Cecil the Lion remembered
- Thread starter CWertz
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Yup, lions are super cute.Lobsters aren't cute, get with the program! Did you see the last picture of Cecil. So sympathetic. I wish Mr. Palmer was this sympathetic. Cecil has taught me how to love (again)!
1) I am not the source of that Twitter account (although whoever did create it is a comedic genius)
2) I also had absolutely no involvement with that South Philly Review article
3) As for my number of posts, I have been a member of this newsgroup for over 10 years and have no "alts." Quite a few others have posted in the 30,000-40,000 range
4) How is posting on this newsgroup the same as taking the time to purchase a stuffed animal or make a sign by hand, locate the man's dental office, and place the object there to publicly shame him? Yeah, that's exactly the same thing.
second last picture of Cecil just surfaced. they're looking to pursue hate crime charges against the DDS now
You also noted creating a yelp account and leaving a review originally... and I wasn't suggesting that was all you, was more a collective comment with a few specifics. Some people post on inet message boards, some people may drop by the local dentist office with a stuffed animal. Is 4.6 truly the place to judge time wasting behavior? Judge not lest ye be judged.. or something like that.
I hear you - everyone deserves a second chance and i think that truly applies to anybody. I think these people don't care about destroying his life - they care about saying something comedic.
The fact that the victim wasn't a human makes it so that people are upset, but still able to make jokes about it. Bad situation for the dentist, who I'm sure isn't the worst guy - but maybe this changes the way he goes about things. I'm sure he'll be more than fine a year from now.
Not following you about the Yelp account. I have never done that either. I am too lazy to create an alt let alone a fake account on some other website. Requires too much effort.
Not disagreeing that posting on this newsgroup is a huge timewaster. I just think that anyone who takes the time to physically go to this guy's dental office to leave a stuffed animal or tape a sign to his door is batshit crazy.
Wouldn't you say most of the same people upset about Cecil are the ones who play the anti-gun trope? Not getting into that but a lot of overlap between those groups i'd bet.
(P.s. I'm not saying anti-gun means anti-murder cause that will change the topic of this thread - i'm saying the groups are similar - mostly liberals)
The guy seems like an arrogant ass but it doesn't make a lot of sense getting too worked up over 1 animal unless it is a threatened species. Habitat destruction is the biggest problem facing wildlife. It seems like bandwagon outrage by people who probably aren't particularly concerned about wildlife. That makes me think it is another animal rights cause rather than an environmental one. I care about wildlife and the environment but have no problem with hunting (and using) animals when it is done in an environmentally sound way.
In short, I don't know enough about this situation to muster outrage or approval.
In short, I don't know enough about this situation to muster outrage or approval.
NickleDimer
Post 'Til Your Fingers Bleed
Well put (although "the hipstahs" will disagree vehemently and will trash your place of business if they discover your identity)
No but I think he is pandering to the masses. He probably learned it from Jon Stewart.
Here's one way to respond to the controversy:
Cougar (see what I did there) kills giraffe...and a warthog....and a kudu...and a impala.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...selfie-with-dead-giraffe-in-South-Africa.html
Cougar (see what I did there) kills giraffe...and a warthog....and a kudu...and a impala.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...selfie-with-dead-giraffe-in-South-Africa.html