| What the ... Greenpeace want you to save Mr.Splashy Pants |
By all means save the endangered creatures, but for the love of whales ... do not call them Mr. Splashy Pants, it demeans us both.  |
2007-12-11 16:08:02 |
| Pete says ... |
| "I'm partly responsible for this. We voted *for* "Mr Splash Pants" as a name. It gets publicity. If the whale had been given one of the bad-SF princess names you'd not be mentioning it. It might also be a better name for the whale in Japan - more like a Sanrio character, and less like a delicacy. Lots of people defend the choice here: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/12/name_that_whale.php" |
2007-12-13 10:57:12 |
| Optimist says ... |
| "So it's your fault, eh ? You are quite right, had the name not been so awful I wouldn't have mentioned it at all, the comments on that TreeHugger article don't really help the cause, it's a very cynical act." |
2007-12-14 08:51:58 |
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