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avantichamp - > Bakersfield -> Duck attack horrible, but tragedy is in youths
Duck attack horrible, but tragedy is in youths

Who wouldn’t be appalled at the behavior of those morons who had nothing better to do with their time than torture a small animal? I see this as the same sort of mindset among those who think spray painting garbage on other people’s property, busting up restrooms and other acts of pointless destruction and cruelty as something they should do.
Yes in the minds of these fools there is an obvious disconnect between society and their own interests, or at least what they perceive as their interests.
The roll of parents, society and church certainly has a part to play that for some apparently is not being played today but another possible contributing factor may be a point Allen Greenspan made in his book, “The age of turbulance” and that of the growing disparity of incomes between the top one percent and everyone else.
Not that it justifies any type of this behavior; it of course does not. But it may be part of the feeling on the part of some that they are not connected to or responsible to the larger social structure therefore have some sort of lame brained idea that the sort of bad behavior is something that’s’ okay.
Oddly enough when confronted with their stupid crimes of pointless vandalism some youths asked why answered, “Because we can.” As you pointed out there is a moral gap here.
In school or home in upbringing more emphasis needs to be placed on moral values and responsibility for one’s actions. In a culture where someone else is always responsible for bad outcomes from motorists running railroad grade crossings to unintended drownings from foolish behavior the tendency to hold someone else responsible contributes to the disconnectedness some may feel for that which they have no stake or responsibility.
 

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posted by avantichamp on Sunday, July 6, 2008 at 11:04 AM
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posted by johnburnssucks on Jul 6, 2008 at 04:06 PM

Have a local carpenter fabricate some good old stocks and pilliories, then put the parents in them, and charge $20 apiece for an official firm tomato to throw at these losers. MLB pitchers Randy Johnson and Roger Clemens could donate their time and fire tomatoes bought by duck lovers at the heads of these skunks, seeing who could be the first to "nail a numbskull" with a 100 mph tomato.

SPLAT!

posted by siouxcityranch on Jul 6, 2008 at 06:34 PM

Nah I prefer TAR and FEATHERS..Then we could kick em up and down the block until ther feathers fell off..Whats good for the goose is good for the gander!!

posted by avantichamp on Jul 7, 2008 at 07:17 AM

Hey, sounds good to me!


posted by saberhagen on Jul 7, 2008 at 09:44 AM

 

 

Our outrage at these children does not reflect the fact that our society is steeped in the condoned and rationalized systematic killing of ducks, geese and other fowl for food and the sport killing of numbers of other animals for trophies and for their fur and other body parts.

Where is the outrage over all the other animals senselessly killed for sport?

Cruel?

These kids, like you and I have dined the flesh of the Christmas goose. Millions rip the fried wings and legs off birds daily at KFC, birds that a few hours earlier had their heads twisted off in the slaughterhouse.

Whacking animals to death in slaughterhouses, shooting them out of the skies and in the fields with shotguns and rifles is kind, humane and respectful of sentient life?

Look at the body count from the bombings of the various countries we have invaded. Humans don't fare much better than ducks in this savage society. 

Outrage over the death of a few more birds while we kill millions daily? What a hypocritical crock.

How do you convince children that life is sacred with that that sort of conflicting adult behavior going on?

Look to yourselves, folks for the answer to why children don't respect animal or even human life.

 

posted by Shwaine on Jul 7, 2008 at 01:18 PM

See what happens? You mention animals and the PETA nuts crawl out of the woodwork. Although I do agree with the sentiment to avoid KFC, but mostly because I want to avoid the coronary... :)

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