Thursday, February 26, 2009

Saving Dusty ( and my faith in my fellow man)


The whole premise of this column has been to show the disgusting underbelly of the Internet and in turn the human soul, but I wouldn't be a responsible writer if I let an example of everything good about the to internet go unnoticed.

Anonymous though rumored to have launched the first cyber attack to physically harm people, (posting flashing gif images on a epilepsy support forum) and single handily making Rick Astley relevant again, they did something Valentine's weekend that warmed the heart more than any hallmark card or overpriced rose.

The Internet Hate Machine saved Dusty.

An Oklahoma teen uploaded a YouTube video depicting him and another teen viciously attacking his black cat Dusty.

The two laughed like maniacs while a sad and broken cat mournfully cried.

In the video two teen locked a cat in a shower stall, picked the cat up by the neck and slammed it into the tile wall and then punched the cat .

The offending video was brought to the attention of the random board of one of the group's anonymous image boards, their cold hearts melted and a glimmer of humanity shone through.

The two broke the most vital rule of the internet, not Rules 1 and 2, but they messed with a kitty on Anonymous's watch. Anonymous might not think the internet is serious business but those guys do not screw around when it comes to their kitties.

Not only did the group get the offensive video off YouTube and the teen's channel deleted, they went above and beyond what many people would have done.

They went through great lengths to have Dusty the cat rescued from his abuser.

When the video hit YouTube and the Anonymous websites people from all over the world, Europe, Africa, Asia and South America all pooled their resources together to help a little kitty that couldn't stand up for itself.

Calling themselves "Operation Dustyice " to locate the boy, it took the group three hours to identify the teen and alert his mother to the abuse.

Not satisfied with teen just having his dirt bike taken away the group went to the news outlets in the teen's Oklahoma town.

The town's Sheriff Kenny Stradley, was called into the station to view the video and arrested the two boys in the video; they also found more abuse videos of another cat, Patches.

The teen uploaded the initial abuse video on February 16th and by the next day the boys were arrested and charged with two counts of animal abuse.

Dusty was taken from the house on Sunday and the second cat was rescued that Tuesday.

The Anonymous run Neverforgetdusty.com has a link for those who wish to make donations in Dusty's name to the ASPCA so more abused animals can be rescued and cared for in a less unorthodox matter.

What touches me so much about this story is that none of these people had to do anything for this cat. It wasn't their cat and in the scheme of things the cat's happiness and well-being will have no bearing on their lives.

It took thousands of people helping a little to make a world of difference for one poor creature.

They are anonymous , and thus will never get any recognition for the work that they did, they won't make any money and most likely never even get to see the cat they did so much to save. Their efforts in the long run will benefit hundreds of animals yet to be born.

I can't ignore the irresponsibility of some who posted the name , address and email of the teens in question along with their families' information.

Animal abuse is horrible, but the act of outing the sick children will basically have the same effect as registering them as sex offenders. The next time anyone searches that teen online, they will know him only as the "Animal Abuser".

I don't personally feel sorry for this at all, because the tool did broadcast himself punching a cat and slamming it into a tile wall for "fun" and calling himself the "Animal Abuser."

I do think that branding him the animal abuser for life won't help much with any possible rehabilitation.

The damning video like, Mr.Hands, is going to be around forever and its always going to point an accusing finger at him.

This may insure a lifetime of joblessness and suspicion making him all the more deranged.

Of course, this child is all of 14- years-old and already a hateful, racist and violent being, so it's a toss up that any help for him could ever even come.

Though the two teens are reportedly going to be tried as juveniles according to www.kswo.com, there's an online petition with almost 9,000 signatures from around the world demanding they be tried as adults.

I think they have already been tried and convicted as adults in the court of public opinion all over the world. So justice…and then some has been carried out for Dusty.

Anonymous might want us to never forget Dusty because his rescue shows just how swift and accurate they can attack and take down a target, but I'll always remember Dusty for reminding me that no matter how bleak the soul, there might be some goodness left in there.

Thanks to Dusty I think there might just be hope for us after all… if we could care this much when other humans are abused. © Copyright 2009 Observer

Monday, February 16, 2009

Fat Ass No More Vid

I got the new Jillian Micheals DVD here is a preview, I'm going to review it agian after I do it for days.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Fetish Supersized : Feederism



fetish |_feti sh |
noun. a form of sexual desire in which gratification is linked to an abnormal degree to a particular object, item of clothing, part of the body, etc.

feederism |'feed er ism|
noun. deriving sexual pleasure from the act of feeding or being fed. Deriving sexual pleasure from gaining or helping another gain weight.

I thought I had seen the weirdest of sexual fetish until someone emailed me a link to a "Size Acceptance" community where I was introduced the phenomenon of "feedees" and "feeders". While this is nothing new, in fact it was the subject of a fairly popular indie horror movie 2005 "Feed" , I had never seen anything like it.

The Feeder/Feedee community is an offshoot of the "fat admirer" community and divides its mother community often. While most fat admirers have a visual fetish for obesity, a feeder is aroused by the watching someone consume food, monitoring weight gain or literally feeding another person food. The feedee is aroused by the act of being fed, eating and gaining weight.

I can see how such a fetish could surface, especially in our extremely weight conscious culture. When Jessica Simpson gaining ten pounds can land on every other magazine cover, it might feel liberating to just say, "I'm letting it all hang out!". Rebelling against an unreachable goal might feel great, but like every great feeling taking it to the extreme is dangerous.

What disturbs me about the feedees is that many of the vocal feedees are owners of pornographic websites, were gluttony is aligned with submission. They draw subscribers in by promising to fulfill fantasies by expanding their bodies, ignoring their own health and a few extreme cases going to so far as to wish to be fed until they are immobile.



Some of these same people feel that they are working to help the world accept fat people. As a fat girl, this makes me see red. This is like NAMBLA thinking they are pioneers in gay rights crusade. I can't think of a bigger mockery of fat people than for a person who claims to have started 5'11 and 160 and ballooned to 450 pounds for the sexual gratification others to say they are representing size acceptance.

The perception of fat people as wonton immoral gluttons is exactly what feeds the apprehension many have for overweight people. I certainly did not spend hours upon hours of my day eating and rubbing my belly with chocolate sauce and I'd vouch for most plumpers when I most have no interest in gaining for pleasure. Why are these gainers and fetishizers of fat mad the mouthpieces of overweight people so often on talk shows?

I don't want a suicidal person talking for me, that's the only word I can use to describe a person that wants to gain over 300 pounds in under 10 years. The human body just isn't made to withstand that.

Obesity carries so many health risks. The quality of life of a person who is 400 pounds is just not something to be desired. Labored breathing, aching joints, not to mention the increased risk of infertility all things that come with morbid obesity.

Being a feedee is simply not worth it. A feeder who is interested in you willingness to hurt yourself cannot have any long term interest in you. The feedee to the feeder is no more than a shoe to a shoe fetishist. , they are just a vehicle to get thrills from. When you die another feedee can be found and fed until she dies. A feeder can do this forever but a feedee's body can only take so much abuse.

To me it is a disgusting and immoral act to encourage someone to commit acts that will hurt and in the long run kill them. While there's nothing legally to be done about feederism, all there can be done is to actively voice opposition to the objectification of women in the guise of admiration.

Perhaps these women feel that this is their only way of being admired and worshiped, many claimed to love themselves- but how can you love yourself without taking care of yourself? Heart disease is the number one killer of women, and the number one cause of heart disease is obesity.

Does that turn you on?

Sunday, February 1, 2009

This disturbed me on SO MANY levels.

the internt rapes my childhood literally once agian.