Anyone want a skunk?
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Computafreak wrote:
As a matter of fact, I did.
I'm glad to know that.
Computafreak wrote:
... it still seems inhumane to let a skunk starve to death in a trap, in pain.
I'm not a bunny-hugger; I care about human beings, not so much about animals. I don't *like* what I'm doing, but I'm not going near that thing.
Ilíon wrote:
I'm not a bunny-hugger; I care about human beings, not so much about animals. I don't *like* what I'm doing, but I'm not going near that thing.
Then I second this response. It isn't a matter of bunny-hugging, it's a matter of respecting animals. Unless you have some allergy to the chemicals that skunks produce, then it's your responsibility to help - you set the trap, and you saw that you caught the wrong animal. It would take only five minutes (I'm guessing) to release the trap, and the only offence would be to your sense of smell.
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It's strictly take-away, mind you. I'm not going near it! I set a live-trap, hoping to catch one of the raccoons. There is a skunk in the trap ... and I live in the middle of a city of 50,000. I hate the idea of causing an animal to suffer, but it's just going to have to die before I'll go near the trap.
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Mycroft Holmes wrote:
shoot the poor bloody thing
I was present once when a farmer shot a skunk. Wow, did that turn out to be the wrong answer. :laugh: Nobody could stand to get within 50 yards of it for several days.
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To trap an animal and then let it starve to death because you are too afraid or lazy or stupid to do something about it is despicable.
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Tim Craig wrote:
you dumb f***ing redneck a**hole.
So, since you so obviously different that me, I guess you must be a sophisticated city slicker asswipe?
Even when I was a partially educated hick living in Ohio, I knew how to treat animals. In fact, I had a pet skunk. All I did was grow up and get away from knuckle draggers like you. Call Animal Control or something since you seem to live in a fucking city, shithead.
You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
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Just put a posting on craigslist for a free "cat". It's been my experience that anything you put on there marked free will be gone within 15 minutes. Doesn't seem to matter if it's anything of value or not.
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pelnor wrote:
Just put a posting on craigslist for a free "cat". It's been my experience that anything you put on there marked free will be gone within 15 minutes. Doesn't seem to matter if it's anything of value or not.
Is that how your parents got you? :|
You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
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Computafreak wrote:
As a matter of fact, I did.
I'm glad to know that.
Computafreak wrote:
... it still seems inhumane to let a skunk starve to death in a trap, in pain.
I'm not a bunny-hugger; I care about human beings, not so much about animals. I don't *like* what I'm doing, but I'm not going near that thing.
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It's strictly take-away, mind you. I'm not going near it! I set a live-trap, hoping to catch one of the raccoons. There is a skunk in the trap ... and I live in the middle of a city of 50,000. I hate the idea of causing an animal to suffer, but it's just going to have to die before I'll go near the trap.
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It's strictly take-away, mind you. I'm not going near it! I set a live-trap, hoping to catch one of the raccoons. There is a skunk in the trap ... and I live in the middle of a city of 50,000. I hate the idea of causing an animal to suffer, but it's just going to have to die before I'll go near the trap.
What a surprise - you proclaim yourself to be a 'true Christian', yet as soon as any effort is involved, suddenly the Bible isn't good enough for you.
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It's strictly take-away, mind you. I'm not going near it! I set a live-trap, hoping to catch one of the raccoons. There is a skunk in the trap ... and I live in the middle of a city of 50,000. I hate the idea of causing an animal to suffer, but it's just going to have to die before I'll go near the trap.
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Critter's probably dead by now, but you didn't think to call the city's animal control why? This is the kind of crap they deal with, and if it's already caged all the better than having to chase it down.
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Even when I was a partially educated hick living in Ohio, I knew how to treat animals. In fact, I had a pet skunk. All I did was grow up and get away from knuckle draggers like you. Call Animal Control or something since you seem to live in a fucking city, shithead.
You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
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Ilion, I've mostly refrained from making any personal attacks, but allowing an animal, yes even a skunk, starve to death because you are too concerned for you sense of smell puts you in the class of truly selfish bastards. As has been said, you set the trap, take responsibility for your actions, deal with the consequences.
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Mycroft Holmes wrote:
Ilion, I've mostly refrained from making any personal attacks ....
So I've mostly noticed. :rolleyes:
Mycroft Holmes wrote:
... but allowing an animal, yes even a skunk, starve to death because you are too concerned for you sense of smell puts you in the class of truly selfish bastards.
Do you have any idea what in the hell you're talking about?
Mycroft Holmes wrote:
As has been said, you set the trap, take responsibility for your actions, deal with the consequences.
I set the trap for raccoons. And even if I *had* let the skunk die slowly, I was not denying anything.
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Mycroft Holmes wrote:
shoot the poor bloody thing
I was present once when a farmer shot a skunk. Wow, did that turn out to be the wrong answer. :laugh: Nobody could stand to get within 50 yards of it for several days.
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I did shoot this thing the next morning. Withing minutes, the whole house was engulfed with the stench, which remained almost unbearable for several hours, into the afternoon. And, even the next day, I could still smell it (and, at the basement door, where the skunk was, the stench was strong for days).
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Ilíon wrote:
I don't *like* what I'm doing, but I'm not going near that thing
Then I second the "a**hole" comment. Call your local SPA - you caught it, you have a responsibility for it's welfare, whether you like it or not.
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Ilíon wrote:
I care about human beings
No, you don't. You don't care about anything but your own stupid ego. Get a clue, dumb fuck.
You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
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Just put a posting on craigslist for a free "cat". It's been my experience that anything you put on there marked free will be gone within 15 minutes. Doesn't seem to matter if it's anything of value or not.
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OriginalGriff wrote:
Then I second the "a**hole" comment. Call your local SPA
Well, 2nd asswipe, you *clearly* have no idea how pointless that is. Why not shut your trap until you know what you're talking about.
It took you a week to come up with that witty rejoinder? Stupid, as well as cruel and self-centred.
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pelnor wrote:
Just put a posting on craigslist for a free "cat". It's been my experience that anything you put on there marked free will be gone within 15 minutes. Doesn't seem to matter if it's anything of value or not.
Is that how your parents got you? :|
You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
Tim Craig wrote:
pelnor: Just put a posting on craigslist for a free "cat". It's been my experience that anything you put on there marked free will be gone within 15 minutes. Doesn't seem to matter if it's anything of value or not. Asswipe: Is that how your parents got you?
What is it about people like you? Why do you sort always assume that the sordid details of your pathetic lives must be transferable to others' (or that we want to know those sordid details)?
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Chuck cage complete with skunk into 44 gallon drum of water. No the most humane solution but better than letting it starve.
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Josh Gray wrote:
Chuck cage complete with skunk into 44 gallon drum of water. No the most humane solution but better than letting it starve.
You're not paying attention, are you? This is a skunk! The issue was not killing it, but getting near it. Aside from the fact that I could never *drown* an animal, even if I could bring myself to do such a horrible thing, I'd still have to get personally acquainted with the skunk.
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What a surprise - you proclaim yourself to be a 'true Christian', yet as soon as any effort is involved, suddenly the Bible isn't good enough for you.
