A Few Good Men ( Duran Duran)

  I am an anti fur person . In the past weeks Duran Duran has come under fire by Animal rights groups. In result of the usage of fur in the video for there song " Girl Panic" . I had thought over the years that Duran Duran may not be anti fur  I kept saying “ Nick Rhodes is a vegetarian, I thought they were safe”    ( Duran Duran has never confirmed or denied there stance on the fur trade)  I wasn't happy about the fur used in the video. In the world of high fashion fur is a common element. I know from years of being anti fur it goes away for a while. Then some designer decides to bring it back. I wish it would just go away personally. I've never agreed with the hate campaigning targeted at fur wearing people. They get annoyed with tactics and it comes to nothing being resolved . Look at this interview with Anna Wintour she discusses her experiences with the anti fur demonstrators. In my opinion they in targeting her with hate. They have indeed acomplished the later of cementing her resolve to wear fur . Could something different been done to send a message to Anna without attacking her. Would she have been open to at least start a dialogue. If you want to turn something to turn around in Fashion she is the women to see. I decided that Duran Duran  had enriched my life in such a positive way. That if they were indeed not anti fur that I would have to agree to disagree. You can still be loyal to your cause.    I have friends that wear fur even though I didn't agree with them.  I still love them all the same. Would you like to know that Mark Ronson is anti fur , he  loves Duran Duran. 

 Duran Duran have become the targets of some really negative back lash due to the fur used in the “ Girl Panic “ video. I read some of the comments on there facebook page. I ended up in utter shock at the down right cruel nature of the comments. It made me angry ,  I understand the passion fueling the debate. The almost demonetization of the band I've seen on many of the anti fur sites is ghastly.  Duran Duran is not a group of heartless guys that people are making them out to be. People don't understand how much much love, joy, hope they have brought too so many people. Including this women who writes with them as my muses.  As Humanitarians they have shown there support to many causes such as but not limited too Amfar , British Red Cross, Amnesty International ,Tsunami Relief.  Keep a Child Alive is an amazing charity that a helps in the survival of children in Africa and India the work that is done helping children living with HIV/AIDS or have been orphaned due to losing there parents to the disease. 
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 Maybe this would have been a time were we could have opened up a dialogue with the band explaining why you don't support the fur trade. If they got enough of these messages with well thought out educated view points something could have been accomplished. Just maybe being that in the future they wouldn't have any fur in there videos. I am anti fur but I will never ever ever be anti Duran Duran. I am blessed to have them as an influence in my life I send them my love .