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Cecil
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I agree and did it.
Monk Of Reason
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Cops kill tons of people of all colors in America on a regular basis. We hear about it in the news all the time. It has caused rioting in the streets and fueled radical Islamic recruitment in the US. However in the defense of the lion story there are far fewer lions left. Humans are not endangered.
He broke the law and it seems he escaped but his buddies did not escape. It isn't about a dead lion.
Guitar's Cry
Disciple of Pan
I think a lot of people do get upset about the violence in America. It's heartening that we can look past our anthropocentric thinking enough to care about other species. They are living beings, after all, and suffer.
Uh-huh. Because no one ever talks about black people getting shot in America. It's never ever on the news. In fact, it's a closely guarded state-secret!
Not extraditing the man is a statement that Americans need not obey the laws of a (presumed) lesser country.
What a transparently stupid statement! Using one outrage to cynically dismiss another does a disservice to both issues.
In a very big way I can sympathise with poor African people poaching valuable endangered species. They don't have many other options.
Rich foreigners who go to kill them better follow the law. This guy really needs to get sent back to face the music. His punishment will probably seem extreme to westerners, but that's just how it is.
He destroyed something very valuable to Zimbabwe and the price should be heavy.
Tom
Rich foreigners who go to kill them better follow the law. This guy really needs to get sent back to face the music. His punishment will probably seem extreme to westerners, but that's just how it is.
He destroyed something very valuable to Zimbabwe and the price should be heavy.
Tom
BSM1
What? Me worry?
The report suggests that it was a premeditated killing. WHY would a person do that? For no good reason.
Did the report says he "lured" the lion out of the park to be killed? The law seems to be that there is no killing in the park. he is a coward and a sneaky *******. in my opinion.
Most African countries have really harsh laws concerning poaching. And they are not really big on "innocent until proven guilty", or other western legal niceties. I would not be surprised if he got a 20 year sentence in a hellhole of an African prison.
Of course, a couple million bucks will buy a lot of justice.
Tom
Marisa
Well-Known Member
It is disturbing that it seems some can muster more empathy for a different species than they can for their own.
It's disturbing that some would draw this conclusion and then choose to focus on it. What evidence do have suggesting that a significant number of those outraged by Cecil are not more empathetic when it comes to human victims of human atrocities?
I think that killing another human being might be caused by some twisted anger. Going to Africa to kill a national symbol has to do with evil feelings of superiority. I think the man should be brought down. Also, why should his cohorts suffer but the man who did the deed get away free?
Marisa
Well-Known Member
Well, for starters I didn't say it was worth not focusing on Cecil but do go ahead and assume that what I really meant.
