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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 03:19 AM Original message |
Police: Victim Drunk During Tiger Attack |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 03:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. If |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 03:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. So they taunted the tiger. Did they deserve a death sentence for that? |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 03:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Maybe I missed it, but when did anyone try to absolve the zoo of responsibility? |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. When people call it justice, absolving the zoo is implied. nt |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. That's not absolving the zoo |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. No, justice means that things turned out right- as opposed to wrong. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:07 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. There can be more than two responsible parties. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:09 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Yet you still believe that they "deserved" to die. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:11 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I think that when you do something as incredibly stupid as... |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:16 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. No, because the tiger shouldn't have been able to get out. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:19 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Well, my tire shouldn't go flat while I'm driving 90 miles an hour. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:25 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. That's where you're wrong. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:29 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Let me be clear. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:58 AM Response to Reply #25 |
40. The boys weren't asking to be killed. And they obviously trusted, as most |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:00 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Yeah, they trusted that the zoo enclosure would protect them as they taunted a wild animal. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:10 AM Response to Reply #44 |
54. Of course they trusted that. Any zoo enclosure should meet every safety |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:17 AM Response to Reply #54 |
61. Do you go through life always expecting everything to be 100% guaranteed safe? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:30 AM Response to Reply #61 |
75. I go into our zoo expecting that it meets all the relevant accreditation standards. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:41 AM Response to Reply #75 |
83. Good. You should never consider yourself 100% safe, no matter where you are. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 02:05 AM Response to Reply #44 |
144. Yes, it is very sad. The tiger should not have been able to get out. It is sad. |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:45 AM Response to Reply #25 |
85. Taunting a tiger... |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:46 AM Response to Reply #85 |
87. But which, unfortunately, were. |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:18 AM Response to Reply #24 |
63. You keep building up this strawman and knocking it down.. |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:58 AM Response to Reply #63 |
90. The zoo was almost empty, was closing time nt |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 06:00 AM Response to Reply #90 |
91. It was an hour before closing time, and numerous people reported... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:52 AM Response to Reply #20 |
33. You don't know that. Perhaps that tiger had PMS. I'm serious. Perhaps |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:54 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Ok, that has to be it. It had to be tiger PMS. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
114. if others had died, they'd be partially to blame |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
116. The tiger shouldn't have been able to get out, and the zoo |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:49 AM Response to Reply #17 |
32. I might agree IF the boys had been attacked inside the enclosure. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:55 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Yet, of all the times kids have shouted and waved at this tiger... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:02 AM Response to Reply #36 |
47. It doesn't tell us anything about the taunting. The tiger might have been |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:05 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. You should go into animal psychology. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:12 AM Response to Reply #49 |
57. You should learn something about human psychology. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:16 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. I'm not going to rehash the same ol' arguments I've had with you ad nauseum. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 01:03 AM Response to Reply #32 |
142. You keep saying "boys," as if they were some 10-year olds on a lark. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Any reasonable person visiting a zoo will assume that all of the enclosures |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:47 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. ... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:56 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. That's just one "expert." And it doesn't matter: the lion enclosure is probably too low as well. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:00 AM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Of course it was too low. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:05 AM Response to Reply #42 |
50. Zoo visitors like those young men are not required to be experts in |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:07 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Sure. The fence was too low. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #28 |
117. any reasonable person wouldn't climb on top of an enclosure and try to provoke an animal |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #117 |
120. Two of these people were teenagers. You can expect that teenagers, |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #120 |
122. If that's the case, then no teenager should be given a driver's license |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #122 |
125. It certainly can be argued that teens shouldn't have driver's licenses. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #125 |
135. but the law does allow teens to drive and does hold them to the same standard as adults |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Yep... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
27. It's attempting to absolve the zoo from the FULL responsibility which it deserves. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:46 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. According to an expert on predatory behavior: |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:56 AM Response to Reply #29 |
37. You're posting that as if a tiger's feelings are predictable. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:58 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Yet, of all the times kids have shouted and waved at this tiger... |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:00 AM Original message |
No. It attacked someone who stood on the railing and yelled. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:00 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. No. It attacked someone who stood on the railing and yelled. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:01 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Yep. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:02 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. And I'm sure a child would never stand on a railing and yell. nt |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:04 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. There's no evidence that they have. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:14 AM Response to Reply #48 |
58. So what? She might have made earlier attempts, but wasn't big enough yet. n/t |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:18 AM Response to Reply #58 |
64. She might have dressed in a lace garter and lipsynched "Me So Horny." |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:21 AM Response to Reply #64 |
69. There's nothing more likely about your scenario, which posits that never |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:24 AM Response to Reply #69 |
72. Believe what you want. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #64 |
97. I just want you to know I was a while cleaning out my keyboard |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #97 |
128. Eek. Sorry. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:07 AM Response to Reply #29 |
51. And any expert in human behavior will tell you that kids (of all ages) |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:10 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Yet, for all the taunting done by all the "kids" that passed through this zoo... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:16 AM Response to Reply #53 |
60. Your lack of compassion is stunning. n/t |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:19 AM Response to Reply #60 |
66. Your imagination is awe-inducing. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #66 |
96. No, I agree with her |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #96 |
100. I think it's important for some people |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:51 AM Response to Reply #10 |
89. They sound innocent enough |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 06:09 AM Response to Reply #89 |
92. They were standing on the wall, drunk, shouting and waving at it |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #92 |
101. Do you want to visit a zoo with enclosures that don't meet safety standards? |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. See post #5, below. nt |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. No, I agree... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
26. Over and over again, people have sought to blame the victims, or to say |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. I never said they deserved to die, did I?? |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:05 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. The tiger got out on its own. The zoo is liable. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 12:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
140. But the Zoo may not be on the hook for big damages |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
99. "Did they deserve a death sentence for that?" |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #99 |
105. Why are you assuming that the man who died was an average human being? |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #105 |
110. nothing wrong with being an average human being, I am one myself |
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never_get_over_it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #99 |
112. Thank you SO much for saying that |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 07:25 PM Response to Reply #112 |
119. Kids probably shout and wave their arms in zoos every day. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #119 |
127. Yay...you've finally taken my line, re the accreditation agency. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 03:58 AM Response to Original message |
4. Wait, he was DRUNK, standing on a RAILING, and YELLING? |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 03:59 AM Response to Original message |
5. You fuck with nature... |
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XboxWarrior (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. It isn't exactly... |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:12 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. So, what does that make a person who taunts a caged animal? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:19 AM Response to Reply #18 |
67. It makes the person a victim of poor management on the part of the zoo. n/t |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:21 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. The cult of perpetual victimhood. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:33 AM Response to Reply #68 |
77. Spoken like a Rethug. The institution is always right. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:38 AM Response to Reply #77 |
80. See...this is where you're letting your emotions get in your way. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:18 AM Response to Reply #5 |
65. Guess what? A zoo isn't natural. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:22 AM Response to Reply #65 |
70. You are as incredibly dense tonight as you were when we had the same discussion |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:35 AM Response to Reply #70 |
78. Most people would think someone who calls a zoo "nature" is kind of dense. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:39 AM Response to Reply #78 |
82. Nope. The animal, even in captivity, retains natural instinct. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:44 AM Response to Reply #82 |
84. No, I'm just having trouble understanding your animosity and lack of |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:45 AM Response to Reply #84 |
86. No animosity. Lack of compassion? Yep. |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:20 AM Response to Original message |
21. Sounds like Poetic Justice to me for some reason. |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:20 AM Response to Original message |
22. you guys keep fightin' |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:22 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Marinated in Grey Goose, please. |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:47 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. the problem |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:54 AM Response to Original message |
34. The "all kinds of wrong" is the scramble to blame the folks who got attacked by a fucking TIGER. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:57 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Thank you for having some fucking sense. nt |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:10 AM Response to Reply #34 |
55. Perhaps some reading comprehension classes are in order for you, huh? |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:12 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. And, because of all that, you think the tiger should have been able |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:27 AM Response to Reply #55 |
73. You need to check your own reading comprehension. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:32 AM Response to Reply #73 |
76. There is at least one other reported incident of a tiger trying |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:36 AM Response to Reply #76 |
79. I know. It's a scary thought, isn't it? |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #76 |
98. From the exchanges above, it looks like someone forgot that n/t |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:39 AM Response to Reply #73 |
81. ummm, no it's your comprehension in question here |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #81 |
103. No, it's writing skill that's in question. This is what you said: |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #103 |
108. Maybe you should look at your own writing,,,, |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #55 |
93. Obviously, you condone and encourage tigers eating people, too. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #93 |
107. Well said. n/t |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #93 |
109. I didn't blame anyone.... I posted a newsworthy topic... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #109 |
113. You're having a lot of fun hurling lame, petty insults around the thread, that's for sure. |
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Madrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #113 |
132. I'd say the kids deserved to be attacked - |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #113 |
133. I respond to insults with insults, and intelligent debate with intelligent debate... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:18 AM Response to Reply #34 |
62. The law agrees with you. The zoo is screwed. They are going to |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:23 AM Response to Reply #34 |
71. I agree. The zoo fucked up. And the smug hypocrisy in the reaction of |
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Dawggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:29 AM Response to Original message |
74. Considering none of them most likely had never experienced or learned anything to do with tigers... |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:47 AM Response to Reply #74 |
88. most likely had never experienced or learned anything to do with tigers... |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
94. so ? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #94 |
104. Exactly. n/t |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
95. Now, now, stop all this fighting. You're all wrong! |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
102. This story is still not over... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #102 |
106. Even if that were true, it doesn't change anything. |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #106 |
111. "Idiot proof the world, and the world builds a better idiot." n/t |
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never_get_over_it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #102 |
115. I agree with you I'm thinking these kids |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 07:34 PM Response to Reply #115 |
121. Their actions aren't important. All this is just a diversion. |
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never_get_over_it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 08:09 PM Response to Reply #121 |
131. Their actions ARE IMPORTANT |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 12:00 AM Response to Reply #131 |
137. You're assuming they did more to the tiger than shouting and waving |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
118. Can I pose a hypothetical based on a real life situation |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #118 |
123. This is a completely different situation. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #118 |
126. Didn't you get the memo? As Democrats, we must insure that no person can ever, |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #126 |
143. LOL!!! |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
124. Stupid, but also cruel |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #124 |
129. Don't you think it was cruel of the zoo employees at the cafe |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #129 |
130. I didn't comment on the zoo |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 11:39 PM Response to Reply #130 |
136. There wasn't any tiger there when the Cafe people wouldn't let them inside. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #136 |
145. So the problem is either the boys are lying, |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
134. Looks like the cops are dropping the case & the city & zoo are on their own |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 12:11 AM Response to Reply #134 |
138. Good for the judge for not allowing the car search without probable cause. n/t |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 12:19 AM Response to Reply #134 |
139. And these teens are creeps because . . . ? |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-19-08 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
141. the whole thing is very sad. n/t |
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