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Tundra # 7
No. One single human being cannot be responsible for the birth of hundreds of lives over the course of five years. One unspayed cat can.— March 3, 2010 4:14 p.m.
Tundra # 7
Pete, must you always overlook important facts in an effort to prove your point? People have babies, one at a time, MAYBE two unless you're the octoass. Animals have LITTERS that can rapidly become hundreds unless you spay and neuter. Cats as young as six months can have a litter. At least MOST humans wait until they are at least 20 before they start reproducing. The animal kingdom is very different in terms of reproduction. Choice is not an issue. Instinct is.— March 3, 2010 3:38 p.m.
None
And he was married. Interesting.— March 3, 2010 11:13 a.m.
To Stella from Mica: Tales of Beyond the Front Door
No, but I will. Peanut is probably the cutest cat alive. Although I am sure that many of you would beg to differ.....— March 3, 2010 10:49 a.m.
To Stella from Mica: Tales of Beyond the Front Door
She is a tabby through and through. This one is Pickle. The old one was Peanut. She told me to tell you "thank you" for the compliment.— March 3, 2010 8:24 a.m.
Weeping for Coco
I hear you, Refried. I have a very difficult time with those in positions of authority taking advantage of that position to satisfy their own needs. Even if it was consensual, you are still dealing with an adult in a supervisory role. I'm going off subject, but I hope you get my drift.— March 3, 2010 8:23 a.m.
Weeping for Coco
And one more thing. Had this teacher been caught with a 16 year old girl rather than a sixteen year old boy, your desire to "friend" him would be decidedly different. Seems many are willing to forgive a discretion that was inflicted on their same sex as being "dumb ass" where if they were to think about it happening to someones daughter, the outcome would be "like any other father with a beautiful young daughter, my first instinct is to ram a red-hot poker through the genitals of the guy they have in custody if he's guilty."— March 2, 2010 8:55 p.m.
Weeping for Coco
Refried, are you out of your freaking mind?!!? Go back and read this: "Listed as someone I might think about friending, is my high school choir teacher. A couple of years after I graduated, the dumbass got caught blowing a sixteen year old boy in his car. Keep in mind that this teacher also taught adult choir in church. He didn't seem like a bad guy. Apparently, he had tastes that he couldn't deny himself (he was married with children, too). He's a registered sex offender. I would have never figured him for that sort of thing. But I'm not so sure that Megan's Law is saving society from him. I feel a lot more sorry for him than I feel fear for those in his community". How many victims of adult sexual abuse grew up with horrible problems, many of those manifesting in them becoming abusers themselves? You cannot be serious. You may feel sorry for him now. Because why?!? He seems harmless and does not deserve the scorn?!? Holy s***. He had tastes he couldn't DENY HIMSELF!? These are the very men who perpetuate the cycle of abuse that manifests into the predator that took the life of Chelsea King. You cannot give these guys a pass, even if they are not participating in their particular brand of abuse at this stage in their lives. What about the sixteen year old he blew!?!? Do you know what happened to him? Catholic Church anyone!?!? I was raised Catholic. Seems some of the boys I went to school with blew their brains out. Because of someone's tastes they could not deny themselves.— March 2, 2010 8:21 p.m.
Weeping for Coco
"If the Earth stopped hunting, we'd become the prey. That's a fact of nature that the average animal lover is too stupid to comprehend." Then, pray tell, why do at least 80% of Americans eat factory farmed animals? I support hunting as a means of sustenance in less developed countries. I highly doubt if we stopped hunting in America we would be running for our lives from the ferocious deer running amok. Animals are encroaching on "our" land because they have no where else to go. We in turn hunt them down and kill them as a means of "thinning the herd". Civilized societies rely on laws like Megan's to, as Refried noted, help them cope with the horror of these unspeakable crimes. It puts the criminal on notice that we, the public, know where he lives. I know it does not work all the time, but if you think about it, without Megan's Law, I'll bet there would be many more of these cases. It at least gives the criminal pause, when, maybe driving by a school, he thinks "if one of these kids goes missing, I'll be the first person they look at". It is a deterrent.— March 2, 2010 4:42 p.m.
The Similarity Between the Orca and Toyota
I don't think you are conflicted at all, Refried. You are not comfortable with animals being used for entertainment purposes. It's probably because you are smart enough to realize that these animals would not be doing tricks if it weren't for capital gains for humans and that makes you uneasy. And we can go on and on about how the people working at Sea World love what they do, but I bet they would not do it for free. The last time I went to Sea World with the younger kids in the family, I could not get out of there fast enough. I know exactly how you feel. As I looked around at all the people so excited about the whales doing their flips, I was embarrassed to be there. I had a huge lump in my throat the entire time. It boils down to choice. Animals have no choice. Eating animals as a means of survival is one thing. We do not need to watch them doing flips to survive. I believe it may extend to what you consider entertainment. I find animal entertainment almost archaic, you know? Like it was something we did when didn't know any better, yet still, here we are having the poor elephant stand on its head.— March 2, 2010 1:46 p.m.