More P.C. B.S.

[Pete McCluskey.]

Now it's illegal to kill a rat. UK celebs charged over Aussie rat meal

 

[Price Walton]

*facepalm*

 

[David Briggs]

Welcome to the New World Order!

 

[Chris P.]

Rats are people too!

 

[Pete McCluskey.]

Apparently it tasted delicious, reminds me of the movie "King Rat".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Rat_(film)

 

[Aaron L.]

so let me get this straight: you're allowed to eat cows, chickens, pigs, five and have hunting shows, but eating a rat is cruelty? I am speechless

 

[Pete McCluskey.]

Apparently what has upset the R.S.P.C.A. is that it was done for the cameras and was in fact a tame rat. It broke the code of conduct for use of animals in film.
Gotta go, my road kill Koala stew is boiling over!

 

[David Jackson]

The Tasmanian Tiger is extinct,the Tasmanian Devil is not far behind,the Koala and several other species are endangered,so what does the RSPCA choose to protect?,THE RAT.
Does this mean that from now on cooking shows will be all vegetarian?.

 

[Al Jones]

Geez - I'll have to send my Jack Russell Terrriers to a P C hunting class!

 

[Brian Hamilton]

Geez - I'll have to send my Jack Russell Terrriers to a P C hunting class!

See if they've got room for my cats, Dalmation, and Shih-Tzu. LOL

I see how they could have issue with it as breaking the law of use of animals on film, but if they were in the wild and showing survival techniques, I don't see how they broke any laws in killing an animal for sustenance. If that were the case, half of my town would be out of business as they are meat processors for wild game and taxidermists.

Political Correctness is just a crock of sh*t. This world has become a pus*ified version of it's former self. Wars are being fought by politicians, TV is ruling our education as well as our way of life rather than a tool for entertainment, and free speech is only free if it doesn't offend anyone.

*sigh*

What would our founding fathers say about the state of our country? I think they'd say something along the lines of...

"Wait, WHAT?!"

 

[Cliff Beer]

The real trouble with PC stuff is that if you speak out against its silliness publicly (in a forum more public, and less grounded than GT40s that is...) then some PC ass responds by targeting you (publicly) and applying a generally incorrect and inappropriate label to you individually. With the rat situation, you would be labeled an "animal hater" or some other equally idiotic label. And, the fact of the matter is that while there's a long line of people right behind you who feel exactly the same way, and would love to speak out similarly, they don't have the backbone or desire or energy to be targeted in that manner. For politicians this is particularly true - they don't want to risk losing votes by way of an opposing politician/party taking such PC-objecting statements out of context or twisting the meaning or being labed as a "[fill in the blank here]".

Thus, the PC clan has a disproportionately loud and prevalent voice, and we all just go along with it. To further compound the situation, the news media often picks up the PC-speak and telegraphs it in some way as "newsworthy," thereby giving it a degree of legitmacy. At some level it's really a sign of our collective weak character to not step up and be heard and object to this silly stuff. Just my $.02.

 

[Pete McCluskey.]

Brian and Cliff ditto. Hey Brian I went to a zoo once that turned out to have only one animal in it...........It was a Shih-Tzu.

Sorry the devil made me do it.:thumbsup:

 

[Daniel]

Woman In Peacock Killing Wants Jury Trial - Honolulu News Story - KITV Honolulu

Peacock killing trial postponed as Maloney dumps attorney - Hawaii News Now - KGMB and KHNL Home

The zoo in Waikiki has killed wild peacocks, hotels have poisoned doves (flying rats) to reduce population and nuisance, and hunters routinely use dogs to chase down wild pigs, and knives to slit their throats.

I'm curious as to what the jury will decide.

 

[Brian Hamilton]

Wild pigs and Javalina area nuisance here in Texas as well. People PAY to have hunters track down and kill them off. They're pretty good eating too. LOL I've heard of people using dogs to corner them and then shooting them, kicking them and breaking their necks, slitting their throats, stabbing them, etc. Haven't ever heard of a rancher suing the hunters for animal cruelty. I've heard them thank them and laugh over beers about how they dispatched each and every one of them.

Peacocks, have you ever had any of them around your house? They are the loudest and most annoying sounding bird in the world. We have people who keep them as pets and they escape their pens and come over to our place. Then they hang out with the horses. Every morning they make that God awful "AHYAAAH AHYAAAH!!" I was pretty close to 12 gauge blasting the one that adopted us more than a few times, but they're soooooo preeeetty!!! LOL It finally left though.

 

[Daniel]

We have a very bad feral pig problem here. Pigs have undermined my retailing wall and house footings, and basically bulldozed the property. We have shot several from the decks of the house. But there's something about a wild pig swimming away from hunters that made me want to try to save it from drowning. While tied to the boat, the pig got pulled under it when my wife accidently steered over the pig, the first time I was able to beat it on the chest and shake his head to get him to cough up the water and "revive" him. Unfortunately the second time the pig was not so lucky and ended up drowning. Rather than leave it to attract sharks, we motored to shore further up the coast and gave it to guy in the newspaper article.

This was a good lesson teaching my daughter not to believe everything (or anything) the paper prints. The hunters on shore could not say they were hunting since one had just gotten out of prison for shooting his friend and wasn't allowed to be in possession of any type of weapon. Remember I was leaning over the boat trying to hold the pig's head out of the water.

 

[Al Jones]

We have a very bad feral pig problem here. Pigs have undermined my retailing wall and house footings, and basically bulldozed the property. We have shot several from the decks of the house. But there's something about a wild pig swimming away from hunters that made me want to try to save it from drowning. While tied to the boat, the pig got pulled under it when my wife accidently steered over the pig, the first time I was able to beat it on the chest and shake his head to get him to cough up the water and "revive" him. Unfortunately the second time the pig was not so lucky and ended up drowning. Rather than leave it to attract sharks, we motored to shore further up the coast and gave it to guy in the newspaper article.....

Daniel - I'm stunned! I can't believe you would do such a thing! You let your wife DRIVE the boat? Just kidding.

 

[Brian Hamilton]

Wanna see some extremely UN-PC hog eradication?

Take into account the amount of damage each hog does, estimated at about $1400 per day it's alive running around. Then take into account that farmers and ranchers PAY for this service.

If you're an animal activist, don't watch this. If you hate hogs, check it out.

YouTube - Nueces Helicopter Pig Hunt (no music)

Laters,

Brian

 

[Daniel]

I wish that would work here in Hawaii but I am in a jungle setting so there's no open spaces the pigs run.