AUSTRALIANS HAVE GOT A REAL INTELLECTUAL AGAINST THEM NOW:
"American pop star Pink is leading a gruesome new global campaign against Australian wool. The outspoken singer has joined with US animal rights activists in calling for consumers worldwide to boycott products made with Australian wool. The campaign, accompanied with images of sheep having their throats cut and undergoing the controversial mulesing technique, was strategically launched in the Christmas gift-giving season. If successful, it could have a devastating impact on the Australian wool industry.
Pink called for consumers around the world to check labels on clothing before buying the item. If the label listed "merino wool" or "made in Australia", the singer asked consumers not buy it because of Australia's treatment of sheep. "I am calling on consumers to check labels on sweaters before buying them, and if they're merino wool or made in Australia, to leave them on the racks," Pink said in the video released around the world today by the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)...."
Both the lady concerned and the journalist reporting in the excerpt seem unaware that the normal label on woollen garments is "Pure new wool" and that garments made of Australian wool are almost all made in China (or the Third world generally). Wool is a global commodity. It is produced in Australia but making it into anything is little more than a boutique operation in Australia -- mainly for tourists who want a memento of their visit.
Reliapundit adds: Good one JR! This PC-PR stunt reminds me of nearly every other idiotic recent Left-wing stunt - like the recent "Have an Orgasm for World Peace Day" or all those weirdos who post nude pictures of themselves to end the war in Iraq. Or the "Breasts not Bombs" rally; (click for photos - NSFW!). Fittingly, much of this idiocy is promoted by CODE PINK.
Much of the Left seems incapable of doing anything effective; they merely attempt these PR stunts get MSM attention and to run interference with the rest of us - interference which either just mucks things up in general, or directly aids the enemy. Like Pink and her anti-wool crusade, they're non-sensical and ill-informed. Which is why I often wish we had a decent opposition, instead of a Fifth Column of pushy post modernists!
Reliapundit adds: Good one JR! This PC-PR stunt reminds me of nearly every other idiotic recent Left-wing stunt - like the recent "Have an Orgasm for World Peace Day" or all those weirdos who post nude pictures of themselves to end the war in Iraq. Or the "Breasts not Bombs" rally; (click for photos - NSFW!). Fittingly, much of this idiocy is promoted by CODE PINK.
Much of the Left seems incapable of doing anything effective; they merely attempt these PR stunts get MSM attention and to run interference with the rest of us - interference which either just mucks things up in general, or directly aids the enemy. Like Pink and her anti-wool crusade, they're non-sensical and ill-informed. Which is why I often wish we had a decent opposition, instead of a Fifth Column of pushy post modernists!
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