39° OVERCAST, Asheville teen changes her name to protest dissections
Last Modified: Monday, October 13, 2008 at 7:47 p.m.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- You can call her CutoutDissection.com, Cutout for short, but just don't call her Jennifer.
The former Jennifer Thornburg — now legally CutoutDissection.com — wanted to do something real to protest animal dissections in schools.
The 19-year-old's new name is also the Web address for an anti-dissection page of the site for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, where she is interning.
"I normally do have to repeat my name several times when I am introducing myself to someone new," she told The Asheville Citizen-Times for a story last week. "Once they find out what my name is, they want to know more about what the Web site is about."
The Asheville High School graduate said she began opposing dissections in middle school after a class assignment to cut up a chicken wing made her uncomfortable. She helped create a policy at her high school that allows students who object to dissections to complete an alternative assignment.
Despite the legal change, she said most of her family members still call her Jennifer.
"It will take me a while," said her dad, Duane Thornburg, who lives in Daytona Beach, Fla. "She's still Jennifer to me. I understand why she's done it. Believe it or not, I totally respect it."
A CD showing the treatment of animals before they are dissected finally convinced him to support his daughter's cause, he said.
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October 13, 2008 8:38:50 am
RE: Link
But most people now call her "nutbag." PETA is a radical left wing organization. Now so is Jennifer.
October 13, 2008 8:45:36 am
I KNEW it! Never trust those chihuahas.
October 13, 2008 9:05:44 am
"Radical" - certainly. "Left wing" - hardly. PETA would campaign for Rush Limbaugh for king if he supported animal rights. They are the epitome of a single-issue, nonpartisan group.
Jennifer is an organization?
October 13, 2008 9:08:17 pm
Actually, she sounds more like a disorganization.
October 14, 2008 7:56:42 am
While we're on names, you do realize that you call yourself "Lib_Hater", right?
October 14, 2008 9:51:05 am
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Lib_Hater:
RE: Link
"You can call her CutoutDissection.com, Cutout for short, but just don't call her Jennifer."
Hmmm....this name sounds like one of Sarah Palin's kids.
October 15, 2008 3:51:37 pm
"He watched a 'CD' showing the dissection of animals......Well now we know where she got her smarts!!...Anyone ever watched a CD?A CD showing the treatment of animals before they are dissected finally convinced him to support his daughter's cause, he said."
October 15, 2008 3:53:23 pm
You don't really wanna know what 'Rasheed' sounds like, do ya?
October 17, 2008 12:03:25 am
Gotcha Squat!
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