can't answer that question and until someone at PETA hears back from the powers that be on their proposal I doubt they will be able to either. Is there anyone out there who can see the future and answer Mel's question?
By the way, if it does get turned down PETA will, as always, get press on it that is absolutely free. What's the big deal?

Posted by: Elphaba | July 29, 2009 09:57 AM

tamra i think its time for you to calm down, kay so just deep breaths, and i highly doubt you know anything about mel, you just trying to start beef, so stop.
and im a Canadian and looking forward to the olympics, as long as they'll be seal slaughter free :)

Posted by: jaimie | July 29, 2009 10:26 AM

Ring ring. Hello pot? It's me, kettle. Jaimie, i highly doubt you know much about me either.

Even though I protest Mel's posts I certainly think first and foremost they are hysterical. My last post, although most likely dry in nature, was aimed at being purely comical.

No need to tell me what to do, you can check yourself (and your beef) instead.

:)

Posted by: Tamra | July 29, 2009 08:33 PM

You know, it'd be interesting to see if anyone would at least speculate if this billboard will be put up. Looking at the past article about Gross stopping the shirt sales, I have a feeling that PETA's billboard won't be posted up, nor the logos.

I've wondered why people are trying to associate the Olympics with seal slaughter. While I too disagree with it, this doesn't make sense.

Posted by: Jade | July 30, 2009 09:16 AM

@ Mel and @ Jade: Our shirts have not been banned. As you can see, we are still selling them (and we're not breaking any laws by doing so): http://shop.cafepress.ca/design/33196465.

Posted by: Shawna Flavell | July 30, 2009 05:24 PM

I am here to finally put an end to everyones questions and concerns about the PETA billboard.

The answer is YES, PETA's proposal for the billboard will be accepted.

Now everyone can rest easy and go back to your normal lives.

Posted by: Gus | July 30, 2009 09:26 PM

If the ad contains the word Olympics, Games, 2010 or anything that infringes upon the trademarks for the Olympics during the time it is on, then logically they would never be able to run an ad like that.

Posted by: Andre B | August 12, 2009 11:07 PM

i love peta

Posted by: jakcie | November 3, 2009 11:17 AM