Cecil the lion

[Bamaro]

Reuters: Zimbabwe will not charge U.S. dentist for killing Cecil the lion



I suspected that the outrage was purely emotional.

Lawyers have probably been very busy behind the scenes greasing the right palms.

 

[hollisx4]

Lawyers have probably been very busy behind the scenes greasing the right palms.

Or Zimbabwe has decided they like the Yankee's money more than they like the faux outrage by folks who aren't paying exorbitant fees to hunt there.

 

[cbi1972]

Lawyers have probably been very busy behind the scenes greasing the right palms.

It would be a major improvement for Zimbabwe if anything were done at all without bribes.

 

[Bamaro]

Or Zimbabwe has decided they like the Yankee's money more than they like the faux outrage by folks who aren't paying exorbitant fees to hunt there.

The outrage is real.

 

[cbi1972]

The outrage is real.

Impotent, flavor of the month outrage from people who never heard of Cecil the lion before this, and couldn't find Zimbabwe on a map.

 

[Bamaro]

Impotent, flavor of the month outrage from people who never heard of Cecil the lion before this, and couldn't find Zimbabwe on a map.

Having heard of Cecil in the past and knowing African geography is not a pre-condition to feeling real outrage about this.

 

[hollisx4]

Having heard of Cecil in the past and knowing African geography is not a pre-condition to feeling real outrage about this.

You're just proving the point.



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[Bamaro]

You're just proving the point.

Yes, proving my point

 

[hollisx4]

Yes, proving my point

LOL, witty[emoji3]


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[Bamaro]

LOL, witty[emoji3]

My point is, a person doesn't have to be versed ahead of time on specifics of an act to recognize wrongdoing and feel justified outrage about it.

 

[mittman]

It would be a major improvement for Zimbabwe if anything were done at all without bribes.

Truth. We have plenty of corruption in the U.S., but I have thought for a long time that the reason we are as successful as we are is the relative lack of it. Countries like Zimbabwe for all practical purposes run off of it.

It appears that they are at best trying to preserve the hunting industry. If they do prosecute, hunters leery of the possibility look elsewhere. There are plenty of other places in Africa to hunt lion.

 

[Catfish]

Impotent, flavor of the month outrage from people who never heard of Cecil the lion before this, and couldn't find Zimbabwe on a map.

I'd never hear of any of the victims of the Umpqua Community College shooting before and had no idea where Roseburg, OR was either. Does that mean I'm not allowed to be outraged by the murders? Prior knowledge of the victims and being an expert in geography aren't prerequisites for outrage. If it was, none of us should be all that concerned about a soldier who was killed in some remote village in Afghanistan. Or, a cop who was murdered in Podunk, Kansas.

 

[hollisx4]

I'd never hear of any of the victims of the Umpqua Community College shooting before and had no idea where Roseburg, OR was either. Does that mean I'm not allowed to be outraged by the murders? Prior knowledge of the victims and being an expert in geography aren't prerequisites for outrage. If it was, none of us should be all that concerned about a soldier who was killed in some remote village in Afghanistan. Or, a cop who was murdered in Podunk, Kansas.

Not even close to the same thing, but chive on bro.


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[Bamaro]

Not even close to the same thing, but chive on bro.

It IS the same thing.

 

[hollisx4]

It IS the same thing.

I don't think so.

You can't equate a human life to that of any animal.


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[Bamaro]

I don't think so.

You can't equate a human life to that of any animal.

That was not the point

 

[hollisx4]

That was not the point

Maybe not but all the examples he used were exactly that.


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[bama_wayne1]

I do believe people are feeling a real sense of outrage and disappointment over the Cecil the lion issue. My point of view is that if it was illegal he should be fined or punished in whatever way that law dictates. The problem for a simple southern boy like myself is that to me animals are more like a crop. Apparently they are there as well, hence the commercialization of hunting. My grandfather would have been quick to tell me not to be naming an animal around our place because it would make them harder to harvest when the time came. I am sorry for those people that are angered or outraged by that but it is in the natural order of things. I don't espouse the extinction of a species but that is a management issue not a moral one to me.

 

[Catfish]

Maybe not but all the examples he used were exactly that.

My examples are things all, or almost all, of us on TF have expressed outraged about. I was commenting on cbi's implication that personal knowledge of the victim and where it occurred were necessary for the outrage to be real. But, OK. If I hear about a dog being abused and killed in Podunk, KS, is it OK for me to be outraged about it? We've pretty much all expressed outrage about occurrences like that, too. But, if we don't know the animal or the town, why should we care? Right?

 

[Bamaro]

I do believe people are feeling a real sense of outrage and disappointment over the Cecil the lion issue. My point of view is that if it was illegal he should be fined or punished in whatever way that law dictates. The problem for a simple southern boy like myself is that to me animals are more like a crop. Apparently they are there as well, hence the commercialization of hunting. My grandfather would have been quick to tell me not to be naming an animal around our place because it would make them harder to harvest when the time came. I am sorry for those people that are angered or outraged by that but it is in the natural order of things. I don't espouse the extinction of a species but that is a management issue not a moral one to me.

I'm guessing than that you have never had a pet such as a dog or cat. If you did, was Rover tasty or is his head mounted on your wall?