Originally Posted by Jel (Post 20538153)

If he was some kind of good-hearted benefactor that should be seen as 'what a great guy!' he would have donated some money without having an innate desire to only hand that money over if he gets the thrill of killing a live creature that like it or not, *is* different to killing an ant, or a cow, or a chicken. Some of the arguments from both sides of the fence on this one are fucking hilarious, and while I can see that yes, sometimes culling is necessary, so why not earn some $$$ from that procedure by charging someone to do the culling - there are still nuances that mean not every cull instance is the same.

I think the bloke is a cunt what with the posing next to a dead rhino, and the other pics that have surfaced, as far as I know though those ones were in fact legit and *did* help pump money into the larger scheme. So him being the kind of cunt that gets off on eg killing a rhino = hey, some cunts wil part with pretty decent money so let's utilise that.

This lion instance is different, and at first I also thought it was a big fuss over the 'normal' procedure, until I read more. I can't knock someone for being a cunt, mostly due to me being one in a ton of other areas, but if the bloke broke the law as well at the same time, well that's tough shit on him and he should (and obviously is) feeling the consequences. As usual though, people are going off in all sorts of tangents and unrelated side-arguments on both sides.

Has he done more for conservation that 99.99% of the people pissed at him? Well yes, but if I treat 35 consecutive girlfriends fantastically, restore their faith in men, share great experiences with them, get on well even after splitting up, then go and rape a woman, does that make the rape ok? Of course it doesn't, so all this 'but he did this other thing in some other instance' bollocks is... well, bollocks.

Originally Posted by baddog (Post 20539123)

So, you tell me; if the experts at World Wildlife don't say their endangered, who should we listen to? The experts on GFY?

Originally Posted by jscott (Post 20538131)

He's playing dumb about not knowing they were luring him? So he went out tracking the lion and found/killed him? man :Oh crap

Killing an animal for own entertainment, cutting off the head, and skinning it.... isnt that bad enough? :disgust

The guy is a known animal-related (and sexual harrassment) criminial!

Originally Posted by Jel (Post 20540218)

I'm sure you have the brains to be outraged by both, no? the whole 'but xyz is happening elsewhere' is such a retarded argument (not calling you a retard btw, I always enjoy your posts) - it's like really? So I must ONLY be concerned with the 'winner' of what the 'bad things' contest is?

wars schmars, how about people who die of hunger? doesn't that trump war, so we therefore shouldn't give a fuck about wars either? child abuse - that has to be a contender for Hall of Fame - but wait, child SEXUAL abuse, that's the winner surely? or is it that cases of child murder mean child sexual abuse is null and void in what to care about?

Man I'm so confused, and all I wanted to do was give a fuck about something that I personally wanted to give a fuck about :Oh crap

Originally Posted by Jel (Post 20540218)

I'm sure you have the brains to be outraged by both, no? the whole 'but xyz is happening elsewhere' is such a retarded argument (not calling you a retard btw, I always enjoy your posts) - it's like really? So I must ONLY be concerned with the 'winner' of what the 'bad things' contest is?

wars schmars, how about people who die of hunger? doesn't that trump war, so we therefore shouldn't give a fuck about wars either? child abuse - that has to be a contender for Hall of Fame - but wait, child SEXUAL abuse, that's the winner surely? or is it that cases of child murder mean child sexual abuse is null and void in what to care about?

Man I'm so confused, and all I wanted to do was give a fuck about something that I personally wanted to give a fuck about :Oh crap

Originally Posted by nico-t (Post 20540261)

i know, i am just getting tired the media jumps on specific incidents completely ignoring other bad shit in the world because that isn't sensational enough. Ofcourse this guy is an asshole. But i bet CNN is airing 24/7 about it.

Even better example is the kids in the pool incident. Huge uproar, for what? For some kids in a pool and a stressed out cop. Easy target for media to make it a black-white thing once again, which they know scores in the USA. And idiots all fall for it.

Or when something like the white redneck guy who shot up those black people happens. Somehow media spins it that in the end, the discussion is about... a flag. A flag! Psycho kills people and the media manages to brainwash the masses that they eventually all argue about a fucking flag. You cannot come up with this shit. Anyway i'm going way past the point so carry on! :1orglaugh