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| germans to punish cruelty |
| 2004-03-04 |
| German prosecutors said on Wednesday they were investigating a celebrity reality television show set in the Australian jungle for cruelty to people for making contestants eat live insects. the insect are the one get eatin and this is cruelty to people! Prosecutors in Cologne said they were investigating producers of Germany’s "I’m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!" on the RTL network after a viewer complained it was cruel and dangerous to make the contestants complete challenges such as eating insects and bathing with creepy crawlies. im glad there good samaritan out there. this is cruel and dangrous for the poor animals. The show pitches B-list celebrity contestants into the Australian jungle to fend for themselves while carrying out arduous and often distasteful tasks to win daily food rations. "The stars themselves haven’t made any complaints, but a private individual said they were mistreated," Chief Prosecutor Regine Appenrodt told Reuters. She said the person also complained goldfish were killed in a challenge where 18-year old pop singer Daniel Kueblboeck was urged to put his head in an aquarium. nice to see blood sport still alife and well on tv. this barbarity need to go away. "He was so disgusted and shocked that the aquarium tipped over, and the person alleges the fish fell out and died. By law we have to follow up the complaint," she said. more like the fish were shock and disgust he stick his fat ugly head in there home. RTL said the fish were picked up by rangers and survived. "All the stars were there of their own free will and were not coerced by anyone or anything," an RTL spokesman added. all exept the animals. |
| Posted by:muck4doo |
| #10 NMM, too bad your idiot followers don't know that the reason you know so much about NYC is because you live on the Upper West Side and not in a hovel in Flint, Michigan. Time will tell how most NY-ers except you feel about President Bush and the GOP. And one can "waste" bandwidth with impunity on one's own blog! :-) |
| Posted by: Jennie Taliaferro 2004-3-5 3:49:05 AM |
| #9 Oh look the idiot back. |
| Posted by: djohn66 2004-3-5 12:11:15 AM |
| #8 Ms Taliaferro--your screed on 9/11 on your website takes the waste of bandwidth to a whole new level! Bush was in office and 9/11 happened on his watch! I know you brain dead people in Texas don't get it--but people in NYC have a true aversion to Repooplicans and their ilk. The fact that the GOP convention will be there this year is a major joke to all who live in the city. FYI NYC rejects the whole GOP right wing/nut agenda |
| Posted by: NotMike Moore 2004-3-4 11:25:02 PM |
| #7 Excuse, please, but cruelty to insects and goldfish is pretty far down on my list of current causes for outrage. Nevertheless, I agree with your basic point, since I am even less worried about cruelty to no-account pseudo-celebrities who volunteered for this abuse in furtherance of their non-existent careers. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2004-3-4 5:38:35 PM |
| #6 Some people are just too sensitive to live. |
| Posted by: Hiryu 2004-3-4 5:25:37 PM |
| #5 Speaking of bandwidth, it's time to hit the tipjar again. You too, Muck4doo... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-3-4 5:11:25 PM |
| #4 Muck, don't you know there's a war on? These animal interest stories may be keen for you, oh simple one, but you're wasting Fred's bandwidth and our time! And speaking of dumb animals, it is that TOUGH to learn how to use the Caps key?! |
| Posted by: Jennie Taliaferro 2004-3-4 4:20:34 PM |
| #3 Well..why don't the producers just go to North Korea and film mealtime over there? Uh..no wait - they'd probably cite the producers for how cruel it was to make the Europeans watch it. |
| Posted by: B 2004-3-4 3:32:07 PM |
| #2 muckie, can we have you arrested for cruelty to the English language? |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-3-4 3:10:12 PM |
| #1 PETG - panzies for the ethical treatment of goldfish. so i guess i am cruel since my oscar eats goldfish.... |
| Posted by: Dan 2004-3-4 3:08:28 PM |