Happy (Extraneous disc releases of Avatar for) Earth Day?

How does releasing an extra version of Avatar help the Earth at all?  Won't most of the discs released today be declared obsolete this fall when the full-featured edition comes out?  And then won't that release be in landfills when the 3D version comes out next year?

How can this help the Earth?  Even if the obsolete discs avoid landfills by ending up at Salvation Army stores... Isn't the valuable plastic going into these discs basically what will bring our Mother Earth and any visiting Na'vi to tears?

Or is it like PETA's President?  The one that says you can't use animal-testing-derived products, but she can because it's more important that she lives so that she can tell you not to use animal-testing-derived products?  Better to fill the nation's landfills with Avatar BDs & DVDs in an effort to somehow tell you to not fill the nation's landfills?

I only got a copy for my Mom, because she could care less about extra's, etc..

I, however, will wait for the 5-disc super-duper-ultra-gold-plated collector's edition.

Davnes007 said:

... she could care less about ...

 You did that on purpose, right?  I see the italics.

Mary Beth Sweetland, (Vice President, not President as I remembered) said, in regards to her taking insulin:

She was quoted in Glamour magazine saying I'm an insulin-dependent diabetic. Twice a day I take synthetically manufactured insulin that still contains some animal products -- and I have no qualms about it ... I'm not going to take the chance of killing myself by not taking insulin. I don't see myself as a hypocrite. I need my life to fight for the rights of animals."

YES! Cookie Monster is officially awesome and also now officially part of our tribe. Yub nub.

The kind of people I work with in my profession, they tend to climax everytime the word Avatar is spoken. It gets old. I didn't like that movie, but in my daily life I cannot admit it, because then I have to explain myself to incredulous stares. It is like my sports problem all over again.

Warbler said:

hmmm,  well I can certainly understand taking the insulin.   If its that or die, what choice does she have?

So... you don't sense any hypocrisy?  She leads an organization threatening people's lives that develop these drugs- they tell all of their members (and their non-members, come to think of it) not to use these drugs (including insulin) and yet she, as a Vice President, thinks she is excluded from this rule because her life is more important than yours AND THAN THE ANIMALS SHE'S KILLING SO SHE CAN LIVE!  And why is her life more important... because she is living to protect the animals.  Your life, Warbler by the way- not important.

Warbler said:

xhonzi said:

She leads an organization threatening people's lives that develop these drugs- they tell all of their members (and their non-members, come to think of it) not to use these drugs (including insulin)

does really tell people not take insulin?  even if its that or die?

Not very familiar with PETA, are you Warb?

xhonzi said:

  Your life, Warbler by the way- not important.

now that's just not nice.   do you believe this about all non-conservatives?   : (

I really hope you are making a joke there.

C3PX said:

The kind of people I work with in my profession, they tend to climax everytime the word Avatar is spoken. It gets old. I didn't like that movie, but in my daily life I cannot admit it, because then I have to explain myself to incredulous stares. It is like my sports problem all over again.

 

you're just a weirdo  ;)   *stare incredulously at C3PX*

Lol. Exactly. :) Don't worry, I am used to it.

Warbler said:

 

xhonzi said:

  Your life, Warbler by the way- not important.

now that's just not nice.   do you believe this about all non-conservatives?   : (

 Those aren't my words... those are the words of Mary Beth Sweetland.  If YOU needed insulin, you can't take it.  But, because she is a PETA VP, her life is important enough to take it.  Do you understand the difference?

Here are some examples of the propaganda they hand out to children, in case you were not very familiar with the organization. They are pretty extreme.

Warbler said:

xhonzi said:

Warbler said:

 

xhonzi said:

  Your life, Warbler by the way- not important.

now that's just not nice.   do you believe this about all non-conservatives?   : (

 Those aren't my words... those are the words of Mary Beth Sweetland.  If YOU needed insulin, you can't take it.  But, because she is a PETA VP, her life is important enough to take it.  Do you understand the difference?

yeah, if she believes that, she's nuts.

I don't think she is nuts. PETA has always struck me as more of a power thing. This isn't the only contradiction of values that have come out from its members. Much like Al Gore flying around in a private jet while telling people to bike it to save the enviroment just don't add up. Like a priest telling people to remain sexually pure and not to use condoms while he himself molests young children.Never trust someone on a pedastal, they are always full of shit. Usually there are ulterior motives.

My earth day was fantastic! I killed zombies for several hours with my friends.

Warbler said:

C3PX said: I don't think she is nuts. PETA has always struck me as more of a power thing. This isn't the only contradiction of values that have come out from its members. Much like Al Gore flying around in a private jet while telling people to bike

I'm pretty sure some of the places he is flying to would be impossible to bike to. 

Do you really fail to see any degree of hypocrisy in Al Gore? It would be silly to expect him to bike it every where, but why not travel around in hybrid? Or some other fuel efficient manner? Why not teleconference in his lectures, setting an example of these methods that could be used to reduce fuel usage.

C3PX said:  Like a priest telling people to remain sexually pure and not to use condoms while he himself molests young children.        

they don't all molest children.

 

Didn't say they did.

Yeah, but that is true for everybody, why should he be the exception? Personally, I think it is pretty ridiculous to expect me to bike to work, rain or shine, for the greater good. It just isn't reasonable. I sympathize with the guy, but I won't take him seriously. If he starts really practicing what he preaches and refusing to travel around in a private jet and in turn doing his guest speaking via teleconferance with a massive projector screen or something, then I'll be impressed and might start taking him seriously. As it is, I see a guy who has a lot to gain by preaching this bullshit, and who doesn't practice any sort of lifestyle change to go along with his preaching. I call this enviromental stuff bullshit, and yet I am willing to bet I am ten times the true enviromentalist Mr. Gore is.