tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463031525302599148.post6015131676941497208..comments2024-01-09T03:08:46.973-06:00Comments on Funny is the New Young: Zachary and Grandma Go to the CircusLeah Rubinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13748324754530747231noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463031525302599148.post-78874966756991973712010-09-30T08:37:32.889-05:002010-09-30T08:37:32.889-05:00I was recently yelled at in a parking lot to. I ne...I was recently yelled at in a parking lot to. I never really did think offending or ticking off your potential client base was a good way to make a point. Oh well. <br />I remember the circus from when I was little. My daddy took me and it was so colorful! I think its awesome that you took your grandson.Kitahttp://passthesushi.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463031525302599148.post-40211321079497768682010-09-20T04:13:41.232-05:002010-09-20T04:13:41.232-05:00Young Zach looks like his grandma, methinks.Young Zach looks like his grandma, methinks.Indigo Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03957870121933442627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463031525302599148.post-46046118984319124792010-09-17T17:55:44.687-05:002010-09-17T17:55:44.687-05:00Wow, they've really repackaged the old circus ...Wow, they've really repackaged the old circus with the concessions and the loudness. I hadn't known about the elephant abuse.... It's good to know, but a PETA person yelling at you doesn't help spread the message!Nancy/BLissed-Out Grandmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17223278142557533175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463031525302599148.post-21793524877337693592010-09-17T12:45:30.536-05:002010-09-17T12:45:30.536-05:00I have never taken my son to the circus, but I fee...I have never taken my son to the circus, but I feel like he would react just like your grandson did. Hands over ears and everything.<br /><br />I'm in the same camp as Ellie regarding my feelings about circuses and zoos, but I also have a fond memory of going to the RB circus with my grand dad and the zoo with my parents. If my mom took Jake, I'd be glad they had that memory.Lorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11721629115039897949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463031525302599148.post-44725591876499372962010-09-17T11:58:51.402-05:002010-09-17T11:58:51.402-05:00Sounds like a fun day. I always loved the circus ...Sounds like a fun day. I always loved the circus when I was little.Susan R. Millshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09578747592345750650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463031525302599148.post-71198054893538088222010-09-17T10:32:01.051-05:002010-09-17T10:32:01.051-05:00Sorry the Peta people yelled at you and your grand...Sorry the Peta people yelled at you and your grandson, I promise I won’t but I want to share another point of view with you. Like many other parents for decades I believed in the Circus Tradition of cotton candy and performing elephants not anymore that tradition came to a grinding halt when I saw with my own eyes irrefutable proof of Ringling Bros. Circus techniques for training their baby elephants to perform in the circus these photos just came out in 2009 so many parents have not seen them, this is how Ringling Bros. Circus gets 8,000-pound elephants to perform tricks like sitting up and even standing on their heads, Ringling breaks the spirit of elephants when they're vulnerable babies when they should still be with their mothers instead they spend a year-long intense and violent training sessions that last for hours each day. You can see this training where frantic baby elephant are wrestled, slammed to the ground, gouged with bullhooks, and shocked with electric prods. http://www.ringlingbeatsanimals.com/bound-babies.asp<br />My family has a new Circus Tradition, one that doesn’t involve abusing and torturing animals to have them perform for a few minutes, we now attend Cirque Du Soleil or other animal free Circuses.<br />My family loves the animals that live with us, and we would never condone someone abusing them like these exotic animals are abused by the circus industry for profit. Sadly this abuse will not stop until Parents and Grandparents quit taking their families to the circus and demand that Ringling uses only people performers.<br />Parents and Grandparents if you need more proof….Google or got to YouTube and type in “Circus Elephant Abuse,” animal lovers will be physically sick by what you see. The proof is there but you have to open your eyes and look.Ellienoreply@blogger.com