In Cotty's defense, I would like to point out that the guy who says he shoots feral cats, also said he had never eaten cat. So there is a certain difference involved that your comment does not consider.
Gonz wrote: > On 9/3/07, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 03/09/07, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> You say that as if it's a bad thing. >> Well, let's just say that I never try and judge a book by its cover. But >> when I read on the preface page that the author has no interest in the >> welfare of a part of nature, I tend to put the book back down ;-) >> > > Surely you jest. ;) You eat dont you? Unless its mineral, you are > eating something that was alive at some point, no? So then you must > not have interest in *that* part of nature. How convenient I say. > :) > >> Feral cats are a part of nature. In your part of the world, they may be >> considered vermin, and if so, that's a fact of life. If they are a >> problem and need controlling, then there are humane ways of dealing with >> these things. Taking life without care for any resultant suffering is >> not only distasteful to me, but actually abhorrent! >> > > Alright old chap, so that chicken you had for dinner yesterday died > how? I'll bet it had its head chopped off after it led a life of > being cooped up in some cage somewhere. And those shoes you wear, > dont get me started on shoes... I'm no vegetarian, but I just had to > point out the obvious hippopotamussy here. ;) > >> So yeah, I guess I do say it as if it's a bad thing. hey, you're young. >> Wait til you get past 40 - you tend to spend a bit more time thinking >> about conserving life rather than ingoring it ;-) >> > > Yes, but hunger has a way of changing your perspective just a wee bit. > That cat all of a sudden seems like to look like a chicken, and > probably tastes like one too. :) > > So shoot it! > >> -- >> >> >> Cheers, >> Cotty >> >> >> ___/\__ >> || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche >> ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com >> _____________________________ >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
