Cecil the Lion

[keefe]

Some entrepreneur in MN will likely start sellin' tee shirts that say, "I Survived Bein' Dr. Palmer's Patient," ai na?

Doc,

I understand you hunted fur bearing creatures back when there still were fur bearing creatures...

[4everwarriors]

Damn straight I did and very successfully, I might add. Havin' said that, would love to turn back the hands of time and chase the 2 legged deer now roamin' the Ave., hey?

[keefe]

Damn straight I did and very successfully, I might add. Havin' said that, would love to turn back the hands of time and chase the 2 legged deer now roamin' the Ave., hey?

Nothing like sinking your teeth into fresh kill. Back in our day a hunter needed to pack in a pair of zircon-encrusted tweezers. Today's sportsman has little need for such accoutrement.

[4everwarriors]

That's what I'm hearin',  too, hey?

[keefe]

That's what I'm hearin',  too, hey?

You should know, Doc. I'll bet the number of hunters coming into your shop to get fur out of their gums has decreased markedly since the '70's.

[real chili 83]

Someone kills someone in Chicago, it gets a small blurb on the news. Someone kills a lion in Africa and everyone losses their crap. LOGIC

Earlier this week two young men in Minneapolis were shot in cold blood. They were very recent first generation African immigrants.  Barely made the news here. No one knows their name.

Mark Dayton could comment on Cecil, but not this.

[naginiF]

Earlier this week two young men in Minneapolis were shot in cold blood. They were very recent first generation African immigrants.  Barely made the news here. No one knows their name.

Mark Dayton could comment on Cecil, but not this.

You're both right....BUT the killing of the lion brings something the Minneapolis and Chicago killings cant possibly bring.  A villain that nobody can defend and everyone can detest.  As a culture we rarely have a common enemy any more and people are reveling in it.

Nobody approves of murder but the causes/influences/blames of those murders bring one or multiple of the following into the conversation, race-gun control-oppression-immegration-government.  We can't agree on any of those so a) the conversation gets old and b) quite frankly the news of these murders gets old.

I'm offended by both but not outraged and i've started asking those that are outraged to turn their outrage into action and not just words on social media.

[GooooMarquette]

Because we don't. Theres a million things way more terrible in this world then this, but were getting upset over a lion. It's a lion.

Speak for yourself.  Lots of us here have the capacity to get upset about many things, and likewise happy about many things...all at the same time.

I'm not happy about the lion, or the recent spate of killings by police, or human trafficking, or the Iran nuclear deal, or the lack of any meaningful gun control in the U.S.  I could list many others, but hopefully you get the point.

[4everwarriors]

You should know, Doc. I'll bet the number of hunters coming into your shop to get fur out of their gums has decreased markedly since the '70's.

Definitely, muck divin' ain't what it used to be, hey?

[naginiF]

Definitely, muck divin' ain't bet'rn what it used to be, hey?

FIFY

[real chili 83]

Remind us old married farts what muck divin' is. 

[keefe]

Definitely, muck divin' ain't what it used to be, hey?

We were raised to hunt in the bush, Doc. Today's younger sportsmen simply don't know what wild game tastes like.

[ATWizJr]

Chicagoans aren't as cute and furry as lions.

   

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[StillAWarrior]

Last night at a gathering with friends...

Person No. 1, "Someone is probably going to kill that guy who killed Cecil."
Person No. 2, "Good!"


As a guest at someone else's home, and in an effort to help preserve a peaceful atmosphere on a beautiful summer evening, I bit my tongue.  I personally can't comprehend why someone would want to kill an animal like that, but people who think death is an appropriate penalty for killing an animal are really screwed up.  Not that it will come as a surprise to any of you, but Person No. 2 is a vegan.

 

[keefe]

Definitely, muck divin' ain't what it used to be, hey?

From what I a told muff diving has become skin diving...

[ChicosBailBonds]

Last night at a gathering with friends...

Person No. 1, "Someone is probably going to kill that guy who killed Cecil."
Person No. 2, "Good!"


As a guest at someone else's home, and in an effort to help preserve a peaceful atmosphere on a beautiful summer evening, I bit my tongue.  I personally can't comprehend why someone would want to kill an animal like that, but people who think death is an appropriate penalty for killing an animal are really screwed up.  Not that it will come as a surprise to any of you, but Person No. 2 is a vegan.

I had a similar encounter yesterday with one of my millenials on staff.  She's from Wisconsin, very left wing, anti-death penalty type.  She said she hopes someone kills this guy.  I asked her, aren't you against the death penalty, and for gun control, etc, etc?  She said yes, but she can make an exception.  So I asked her the obvious, so the guy that goes into the theater and kills a bunch of innocent people shouldn't get the death penalty, but the guy that LEGALLY killed this lion should be killed? 

To her credit she said, "yeah, I know that's f'd up"

[Galway Eagle]

Last night at a gathering with friends...

Person No. 1, "Someone is probably going to kill that guy who killed Cecil."
Person No. 2, "Good!"


As a guest at someone else's home, and in an effort to help preserve a peaceful atmosphere on a beautiful summer evening, I bit my tongue.  I personally can't comprehend why someone would want to kill an animal like that, but people who think death is an appropriate penalty for killing an animal are really screwed up.  Not that it will come as a surprise to any of you, but Person No. 2 is a vegan.

I agree. Some people have said he should be hunted it's disgusting I'm really against game hunting but it shouldn't be death penalty. It's like that one college cheerleader who shot the leopard or rhino or something and people were saying she should be raped etc I think people make impulse threats when they see something revolting.

[4everwarriors]

I had a similar encounter yesterday with one of my millenials on staff.  She's from Wisconsin, very left wing, anti-death penalty type.  She said she hopes someone kills this guy.  I asked her, aren't you against the death penalty, and for gun control, etc, etc?  She said yes, but she can make an exception.  So I asked her the obvious, so the guy that goes into the theater and kills a bunch of innocent people shouldn't get the death penalty, but the guy that LEGALLY killed this lion should be killed? 

To her credit she said, "yeah, I know that's f'd up"

Bet she drinks beer straight outta the bottle, too, hey?

[🏀]

Curious the uproar about Cecil while barely a whimper about Planned Parenthood selling body parts of the unborn.

  For many years my friends and I would trailer our dogs out to places in the West and Midwest to bird hunt. We would employ guides who obtained ranches and farms where we could enjoy the dog work and harvest some mighty good eating.  We were entirely in their hands as to where we could legally be. But rest assured we were all up-to-date on what the local laws were and abided by them. I assume  the guy paid the professional guides to provide a legal hunt .  If he is dodgy then he deserves all the criticism coming to him.

Because that simply isn't true?

[GGGG]

Al Jazeera America ‏@ajam  3m3 minutes ago
Opinion: ‘Cecil who?’ Zimbabweans ask http://alj.am/z35f  via @wamagaisa

http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/8/cecil-who-zimbabweans-ask.html?utm_content=opinion&utm_campaign=ajam&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow

"The Zimbabwean reaction on social media was mixed and reflected conflicting sentiments. Many were outraged. Others were skeptical about the international media coverage of the story. Zimbabwe is going through serious economic challenges. Most people have pressing needs — food, shelter and employment. Thousands of workers have been laid off after a Supreme Court judgment earlier this month that allows companies to terminate workers without offering severance packages. Itai Dzamara, a Zimbabwean democracy activist, has been missing for more than four months. His family, friends and sympathizers are worried about his safety and whereabouts. Unlike Cecil’s story, Dzamara’s has not received much international coverage."

[Blackhat]

I'm hearing Cecil's bro may have bit the big one too.

We may have lion-gedon on the streets of mke now.  #mkelion

[warriorchick]

I'm hearing Cecil's bro may have bit the big one too.

We may have lion-gedon on the streets of mke now.  #mkelion

Nope.  Still alive and not his brother:

http://gawker.com/jericho-the-lion-is-still-alive-isnt-cecils-brother-1721595898

[ChicosBailBonds]

[4everwarriors]

Crean sucks

[keefe]

Jams

If a cop goes hunting is he confused by zebras?

I'll hang up and listen to your response.