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City: Los Angeles
State: CALIFORNIA
Country: US
Signup Date: 2/23/2006

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Friday, April 24, 2009 

Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

Today I will donate one dime to the March of Dimes for every new Twitter-follower I get.  So please pass the word around - and, more importantly, pass my Twitter page around.  It is:

http://www.twitter.com/james_gunn

Or go here.

 I posted the following on Twitter about twenty minutes ago: "I will donate one dime to the March of Dimes for every new follower I get today, up to $1,000. So Re-Tweet!"

My starting follower count was 10,139. So far I have almost 300 new Twitter followers. 

I'll try to keep you updated in the comments below, as well as on Twitter.

 

MEANWHILE,

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HotRodDavid
David Trojan

 
At work right now but I'll sing up when I get home. I love you.

 
 
Posted by HotRodDavid on Friday, April 24, 2009 - 4:42 PM
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Love Is Noise

 
DO NOT DONATE TO THE MARCH OF CRIMES!
They do nothing but torture animals and WASTE your money.


Please belive me: there is proof!
http://www.marchofcrimes.com/

Please James, don't waste your money! Give to an organization that wants to truly help people by using innovative, proven scientific technology.


 
 
Posted by Love Is Noise on Friday, April 24, 2009 - 4:47 PM
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James Gunn
James Gunn

 
Sorry, Love, this is a PETA site, and not at all accurate. March of Dimes has donated a very small amount of their money to organizations that do animal testing. This was not done by the March of Dimes. Your facts below are not facts at all. What is a FACT is that hepatitis-C carrying PETA spokeswoman Pamela Anderson, insulin diabetic PETA Vice President Mary Beth Sweetland, and Simon Chaitowitz of the animal rights Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a breast cancer survivor, all owe their LIVES to medicine tested on animals, the fucking hypocrites. And that PETA themselves have killed more than 19,200 dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens since 1998. So please, lay off the March of Dimes. If you want them to stop donating money to organizations that test on animals, please let them know. But they're a great organization that has helped a lot of people.

 
 
Posted by James Gunn on Friday, April 24, 2009 - 7:02 PM
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elizabeth ann

 
been following you on Twitter since i joined in July! have always enjoyed your tweets.
keep 'em going! :)
 
 
Posted by elizabeth ann on Friday, April 24, 2009 - 5:37 PM
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Love Is Noise

 
Here are some FACTS regarding the March of Dimes:

Experimenters funded by the March of Dimes have:
sewn shut newborn kittens' eyes, then killed them after they had endured a year of blindness.


put newborn kittens in completely dark chambers, then killed them after three to five months.


removed fetal kittens from the uterus, implanted pumps into their backs to inject a drug that destroys nerves, then re-implanted the fetuses in the uterus. After the kittens were born, they were killed and studied.


implanted electric pumps into the backs of pregnant rats to inject nicotine, even though the dangers of cigarette smoking to human babies is already known.


injected pregnant rats with cocaine, though the dangers of cocaine to human babies is already known.


injected newborn opossums with alcohol, decapitated them an hour to 32 weeks later, then removed and studied the gonads (immature sexual organs), though the dangers of alcohol to human babies is well known.


transplanted organs from pigs to baboons, most of whom died within hours.


transplanted organs from guinea pigs to rats.


destroyed the ear drums of unborn lambs, then killed the mother sheep and lambs just before birth to examine the brains.


Despite these experiments, the Centers for Disease Control reports that birth defects are occurring more often. Of 38 birth defects studied over a 10-year period, an astounding 27 have increased in frequency, nine occur at the same rate, and only two have decreased in frequency.



 
 
Posted by Love Is Noise on Friday, April 24, 2009 - 6:21 PM
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Love Is Noise

 
I'm not a "Peta nut" James. (Not that I'm saying you're calling me a nut haha).


I'm not really a supporter of Peta at all, in fact.


I am, however, in support of solid scientific testing such as in vitro (human skin cells), etc.

In case you are interested: http://www.aavs.org/testingAlt.html

Animal testing hurts both humans and animals. Nobody wins...
 
 
Posted by Love Is Noise on Friday, April 24, 2009 - 7:23 PM
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James Gunn
James Gunn

 
I never said or thought you were, Love. But March of Crimes IS run by Peta nuts, and is as accurate and well-balanced and truthful as most of their material.

 
 
Posted by James Gunn on Friday, April 24, 2009 - 7:25 PM
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Love Is Noise

 
I respect your opinion, James. We all cannot agree on everything or there'd be one gigantic organization that did everything, made everyone happy and we all gave our money to this "one charity".


I do hope in the future you will do some sort of work to help organizations, such as AAVS, that have been working for over a century to help further both humans AND animals alike.


We all share this beautiful planet and we all have the right to live.


I'm a HUGE Firefly/Serenity fan btw ;-)

You probably think I'm just another "animal rights nut" but I am well-educated and go by facts, not emotions.


Take care and keep making sci fi nuts like me happy,
m

 
 
Posted by Love Is Noise on Friday, April 24, 2009 - 7:39 PM
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James Gunn
James Gunn

 
I am regular contributor to both the Humane Society and the Humane Farming Association, animal organizations which I have an enormous amount of respect for.

 
 
Posted by James Gunn on Friday, April 24, 2009 - 10:42 PM
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Love Is Noise

 
Glad to hear it, James!
I don't know why but you seem like a "dog person" haha

I'm more of a cat person myself ;-)

I look forward to you doing something for either of those organizations! I will follow you on Twitter after your march of dimes cause has ended ;-)


 
 
Posted by Love Is Noise on Friday, April 24, 2009 - 11:20 PM
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FlatlineJack
Jack Conway

 
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA! If I just read this right, two adults actually presented strong arguments and a pointless internet argument was avoided by people keeping their heads and respecting that the other person has their own opinions. Then she confused you with Joss Whedon.


Golden.

 
 
Posted by FlatlineJack on Friday, April 24, 2009 - 8:29 PM
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Love Is Noise

 
I'm still laughing about my mix-up.
Good catch, sir!

 
 
Posted by Love Is Noise on Friday, April 24, 2009 - 11:22 PM
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HotRodDavid
David Trojan

 
I can feel the love.

 
 
Posted by HotRodDavid on Friday, April 24, 2009 - 8:30 PM
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Love Is Noise

 
Oh shit, I did didn't I?!

Now I have to laugh at myself....
Guess I just associate James and Nathan Fillion so much and now I feel retarded.

Oh well, at least I can laugh at myself and accept I confused the two.
But hey, at least Josh Whedon isn't an insult to be confused with, right?!
Hahaha

This is what I get for studying for finals and continuously playing on myspace at the same time!
Geez...

 
 
Posted by Love Is Noise on Friday, April 24, 2009 - 8:43 PM
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Dale©

 
What? This isn't the same guy that wrote Firefly?

[DELETE FRIEND]

;)
 
 
Posted by Dale© on Friday, April 24, 2009 - 8:46 PM
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Dale©

 
I can see how that could happen he does have a picture with Alan Tudyk in it as his profile picture.

 
 
Posted by Dale© on Friday, April 24, 2009 - 8:50 PM
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Colier Rannd

 
I joined! Congrats on an awesome project.You rule.

 
 
Posted by Colier Rannd on Friday, April 24, 2009 - 9:00 PM
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ripbtm-xkillapantsx-ripafc
Amanda Davies

 
Hahahahha. PETA sucks. The majority of their members are too uneducated to understand the concept of a food chain for the good of a species. It's possibly one of thee most hypocritical and preposterous organizations I've had the displeasure of viewing in action.

Anyhow, hah I don't even have a twitter, but I might get one now just for you. :] hahahah that sounded creepy and stalkerish.
But the donations thing is neat, and hey, at least I'm a girl, right?
 
 
Posted by ripbtm-xkillapantsx-ripafc on Friday, April 24, 2009 - 9:49 PM
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James Gunn
James Gunn

 
Not stalkerish at all!
 
 
Posted by James Gunn on Friday, April 24, 2009 - 10:43 PM
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Khei
Dawn Douglass

 
I hath Twitter stalked you.. Or whatever you call it >.
>

Hey Lookit me after having the stupid thing for like a year and a half I'm finally using it..

Creppy lil bastard of a site.. XP
 
 
Posted by Khei on Friday, April 24, 2009 - 11:40 PM
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Meghan

 
So... if I am already following you, and a I remove you, only to follow you again, will that count towards the total?
 
 
Posted by Meghan on Saturday, April 25, 2009 - 4:48 AM
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Meara -- Chief Librarian and Poetry Whore

 
Hmm, my philanthropy seems to be going through the roof lately. This is the easiest, cheapest one I'm doing, though. Went to a wine tasting this week for the Bakersfield LGBTQ -- fighting Prop 8 in California still! Also doing Relay for Life the first weekend in May (want another cause, James? Luminarias are only $15!), and now I'm getting sucked back into Twitter, just so I can help you support the March of Dimes.
I'm beginning to feel positively virtuous! (Stop snickering!)
 
 
Posted by Meara -- Chief Librarian and Poetry Whore on Saturday, April 25, 2009 - 7:33 PM
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Julian

 
I am already following you!
 
 
Posted by Julian on Saturday, April 25, 2009 - 8:22 PM
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Julian

 
You can't even call yourself a Firefly/Serenity fan if you confuse James Gunn and "JOSS" Whedon. NOT Josh.
Thanks!
 
 
Posted by Julian on Saturday, April 25, 2009 - 8:28 PM
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The White Wil Smith
Wil Smith

 
Already following your Twits, Mr. Gunn. Also, while we're confusing your body of work, I just have to say I'm a huge fan of your movie Sliver.

 
 
Posted by The White Wil Smith on Saturday, April 25, 2009 - 8:32 PM
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Shayne
Shayne Bono

 
Jeez James...you're kinda cheap. We tithe at least half that to our church every month, and I'm sure our income is like 1/150th of what yours is...
Kudos for participating, tho... One tidbit of advice - ask others to donate directly to the march of dimes in your name as well. You'll raise a heck of a lot of money that way, seeing you are probably the most popular nerdy comedian/writer/actor in cyberspace...
 
 
Posted by Shayne on Sunday, April 26, 2009 - 1:54 AM
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