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People are a bunch of whiners. I'm all for making everyone feel loved and encouraging people to succeed without a doubt. but that doesn't mean you are entitled to it. People are also getting to be a bunch of sissies. no one wants anyone's feelings to be hurt. people can't stand an animal getting hurt (its a living animal. ohohhhhh its SO important then.). I say there are too many people starving in the world for people to get all worked up about animal rights. I really liked ecology behavior adn evolution major, but ichanged my major to human bio because how can you ask people to take care of the environment if they barely manage to take care of themselves? HOWEVER, that doesn't excuse wealthy americans. yes i think people are more important than animals, but that doesn't mean your lazy ass shouldn't recycle, or dig up oil so you can drive your stupid ass SUV on the "untamed" and rough streets of .... san diego!! People need to toughen up but not just step on everyone else too.
oh- and i was always one of those sorry kids picked last for sports teams but i'm not fucked up because of it. i was lousy at dodgeball too, but it was fun! let kids play dodgeball in school, its good to learn to deal with hits to your self-esteem sometimes. not too much obviously, but defnitely some.
anyways, the story that incited the rant :
(dude, get a grip people. its a SNAKE. not Fluffy your childhood kitty.why do we feel sorry for it? -unless you are buddhist, but then again buddhists aren't as in your face because to each thier own mistake- and real people need jobs to get real food). in ghana they all simply kill snakes on site! they HATE snakes. should we arrest the whole country for animal abuse. or is just killing it better than torture?)
BBC: "charmers marched to the building in state capital, Bhubaneshwar, in protest at a government crackdown on their profession.
In recent months, wildlife officials have seized hundreds of snakes, releasing them into forests.
The charmers want to keep their jobs until alternative work is found.
Torture claim
Hundreds of snake charmers, displaying their snakes, took part in the march to the state assembly.
Police halted them a few hundred metres from the building.
The charmers demand an end to the crackdown
A delegation of snake charmers then met Chief Minister Navin Patnaik and presented a memorandum containing a list of demands.
They included an immediate halt to the crackdown against them and permission to carry out their traditional occupation till they were provided an alternative source of livelihood.
The protesters were mostly from the snake charmers' village of Padmakesharpur on the outskirts of Bhubaneshwar.
Wildlife officials and activists allege that snake charmers torture the snakes, a charge the charmers deny.
A non-governmental organisation, the Peoples' Rights Forum, supporting the snake charmers, says there cannot be a blanket ban on catching snakes."
(i strongly support the People's rights NGO on this topic....although i know very little else aobut them)
oh- and i was always one of those sorry kids picked last for sports teams but i'm not fucked up because of it. i was lousy at dodgeball too, but it was fun! let kids play dodgeball in school, its good to learn to deal with hits to your self-esteem sometimes. not too much obviously, but defnitely some.
anyways, the story that incited the rant :
(dude, get a grip people. its a SNAKE. not Fluffy your childhood kitty.why do we feel sorry for it? -unless you are buddhist, but then again buddhists aren't as in your face because to each thier own mistake- and real people need jobs to get real food). in ghana they all simply kill snakes on site! they HATE snakes. should we arrest the whole country for animal abuse. or is just killing it better than torture?)
BBC: "charmers marched to the building in state capital, Bhubaneshwar, in protest at a government crackdown on their profession.
In recent months, wildlife officials have seized hundreds of snakes, releasing them into forests.
The charmers want to keep their jobs until alternative work is found.
Torture claim
Hundreds of snake charmers, displaying their snakes, took part in the march to the state assembly.
Police halted them a few hundred metres from the building.
The charmers demand an end to the crackdown
A delegation of snake charmers then met Chief Minister Navin Patnaik and presented a memorandum containing a list of demands.
They included an immediate halt to the crackdown against them and permission to carry out their traditional occupation till they were provided an alternative source of livelihood.
The protesters were mostly from the snake charmers' village of Padmakesharpur on the outskirts of Bhubaneshwar.
Wildlife officials and activists allege that snake charmers torture the snakes, a charge the charmers deny.
A non-governmental organisation, the Peoples' Rights Forum, supporting the snake charmers, says there cannot be a blanket ban on catching snakes."
(i strongly support the People's rights NGO on this topic....although i know very little else aobut them)