Propaganda Campaign Begins!

We reported on the movement in Spain to give apes equal status with humans. In that article they mentioned that the same group was going to open a campaign to get the UN to recognize the same rights. We here at Blue Crab Boulevard aren't real big believers in coincidence…

Today we have Pamela Anderson writing a guest op-ed in the Opinion Journal entitled "No way to treat a relative." (She's speaking for PETA here, by the way).

King Kong is my hero. He's big, muscular, sensitive, a terrific actor–and he's not real. The use of computer-generated imagery has really taken off in Hollywood. So why has Madison Avenue suddenly gone bananas for real apes? Chimpanzees are our closest living relatives, with at least 95% of the same DNA. We're closer to them than they are to gorillas, so when I see chimpanzees being used as on-screen comedians, dressed up in silly costumes to sell credit cards, I think, Is this any way to treat a relative?

Well, the relatives are making a break for it, Pam. Be on the lookout next time you go to Sierra Leone. My favorite part of this article:

I've vowed never to be involved with a production that uses live apes because I don't want to be a part of this cruelty, and I bet you don't either. Let's drop the curtain on ape "actors" by sticking to animatronic animals or willing human performers for our ads. It's not like there's a shortage of struggling starlets willing to embarrass themselves if it means getting on TV.

We wonder if she made this decision after the break-up with Tommy Lee.

Inquiring minds boggle.