EPTJail for eating a live goldfish? - Page 6
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Voltaire
United States1485 Posts
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TaKaSkl
United States30 Posts
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Zambrah
United States7393 Posts
I'm willing to bet that whatever five year old it would have wound up with would have starved it to death anyways. | ||
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prplhz
Denmark8045 Posts
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nennx
United States310 Posts
Alright, so we don't need to punish murder either? Or rape? That's all fine, because most people won't do it, right? Seriously. We shouldn't need to punish for "animal murder" or "animal rape" unless its towards an animal you don't own yourself. Lets not mix up humans and animals here. | ||
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LilClinkin
Australia667 Posts
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Dali.
New Zealand689 Posts
On April 23 2012 19:26 SolHeiM wrote: It's not hypocritical. Killing animals humanely is fine in my eyes. Torture is not. There is a big difference between killing an animal quickly, and running after an animal with a rusty pick-axe, stabbing it every now and then and having it die several hours later form blood loss and exhaustion, even if you ate it afterwards. One of those scenarios is acceptable, because one is not based on torture and cruelty to animals for ones own amusement. Torture, or inhumane killings of any animals, like say dissolving a fish in acid for example, is disgusting. If the meat industry qualifies as humane then the actions within this video are humane. A man put a fish in his mouth, chomped it a couple times, then swallowed it. The fish was alive and well, suffered a brief moment of pain, then died. Compare that scenario to the use of "factory farming" eggs by use of battery cages (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_cage) or broilers (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broilers). I find the case in question to be of no significance when compared to the mentioned practices of large parts of the poultry/egg business. I thus adjust my 'outrage' accordingly. | ||
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Vivax
22207 Posts
If eating live things is forbidden, do it silently or don't do it at all. And yes, i find it disgusting.It's a way of entertaining people which i don't find ethical.You also don't feed living animals to snakes and such. To his defense however, he should pay a moderate fine. He won't do it again, so there's really no point of putting him into jail or something.Law is simply ridiculous at times, it should change behaviors, not just do something destructive with your life, lots of potential wasted. | ||
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Phustus
Canada81 Posts
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Kamakiri
Sweden312 Posts
To waste time arguing about how you should eat a goldfish, when 1000000 times more horrible things in the world is going on. Why don't we debate however kids that tears the wings of flies should be punished too? People should just get some perspective please. | ||
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killa_robot
Canada1884 Posts
On April 23 2012 18:29 EneMecH wrote: Unnecessary gratiutious cruelty and violence towards animals is what this is. @Above: are you really all missing the point that the goldfish drowns in acid while alive? Have you seen half the way animals kill each other in the wild? Nature is fucken cruel and sick if you actually look at what other animals do to each other. Why do you think the phrase "Damn nature, you scary", exists? | ||
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endy
Switzerland8970 Posts
On April 23 2012 18:16 Thylacine wrote: Louis has eaten alot of disgusting things, including raw pigs eyeballs, blended raw bulls testicle(and a solid one), blended mice and live tarantulas and put it on youtube, but none of those animals we're against the law to eat alive. Did the guy blend mice alive ? o.o | ||
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RandomPlayer
Russian Federation400 Posts
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xM(Z
Romania5299 Posts
On April 23 2012 19:42 killa_robot wrote: Have you seen half the way animals kill each other in the wild? Nature is fucken cruel and sick if you actually look at what other animals do to each other. Why do you think the phrase "Damn nature, you scary", exists? so you are an animal but only when it suits your purpose. very nice logic there. if animals do it, it's ok for humans to do it too. if animals don't do it, well ... fuck them, we're humans. we can do what we want because we're the superior race. | ||
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REDBLUEGREEN
Germany1904 Posts
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Thylacine
Sweden882 Posts
Hahahah, no ofcourse not. Now THAT would be sick. ^^ | ||
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killa_robot
Canada1884 Posts
On April 23 2012 19:49 xM(Z wrote: so you are an animal but only when it suits your purpose. very nice logic there. if animals do it, it's ok for humans to do it too. if animals don't do it, well ... fuck them, we're humans. we can do what we want because we're the superior race. .....What? Explain your point because I have no idea what you're trying to say. | ||
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Tobberoth
Sweden6375 Posts
On April 23 2012 18:45 SolHeiM wrote: No, you think some animals are worth less than others. That doesn't make it a fact, only your opinion. If you keep anything as a pet and are intentionally cruel to it, then yes I put you in the same category as the guy who are the live goldfish. Jailtime for killing insects, accidentally or not is not the same as torturing pets. Wrong, my very point is that some animals are not worth more than others. It's retarded people who say it's a huge difference between eating a pig and eating a dog, because dogs are pets... which is dumb, because pigs are pets as well, it's a difference idiots make up because they can't handle the fact that pigs are just as much alive as dogs are. Don't make a distinction based on animals being pets or not, they are just animals regardless. | ||
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Egyptian_Head
South Africa508 Posts
On April 23 2012 19:41 Cattivik wrote: If you wanna be an idiot in public, better think about what you're doing. If eating live things is forbidden, do it silently or don't do it at all. And yes, i find it disgusting.It's a way of entertaining people which i don't find ethical.You also don't feed living animals to snakes and such. To his defense however, he should pay a moderate fine. He won't do it again, so there's really no point of putting him into jail or something.Law is simply ridiculous at times, it should change behaviors, not just do something destructive with your life, lots of potential wasted. Err you do feed live animals to snakes... its pretty common. Eating a live goldfish is unnecessary but it is no worse than how we kill fish to eat them. Some people let them suffocate, one quick chop seems more humane to me. Some bash them on the head, still about the same level of humaneness as just biting it. Some put them on ice which some consider the most humane method, death by hyperthermia. Its a pick of quite bad options. There is no nice way to kill something. I don't see why biting the brain and smashing it with a blunt object should be different. Both can be messed up and go wrong. Both willl kill it quick. | ||
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Tobberoth
Sweden6375 Posts
On April 23 2012 19:41 Cattivik wrote: You also don't feed living animals to snakes and such. Uh, yes you do. Very much so. | ||
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