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Post by trashcanman on Nov 23, 2013 15:25:19 GMT 2
You know, at this point I think this man is the only justification for Twitter to even exist. hollywoodlife.com/2013/11/20/ricky-gervais-melissa-bachman-twitter-rant-hunting-lion/"Spot the typo" = tweet of the year. I'm not an animal rights guy by any stretch, but there are some animals that I don't think are on the "fly around the world and shoot them in a preserve/cage so you can pose with the corpse and brag" list, and big cats are right up there with cetaceans. So by all means, Ricky; have at her. |
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Nov 25, 2013 9:58:03 GMT 2
There are few human beings who make Twitter worthwhile. Gervais is one of them. Facebook is something I "get" and enjoy, but Twitter remains a baffling mystery to me. Ever tried following a Twitter conversation? Good luck. Ricky's active on Facebook a whole lot, and his posts usually consist of mocking religion, politics, cute animal photos and, well, this sort of thing.  Enjoy that scroll down. As for this woman, in 2013 if you're still doing this sort of thing then you really have no place in society. Killing to eat? Fair enough. Killing endangered, beautiful creatures and being stupid and ignorant enough to boast about it and take pictures? Fuck you to the moon. Happy ending to the story, though. Thanks to an online petition, which up till now I thought did nothing, has led to her being sacked from her TV job. www.change.org/petitions/natgeo-television-national-geographic-stop-the-melissa-bachman-show-from-broadcastingFacebook Huntress - minus 1. |
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Post by trashcanman on Nov 25, 2013 15:19:35 GMT 2
HA! That is too funny. I'm not really anti-hunting and I disagree with Gervais' assertion that animals are equal to humans in social importance (I do eat them, after all), but if nothing else I'd have to call this a victory for watching what stupidity you post on the internet so it's great news. "Hardcore huntress" my ass. Got within 60 yards of a (most likely) sleeping cat and then shot it with a high-powered rifle, did you? Woop-dee-fucking-doo. Hunt it with a knife and then I'd be impressed. Hunting on a preserve? Do they track all of the animals with GPS for you too so you don't have to bother looking for which one you want? Christ.
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Nov 26, 2013 9:43:57 GMT 2
Gervais "Tweeted" (ugh, now there's a modern expression I loathe) that a "sport" is surely two equally prepared groups both competing willingly against each other. Shooting an unarmed unprepared creature is therefore the art of "cunting."
Animals are our equals is a bit much, and the sort of aggressive babble put forth by the worst kind of vegetarians. I eat meat (I'd die if I didn't, I'm a notoriously fussy eater) and I don't see anything wrong with it. I don't eat veal. I don't eat fois gras. I only buy free range eggs and I hate cruelty to animals of all kinds. Gotta eat, though.
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Post by trashcanman on Nov 26, 2013 15:18:31 GMT 2
My rule of thumb is more based on the intelligence based by the animal in question, although veal is not something I'm interested in either. I don't want to eat whale or porpoise, nor feline, nor canine, nor simian or equestrian or anything else that can show me it's smarter than several people I know. To me animal cruelty says more about the person doing it than anything else. My dad was a massive hunter, but he only hunted stuff that isn't really available in the supermarket like deer. People hunting animals they have no desire to eat just so they can feel alpha? Pitiful.
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Post by Ben on Nov 27, 2013 19:50:10 GMT 2
Damn me to hell, but I don't have a problem with big game hunting for sport. If we're talking about an endangered species or shooting something in a cage, that's one thing, but stalking something in its natural environment? Meh. Have a ball. Especially an animal that's capable of this, high-powered rifle or not:
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Post by trashcanman on Nov 28, 2013 1:16:25 GMT 2
Oh man, that was good stuff. Those motherfuckers were pretty lame, though, you've got to admit. That many of them, the kitty was practically stationary when they shot it in the back, it hesitated for a good while before charging, and they still almost got eaten? Fuck. They had no business being there, and it'd have served them right to die over something so stupid. Now this guy. This is the guy.
Dude had a stick and he was like "come get some!"
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Post by Ben on Nov 29, 2013 5:07:47 GMT 2
Oh man, I've seen that before but it never gets any less awesome. I also just thought of another video. This is an NFL defensive lineman hunting elk with a spear:
Sitting in a tree for three days waiting for something to come close enough for you to attack it is pretty impressive. On the other hand, the thing must have ran about a mile before it died. Firearms are definitely more humane.
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Post by trashcanman on Nov 29, 2013 15:23:56 GMT 2
Now harpooning an elk from a tree rates as hardcore. I might dispute whether he and a camera crew really sat in a tree together for three days, but who's to say he didn't? Dude's probably got plenty of time on his hands in the offseason.
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