12-28-2007, 02:51 AM
[quote space-time][quote Comandanta_Blankenship]Too bad they had to kill the tiger. Should have awarded her a medal.
are you serious? a medal for what?
I am all for animal rights, but when it becomes a matter of human vs animal, guess what, I protect those from my own species. Unless I am a tiger typing here on this powerbook, that means the human lives and the cat dies. Period.
At this point, given that the Siberian tigers are nearly extinct, I believe it's reasonable to place a greater value on the life of the tiger than that of certain humans.
Of course that proposition can generally only be demonstrated after the fact: e.g., the life of a poacher vs. the life of the mountain gorilla he just killed. And in this case, if the tiger was taunted by any of the human victims, the human had it coming. That is based on speculation
are you serious? a medal for what?
I am all for animal rights, but when it becomes a matter of human vs animal, guess what, I protect those from my own species. Unless I am a tiger typing here on this powerbook, that means the human lives and the cat dies. Period.
At this point, given that the Siberian tigers are nearly extinct, I believe it's reasonable to place a greater value on the life of the tiger than that of certain humans.
Of course that proposition can generally only be demonstrated after the fact: e.g., the life of a poacher vs. the life of the mountain gorilla he just killed. And in this case, if the tiger was taunted by any of the human victims, the human had it coming. That is based on speculation