Woman Changes Name To Web Address

19-year-old Jennifer Thornburg has changed her name to CutoutDissection.com, to protest animal dissections in schools. Jennifer says she began opposing dissections in middle school after a class assignment to cut up a chicken wing made her uncomfortable. She is of course interning for PETA, since no teenager could think up an idea this stupid on their own without a team of people helping. Thornburg said, "I normally do have to repeat my name several times when I am introducing myself to someone new. Once they find out what my name is, they want to know more about what the Web site is about."

Comments

Way to stop after fixing the problem.

[VeNoM0619]

"She helped create a policy at her high school that allows students who object to dissections to complete an alternative assignment."

Good for her, but does she stop it where the problem is?

"Despite her legally changing the name, she said most of her family members still call her Jennifer."

Nope.. her parents can't call her by the name they gave her, and now she's trying to push her own adolescent agenda.

Re:Way to stop after fixing the problem.

[VeNoM0619]

Sorry... let me clarify that last part. Her friends (or maybe just other people she doesn't know) can't call her by the name her parents wanted her to be called, but family can. Meaning shes using it more as a code name than anything. Changing your name legally but still going by your old name kind of defeats the purpose of changing it in the first place.

Why not just name yourself James Bond, Max Power, Harry Phetus.

This reminds me of all the people I've known who changed their names. One kid was named Jordon (X). He idolized (if you can say that, which he never watched basketball more than once a month) Michael Jordan. So he changed only his first name to Michael and left his last name the same. Thinking that people would think of him as Michael Jordan (spelled with an A).

Or about all those other people who spell their names incorrectly, then tell you you're pronouncing it incorrectly. If you want it pronounced like SHAWN then spell it SHAWN not Shean.

Re:Way to stop after fixing the problem.

[RebeccaM]

She is doing it for attention really. If she meets someone new and she introduces herself as cutoutdissection.com or has to hand her ID over to a cashier/cop/etc, that is going to start the inevitable conversations of "oh that's a strange name, did your parents name you that?" Then she can go on about WHY she changed her birth name. Now there is an article in a few newspapers about her and people are going to the sponsored website. The sad part is I doubt it will do much. Even if there is e huge response and measures are taken to get rid of animal dissection in ALL high schools there will still be dissections in most private schools and medical schools.

Re:Way to stop after fixing the problem.

[MyLongNickName]

You know what? I disagree with her position. However, I respect someone who stands up for what they believe in. I respect her position a hell of a lot more than someone who stands on the sidelines and criticizes her.

You know what else I think? This 1" wide comment box is a pain in the ass.

This isn't really new

[RebeccaM]

There was a guy who changed his name to kentuckyfriedcruelty.com. As soon as I saw the headline I knew PETA was involved

This is why...

[Nutria]

... from an early age we taught our kids that

• death is part of life,
• meat is muscle, and
• getting the meat we use to cook delicious food is messy, and, lastly,
• life is messy, bloody and savage.

I don't know what they'll do when they become teenagers or when they go to college, but at least we've given them a grounding in truth.

Re:This is why...

[Anonymous Coward]

I should just accept that life is messy, bloody, and savage and there is nothing to do about it? Fantastic! I can use that justify all sorts of crazy things. :)

In more seriousness though, I think a sane member of an animal rights group can believe exactly as you say and come to a different conclusion: These are things to change, not simply accept.

Re:This is why...

[Nutria]

I should just accept that life is messy, bloody, and savage and there is nothing to do about it?

Sure there's something to do about it: band together in common cause, creating societies of like-minded people. IOW, civilization.

Which had, in the US, until 40ish years ago, the task of reigning in people's animal instincts.

I think a sane member of an animal rights group can believe exactly as you say and come to a different conclusion: These are things to change, not simply accept.

Guys become vegetarians for two distinct reasons:

• they're fools who can't see the world as it really is, or
• their girlfriend is a vegetarian, and he wants to get/stay in her panties.

Girls/women who become vegetarian do so because they are "sensitive" and "caring" left-wing fascists, just as bad as religious fundamentalists.

These two quotes by George Orwell are about pre-WW2 British pacifism, but I think there's an excellent, but not perfect, parallel to vegetarianism:

"Pacifists are people who haven't faced the unpleasant facts of life, either economically or politically; if they did face those facts, they wouldn't be pacifists for long."

"Rightly hating violence, [pacifists] do not wish to recognise that it is integral to modern society and that their own fine feelings and noble attitudes are all the fruit of injustice backed up by force. They do not want to learn where their incomes come from."

Re:This is why...

[Beardo the Bearded]

Actually, I'm a vegetarian because I learned about how lax the standards that govern our food supply are.

It's for health reasons, not ethical ones, and I think PETA is bloody crazy. I wear leather with no qualms.

Re:This is why...

[AJWM]

Here's a tip: cook the meat before eating it.

Re:This is why...

[Nutria]

I'm a vegetarian because I learned about how lax the standards that govern our food supply are.

Why would you think that plants are handled any better, especially when NAFTA opened the US and CAN to God-knows-what from Mexico and Central America?

http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news/Grapes--Melons-Implicated-in-Outbreaks-1271-1/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2445747/Salmonella-outbreak-linked-to-single-chilli.html
http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news/Vegetables-And-Fruits-Cause-More-US-Food-Illnesses--5831-1/
http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news/Bacterial-infestation-in-food-very-critical-21-5940-1/
http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news/Roma-tomatoes-the-culprits-for-salmonella-infection-7330-1/

Re:This is why...

[RebeccaM]

"Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet."
- Albert Einstein


Somehow I don't think he was worried about getting into anyone's panties

idea

[hattable]

since no teenager could think up an idea this stupid on their own without a team of people helping

I don't think we should underestimate the ability of teenagers to think up stupid ideas.

Name incorrect in article.

[kandela]

For some reason CutoutDissection.com's name is given incorrectly in the /. article. On more than one occasion she is referred to as Jennifer Thornburg or derivations of such. I've corrected the body of the article and placed it below:

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19-year-old CutoutDissection.com has changed her name to CutoutDissection.com, to protest animal dissections in schools. CutoutDissection says she began opposing dissections in middle school after a class assignment to cut up a chicken wing made her uncomfortable. She is of course interning for PETA, since no teenager could think up an idea this stupid on their own without a team of people helping. .com said, "I normally do have to repeat my name several times when I am introducing myself to someone new. Once they find out what my name is, they want to know more about what the Web site is about."

Re:Name incorrect in article.

[Anonymous Coward]

Funny, I didn't understand the article until I realized PETA isn't People Eating Tasty Animals, but is actually People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

I guess it makes a big difference.

Dissection...

[that IT girl]

...helped us learn a lot of things we didn't know about anatomy, and enabled us to do a lot of things that we now take for granted. If one day, Jennifer (I refuse to use the stupid 'name' she's taken on) needs a life-saving surgery on some major organ, she can thank dissection for the docs having the knowledge to perform it.

Idiot.

Humm... I am glad my doctor dissected a frog.

[bigredradio]

I do not know about you, but understanding anatomy is a pretty good skill. Especially if you plan on becoming a doctor. Although I am not a doctor, as a parent I have found myself in the position of diagnosing "bo-bos". Understanding anatomy does come in handy after high school.

From a link on her name...

[moose_hp]

You're obviously very passionate about educating people about dissection. Why is that?

Two years ago, I was an active Street Team member of peta2. I was trying to rake up some points in order to trade them in for a shirt, and I got an email saying that anything that I did relating to dissection during the month of October would be double the points. Because of this, I decided to work on getting a dissection choice policy passed at my high school. When I started to research policies and why dissection is bad for the school, students, and animals, it became an obsession of mine. My senior exit project and my junior year were both dedicated to getting a dissection choice policy passed at my high school. I was shocked when I read about how much more educational the alternatives to dissection can be, how much money they can save for the school, and how many lives could be spared; it's shocking to me that schools still use dissection as a part of their science lessons when there are so many humane and equally educational alternatives out there that will also save the school money.

She did it for a shirt anyway, pretty awesome reason if you ask me.

Anonymous Coward

[Anonymous Coward]

fucking stupid broad. She will be known as the idiot who changed her name to an internet address. I will shorten her name to, simply "idiot".

Second opinion: deushkin- heimer.

Picture of her...

[Anonymous Coward]

...as ugly as I imagined her to be, cool right?

Now she's NEVER going to get married!

Re:Picture of her...

[Anonymous Coward]

Now she's NEVER going to get married!

Maybe she'll marry that dude who changed his name to PlayStation 2.. Wouldn't that be cute? CutoutDissection .com-2

And think of the children (won't someone think of the children). Carla Betty-Sue 2-.com (Dammit, cbs2.com is already taken!)
Having to check the whois database before babtising your child really takes all the fun out of it...