To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 09:48:21 +1000
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] personal note on recycling


I think Doris is raising a very pertinent issue that we all, as puppeteers, 
as artists and as a person living on this planet must address..... At what 
point will our personal ethics clash with our professional practice...and I 
see puptcrit as an invaluable forum for exploring this, OK its going to get 
soap packaging, grand standing, off topic and personal but do we need to run 
away from that? Jim Gamble and I clash often and yet I maintain the highest 
respect for his practice and his beliefs. Should either of us leave the 
list?

OK, in practise, Ill start the ball rolling...
I HAVE been asked to perform work for McDonalds and I refused point blank, I 
dont need to go into why do I? (when they discovered that I was the 
puppeteer with troll handing out "whats wrong with McDonalds" flyers to 
their customers every saturday morning they were relieved that I said no! 
Bugger, I missed an opportunity there didnt I)
Other organisations I would gladly turn down? Nike, Gap, Bunnings Hardware, 
Woolworths and most cosmetic companies. Obviously any company dealing with 
flesh products (not only because of the inhumane treatment of animals but 
because of the huge waste of protein in the industry and the clear felling 
of land for protein crops to feed that waste) and any company that has a 
role in promoting conflict in foreign countries...and boy THAT is a tangled 
web! I have had numerous offers to work for well known circuses and have 
declined most because of the documanted ill treatment of their animals.
There's my line, whats yours?

Daniel
PS I think Jim replied to you off list Doris, which made your reply very 
confusing for the rest of us! 

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