I’m going to shave my butt to show solidarity with baboons
April 25th, 2008 by Republican By DefaultI had no idea that Harrison Ford felt so deeply about deforestation (h/t NewsBusters.Org). He’s actually gone to a salon to have his chest hair removed:
In an effort to showcase the pain involved in deforestation, Harrison willingly subject himself to the painful process of stripping his chest of all its follicles.
Having worked with [Conservation International] for 15 years, it was Harrison’s hope that his trip to the salon might just shock people into thinking “green.”
Ever since I heard about the plight of baboons in Tanzania I’ve wanted to show them that I care. Now I’ve found a way.
I hope that this will draw attention to the terrible injustices they endure.
Deceiver.com (”The two-faced and famous have something new to worry about.”) points out some other things that Harrison is doing to help the environment:
The other thing that he could do to combat the timber industry is not adding all kinds of wooden decks and other tree-harvested installations to mansions in the Hollywood Hills. Or building log homes. Actually, it seems that all of his four or five houses are enormous and wooden.
Just saying, people in log houses should not throw stones.
Here’s another possibility. Instead of this:
[Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart] both are known to go for short holiday outings like having a boat holiday in Shorpshire and Ford is said to have flown his private jet across the Atlantic.
Maybe a drive to the beach would use less fuel and create less greenhouse gas. Even flying across the Atlantic first class on a commercial flight would use less fuel per mile traveled. By the way, he also has a helicopter and a bi-plane.
[For the record, I am against cruel treatment of animals and don’t wish to make light of the treatment of animals and trees, except the ones no longer on Harrison Ford’s chest.]