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Would you pose naked on a poster if you thought it would save a few animals from being cruelly killed and skinned?

Every now and then someone asks here if you would strip for money, or if so how much. Well, how about if you are balancing a clearly positive thing vs your inhibitions? If you were famous and beautiful enough to pose for a PETA poster, or even some less radical group that needed publicity to save animals from pain, would you do it? Why or why not?
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cosmopinki... cosmopinki...
 
 November 10, 2009 03:12 AM
I would pose naked for a good enough cause if it really would help. Of course it would have to be something I really belived in, but I would seriously have to weigh out the pros and cons. I have a son. How would that effect him? Of course in my eyes there is nothing wrong with this poster. It's the dirty minded freaks that make it "dirty". There is nothing "dirty" about the human body.
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• Overall, I find it very odd that this sort of question gets so many more answers when asked in terms of how much money would it take for you to pose nude. I would have thought a balance of moral imperatives would have been more interesting, but I guess it's easier to answer the money version.


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November 10, 2009 04:25 AM
That's an interesting point about your son. It's really enough for a long, different discussion. I know I took a positive attitude toward something similar, but it may depend upon how you are bringing him up.

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unwirklich unwirklich
 
November 10, 2009 12:34 AM
I would actually, as long as it was tastefully done like in the photo above. You note nothing but her bum is actually showing. Partial nudity. That photo also looks to be shopped to some degree...

Above even my high moral values I love nature. Though I do think there are other ways to support the safety of nature than taking nude posters, if it's for the cause and necessary I'd be willing.

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extrudedco... extrudedco...
 
November 10, 2009 12:54 AM
I wouldn't, at least for the stated purpose. Posing naked for a poster does little to protect animals. Sure people will buy the poster and put it up, but they're not going to take the message seriously. This is not to say I wouldn't do it; posing for a poster such as this is an effective method to get people talking about me, which is always good for one's career.

In any case, I don't think horny young men (the target market for these posters) are the prime fur buying crowd.

I'll refrain from talking about what I think of PETA, but I urge anyone to do some research on it and other such groups before giving them money.

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November 10, 2009 01:10 AM
Well, say the poster is seen by 100 million people (about one in 3 Americans). If it is 1 in a million that someone who sees the poster thinks twice and buys an artificial fur hat or coat, that's still at least 100 living animals that are not slaughtered. Does working out the numbers that way change your view?

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November 10, 2009 03:24 AM
I think that's an awfully generous set of numbers you have there.

In any case, this campaign is not about saving animals. This particular campaign was an attempt to increase PETA's exposure so as to increase donations and volunteers for their cause. The first run of posters earned them media exposure they hadn't seen for years.

The target market for these posters are either people who are already interested in the cause (already converted), or people who are interested in seeing the celebrity on the poster naked. Of those people, you're likely to see only a handful of people who may influenced by the poster, results you could duplicate for considerably less cost with a few volunteers and some brochures, or a few well written letters to store managers.

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November 13, 2009 12:44 AM
Yes the campaign is largely to increase publicity for PETA, and the saving of any animals from that is indirect. Yet, there is the poster, hypothetically with you on it. Considering it's not just in magazines but also throughout the WWW there really are millions of folks taking a look. And the moral/slogan on the poster is don't wear fur. 100 million may have been high, but one in a million is surely low. Some people would decide not to buy a fur item. The moral quandary that I wanted to bring out was how many animals saved from a cruel death would it take to be worth posing nude before the world? If the mink, even one, were standing in front of you alongside a furrier with a knife, would you stay his blade? But people don't react the same way when it's all distant and a matter of statistics and odds. Oh well.

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rebecca sj rebecca sj
 
November 14, 2009 06:22 AM
No, teh only naked pictures I would do (and I have) are for my bf.

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