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[videogamer]

Animals die. Life goes on. Are geese going extinct? Is animal cruelty running wild? Newsworthy, this is not. Many more geese are killed by hunters. Not all die instantly, some have their necks broken by the hunting dogs. Oooh, let's bug out about that too. Top of the food chain pretty much means animal lives are worthless IMO. Yeah, that's heartless for me to say, but then, there's no animal that's gonna mess me up. I don't live on the savannah, and until ducks get smart enough to make weapons, they're not going to exact their revenge either. I don't get mad when animals die, no matter how cruel it may be. Maybe not natural selection will favor ducks that don't stand around in parking lots waiting to be stomped. :lol

Seriously, the guy is a dick, but I don't see a need to wig out about it. PEACE.

I agree. Good thing the guy is being charged over the Migratory Bird Treaty Act instead of some obscure "hurting little birds act". I'm not familiar with the laws on hunting-- how young can the killed animals be? If you can hunt young animals, then this would be hypocritical to attack this while allowing hunting to occur. On the other hand, hunting season my coincide with the animals being old enough. Bleh, I don't know enough about hunting regulations, but you guys get the point.

BTW, you guys should try balut someday. It was interesting at first time I tried it.

 

[Deleted member 1235]

:lol

First of all snakes are probably better equiped to defend themselves than baby geese. Anybody that takes on a bunch of snakes with his foot is probably well, just not going to do it, because they are not helpless are they?

Second of all, running over a squirrel and not slowing down is a bit different than stomping the brains out of 5 baby animals. The guy exhibited some disturbing behaviour hence the outrage. Isn't it fairly common for crazy murdering nutbags to start with little animals and move up to humans when they can't get their buzz anymore? Fuck this guy.


On a lighter note here's a humourous animal murder story that happened to a friend. He was sitting in a park eating his lunch and getting bothered by pigeons trying to eat his lunch, it fucked him off so bad that he jumped up, scared them all and tossed his fork at one in a rage. The fork actually stuck the pigeon and killed it stone dead in a park absolutely full of people, who all looked at him like a monster. :lol What makes that funny is he didn't really have any intention of killing the bird and just wanted them to leave him alone.

 

[Escape Goat]

Let it enter public domain that I dont condone what this ugy did, it was nasty but if it were snakes people wouldn't have minded.

 

[nitewulf]

you got a point, if it was a bunch of scorpions or roaches...people wouldn't have minded either. you definitely have a point.
but, your point is besides the point...no?

 

[karasu]

There's hunting, so who cares? We're top of the food chain. If god wanted it different, he'd make giants to ocassionally go crazy and stomp us to death. I think it would be hilarious. :lol Another goose dies, and life goes on. I wish people would be more outraged at all the people that get killed by people more. Fuck the animals, they're for eating. PEACE.

yeah right. Tell that top of the food chain shit to an angry pit bull.

 

[Dilbert]

There are some bizarro arguments in this thead.

1) The man in question killed five ducklings for no other reason than his anger being out of control. Killing animals for purposes of food or survival is another topic entirely and has no relevance here.

2) The type of creature is also irrelevant. Killing something just because you're angry and feeling irrationally violent is not justified...whether it's a duckling, a snake, or something else.

3) Behavior towards animals DOES matter in the human sphere in this case. Someone who can't control his/her anger is a threat to other human beings -- it just so happened in this case that it was vented towards animals, but I find it incredibly hard to believe that someone would think his temper WOULDN'T come out against a human under the right circumstances.

 

[MIMIC]

On campus, I was walking to the library, and I passed the pond. There were some eggs that I didn't know about that hatched a few days ago, I guess. But when I got closer, I saw the ducklings (about 4) swimming in a line, following their mother.

Outloud, I said, "AWWWWWWWWW!!" I had my iPod earbuds in my ear, and was like, "Oh shit! I hope I didn't say that too loud!" (because a lot of people were around :lol)

Damn whoever did that.

 

[Meier]

Ahaha, so the answer to Drudge Report has stories about a man stomping on some baby geese? Good luck Arianna!

 

[enjoy bell woods]

Not if that snake had just saved an orphan from a burning building, they wouldn't. :lol

You're right though, people rank animals differently based on preferences. I doubt anyone would have cared if he stomped a bunch of diseas-ridden sewer rats. I mean, he's still demented, but they're sewer rats, and people hate them. It they were pigeons...maybe not so much shock either. If it was a bunch of doe-eyed baby seals...maybe more outrage. If it was a family of fun-loving cockroaches? Hmmm, that's a tough one.

It's funny to see reactions in this thread. Me? I just plain hate animals. Not hate them where I want to hurt them. But I generally don't slow down for animals crossing the road unless there's a chance they'll damage my car. Since my car is a lot lower now, that's more often, but I'm not one of those people that'll slam on the brakes just to avoid a stupid squirrel or cat. Matter of fact, I kept my foot right in it the other day when a squirrel ran under my car. I think he was alright...I think. I didn't look back, b/c IMO, it'll teach these animals to stay the fuck off the road. Natural selection, gotta love it. PEACE.

Why do you hate animals? That's kind of scary that you HATE animals.

 

[Pimpwerx]

Why do you hate animals? That's kind of scary that you HATE animals.

Hating doesn't mean you do anything about it. I have no use for animals except as a source of food. Is that so wrong? Maybe hate is the wrong word, but I have no emotional attachment to animals. If someone disemboweled a baby calf in front of me, I wouldn't bat an eye. Some people get real emotional over animals, I don't care. We have a pet cat that I honestly can't wait to die. The thing just drags around fleas and asks to be fed and let out and it's like having an annoying child, but minus the tax break. :?

yeah right. Tell that top of the food chain shit to an angry pit bull.

Pit bulls don't drive cars or shoot guns. If I lived on the savannah and ran across an angry lion, I'd be dead. But that's why I wouldn't put myself in such a situation. If I was to live in the wild, I'd have a gun that would quickly place me at the top. Pit bulls aren't higher on the food chain, just that they are wild animals masquerading as pets. And if we treated them like wild animals, I'd be armed around one to make sure the balance is tilted in my favor. Humans as animals are pathetic. We'd get owned in the wild even with our intelligence. Our senses are just garbage, and we are weak. But thanks to our intelligence and the machines we make, we are superior. So them pit bulls can bite me.

BTW, I think pit bulls are quite amazing. A friend had a nice female pit bull. Strong as all hell. Played fetch with it all the time. Love tug-of-war, and you could tell that if the thing wanted to, it could clamp down on any part of me and just never let go. Grab an arm and practically rip it out of the socket. My contempt for nature doesn't keep me from marvelling at the amazing machines it creates. Cats, for instance, are perfect killing machines. My cat does some fine work when it goes out at night, I'm sure. He's got murder on his claws. PEACE.

 

[karasu]

Pit bulls don't drive cars or shoot guns. If I lived on the savannah and ran across an angry lion, I'd be dead. But that's why I wouldn't put myself in such a situation. If I was to live in the wild, I'd have a gun that would quickly place me at the top. Pit bulls aren't higher on the food chain, just that they are wild animals masquerading as pets. And if we treated them like wild animals, I'd be armed around one to make sure the balance is tilted in my favor. Humans as animals are pathetic. We'd get owned in the wild even with our intelligence. Our senses are just garbage, and we are weak. But thanks to our intelligence and the machines we make, we are superior. So them pit bulls can bite me.

Yeah, we're only superior if we imagine that we have exactly what we need in a high stress situation. But ya know, if you walked outside right now and a mad dog attacked you in all of your humanity, you'd be fucked. It's just an illusion, something we can say wrapped in the safety of our own habitat.

 

[Phoenix]

Wow, i love how everyone jumps on shit like this. Face it. Every single one of you who acts so disgusted and self-righteous are the exact same people who can't stand to peer into their own souls and realize they would do the exact same thing or maybe worse. The only way you can try to brush off your own dirty conscious is to sneer on others such as yourself. I can just picture you all gathered around some poor woman or man during the witch hunts or the inquisition throwing rocks and jeers at people like yourself who just happened to do the wrong thing in the wrong way.

I can look in myself right now and know with 100% certainty that I would NEVER squeeze the eyes and innards out of an animal. If you can see that when you look inside yourself, seek help - today.

 

[xsarien]

Ahaha, so the answer to Drudge Report has stories about a man stomping on some baby geese? Good luck Arianna!

Drudge posts links to stories just as sick and off-beat too, you know.

 

[FortNinety]

Columbia University graduate stomped her babies to death.

all you need to know right there. scumbag.

I second that.

Wow, i love how everyone jumps on shit like this. Face it. Every single one of you who acts so disgusted and self-righteous are the exact same people who can't stand to peer into their own souls and realize they would do the exact same thing or maybe worse. The only way you can try to brush off your own dirty conscious is to sneer on others such as yourself. I can just picture you all gathered around some poor woman or man during the witch hunts or the inquisition throwing rocks and jeers at people like yourself who just happened to do the wrong thing in the wrong way.

Wow. I think you might be the saddest, angriest person on the internet. Good job. Now get seek some help. Seriously.

 

[Aruarian Reflection]

Wow, i love how everyone jumps on shit like this. Face it. Every single one of you who acts so disgusted and self-righteous are the exact same people who can't stand to peer into their own souls and realize they would do the exact same thing or maybe worse. The only way you can try to brush off your own dirty conscious is to sneer on others such as yourself. I can just picture you all gathered around some poor woman or man during the witch hunts or the inquisition throwing rocks and jeers at people like yourself who just happened to do the wrong thing in the wrong way.

Wow, we have an internet gangster here, folks. How you doing, tough guy?

 

[Lil' Dice]

Hating doesn't mean you do anything about it. I have no use for animals except as a source of food. Is that so wrong? Maybe hate is the wrong word, but I have no emotional attachment to animals. If someone disemboweled a baby calf in front of me, I wouldn't bat an eye. Some people get real emotional over animals, I don't care. We have a pet cat that I honestly can't wait to die. The thing just drags around fleas and asks to be fed and let out and it's like having an annoying child, but minus the tax break. :?


Pit bulls don't drive cars or shoot guns. If I lived on the savannah and ran across an angry lion, I'd be dead. But that's why I wouldn't put myself in such a situation. If I was to live in the wild, I'd have a gun that would quickly place me at the top. Pit bulls aren't higher on the food chain, just that they are wild animals masquerading as pets. And if we treated them like wild animals, I'd be armed around one to make sure the balance is tilted in my favor. Humans as animals are pathetic. We'd get owned in the wild even with our intelligence. Our senses are just garbage, and we are weak. But thanks to our intelligence and the machines we make, we are superior. So them pit bulls can bite me.

BTW, I think pit bulls are quite amazing. A friend had a nice female pit bull. Strong as all hell. Played fetch with it all the time. Love tug-of-war, and you could tell that if the thing wanted to, it could clamp down on any part of me and just never let go. Grab an arm and practically rip it out of the socket. My contempt for nature doesn't keep me from marvelling at the amazing machines it creates. Cats, for instance, are perfect killing machines. My cat does some fine work when it goes out at night, I'm sure. He's got murder on his claws. PEACE.

I would stuff you in my freezer and munch on you.

 

[FortNinety]

BTW, here's what the guy looks like...

 

[AstroLad]

Typical Columbia behavior; I can't say I'm surprised.

 

[Matlock]

BTW, here's what the guy looks like...

Man, he's went downhill since The Wonder Years.

WHY, KEVIN, WHY

 

[FnordChan]

"Dude, I said you were supposed to juggle the goslings! Juggle!"

FnordChan

 

[FortNinety]

Typical Columbia behavior; I can't say I'm surprised.

On a side note, I've never met a person from Columbia who I didn't hate, and every girl I've dated from that school was either a total pyscho or a total flake.

 

[miyuru]

It's funny to see reactions in this thread. Me? I just plain hate animals. Not hate them where I want to hurt them. But I generally don't slow down for animals crossing the road unless there's a chance they'll damage my car. Since my car is a lot lower now, that's more often, but I'm not one of those people that'll slam on the brakes just to avoid a stupid squirrel or cat. Matter of fact, I kept my foot right in it the other day when a squirrel ran under my car. I think he was alright...I think. I didn't look back, b/c IMO, it'll teach these animals to stay the fuck off the road. Natural selection, gotta love it. PEACE.

I think you're letting your internet persona get ahead of yourself. How would you like it if I ran over your cat? I don't honestly believe you wouldn't slow down for someones cat/dog crossing the road.

 

[Hitokage]

God dammit, Pimpwerx, would you PLEASE stop referencing Biology when you haven't the slightest fucking clue what you are talking about?

Being at the top of the food chain, even if we have no natural predators, means we depend on the health of all other levels for OUR OWN survival... that's why it's called a food chain.

 

[cloudwalking]

From a comment at that news site:

yes he was arrested and charged with six counts (the mother goose had to be euthanized) of animal abuse with each charge potentially carrying a penalty of 5 years.

No bright side to this story at all, even the mother ended up dying.

 

[AstroLad]

On a side note, I've never met a person from Columbia who I didn't hate, and every girl I've dated from that school was either a total pyscho or a total flake.

:lol

Yeah I was choosing between there and NYU for law school and I chose NYU largely b/c I liked the people there a lot more.

 

[NWO]

The guy exhibited some disturbing behaviour hence the outrage. Isn't it fairly common for crazy murdering nutbags to start with little animals and move up to humans when they can't get their buzz anymore? Fuck this guy.

Yeah its true and that's why its sad that people are actually standing up for the guy. Go checkout some of the worst serial killers in jail right now and about half of them go their "buzz" torturing and killing animals when they were teenagers or whatever. After they can't get their fix from animals they just move onto people because they cannot grasp right from wrong.

 

[Christoff Yurievich]

but he's 33 so I don't think he's exactly starting young. I'm not defending him, just saying that at 33 it's a bit different than if he were, say, 13 or even 23.

 

[Juno]

If it were snakes people would be cheering this man.

I can't fathom anyone in anyway supporting or cheering this guys' actions or anything similar.

He has the mentality of scum; he's nothing more than a bully. Picking on a defenceless animal 1/10th of your size is one thing - torturing and mutilating their offsprings is something else entirely... Words fail me.

 

[xsarien]

If it were snakes people would be cheering this man.

Are we about done trying to push the "I bet you only care about the cute animals!" bullshit on this thread?

 

[RaymondCarver]

I car about animals, but not most of the ones we use as food.

However, unless I'm cracked out of my soul, I'd never do what he did.

 

[Shogmaster]

EVERY mass serial killer biography on A and E and somesuch channel has the killer at younger age doing sadistic things to small animals. They should keep an eye on this guy.....

 

[Scrow]

the guy should be put to death. and im not even kidding.

legalised murder is not the answer... to anything.

 

[Link648099]

Collective GAF response: What a sad story

::goes back to arguing for increased abortion rights::

 

[Christoff Yurievich]

last I heard we weren't at a population boom for geese.

 

[Link1110]

I've long been an avid supporter of harsher punishments for people who pull this kind of shit. I'm glad he got fired. No, I'm thrilled. Dipshits like this need to have a message sent to them, loud and clear.

Yes, I believe that if you kill any living thing (except maybe insects, or for food, or sport like hunting or fishing) you should be put away for at least 5 years for each count, no exceptions.