February 22, 2011
Daily Show Tortures Camel for "Humor"
Jon Stewart's show decided that what the pro-union protesters in Madison, Wisconsin really needed was a camel (see, so that they could claim their protest was just like that of the Egyptians in Cairo).
The stress of forcing a desert creature to deal with Wisconsin's arctic weather was apparently worth it to Stewart (warning: language, animal cruelty).
Does it look funny to you? I find it about as funny as Wisconsin student test scores.
Deserts get really, really cold. (Old description of Death Valley was that a glass of water would boil at noon and freeze solid by midnight.) For several years there were camels in Nevada.
The ice would probably be new for a rental animal, though, and if it's not use to cars and people it would be a stresser.
Sharp edges would be the main problem.
Posted by: Foxfier at February 22, 2011 12:32 PMI think you are over-reacting here. Camel is not being tortured. He got caught up in a totally inadequate pen and his handlers were trying to set things right.
I spent many winters in New York. THAT was torture.
A few years ago, I had to rely in dialup internet for a year. THAT was torture.
Posted by: Professor Hale at February 22, 2011 02:50 PMThis video makes me wonder, "What does camel taste like?"
Posted by: Kevin at February 22, 2011 04:26 PMTorture or not; it is wrong.
No compassion here. Not entertaining.
That Dept. of Ed. report comes at a really bad time for the Wisc. Teachers' Union. Talk about an "inconvenient truth".
Posted by: MikeM_inMd at February 22, 2011 06:19 PM
