To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 20:21:59 -0400
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] personal note on recycling


I, for one, appreciate what Doris wrote as it gave me some serious food for
thought......something I don't always get. 

Mary

"The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."
-Walter Bagehot

"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the
choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape
ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And, the choices we make
are ultimately our own responsibility."-----Eleanor Roosevelt

"Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are
dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do
it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many
tomorrows.

-Michael Landon

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We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
 
--Oprah Winfrey
 




> [Original Message]
> From: Kismet <kismet-AT-bigpond.net.au>
> To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org>
> Date: 5/21/2006 7:48:23 PM
> 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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