Thread: America and pet laws..

Originally Posted by Beanflicker

I'll have to check that doc out.

Just as a warning....once seen, you can't UN-see it. Those cat people are strange.

Cat Dancers (TV Movie 200 - IMDb

There's the IMDB link to the documentary so you can find it

Originally Posted by Beanflicker

Originally Posted by VictorCharlie

I wouldn't want to own a tiger etc but I also don't think it is any of my business and frankly dumb people owning dangerous animals culls the herd a bit.

I think it would be your business if you lived anywhere near it, because there's always a threat of the animal escaping and fucking shit up.

And when the animal does eventually end up fucking someone up, it's not just the owner that suffers - this magestic animal that belongs in a fucking jungle anyway gets killed.

Oh we are going to play the "what if" game. Well what if monkies fly out of my ass and attack you? This is a lot of hand wringing over nothing. There is almost no threat of a me being attacked by a wild animal so while I wouldn't own one I don't feel the need to go run to the gov't to make sure other people can't own them. Until the time comes where lions and tiger and bears oh my are attacking people with any type of frequency and regularity I think I'll just mind my own business. You should too.

alcohol and tobacco has killed and will kill more people than wild animals or wild animals kept as pets. And alcohol and tobacco are heavily regulated.....still doesn't keep people from making moonshine which also probably kills more people than exotic pets. Guns are heavily regulated and it doesn't keep people from stealing them, acquiring them illegally, and killing other people.


Laws don't always do what they are intended to do. Also laws don't make people free or safe, laws take away freedoms and in some cases make the world LESS safe (see prohibition of alcohol and of illegal drugs)

Humans are animals.

If I lived in America I should have the right to keep one as a pet?

Originally Posted by Fenster

Humans are animals.

If I lived in America I should have the right to keep one as a pet?

Only if they're a midget.......sorry "dwarf"

Originally Posted by VictorCharlie

Oh we are going to play the "what if" game. Well what if monkies fly out of my ass and attack you? This is a lot of hand wringing over nothing. There is almost no threat of a me being attacked by a wild animal so while I wouldn't own one I don't feel the need to go run to the gov't to make sure other people can't own them. Until the time comes where lions and tiger and bears oh my are attacking people with any type of frequency and regularity I think I'll just mind my own business. You should too.

The "what if" game? Are you actually telling me that some average joe meathead owning one of the most effective, dangerous killing machines on the planet in a residential neighbourhood shouldn't be anyone's concern? I shouldn't have questions as to whether or not said meathead can properly contain a tiger? And I shouldn't have concerns about the animal's well being?

Bears and tigers don't attack people with any type of frequency because the average joe doesn't own these types of animals with any type of frequency.

I love the "reactive vs proactive" attitude, too: "we know it's dangerous and potentially tragic, but let's wait until some real bad shit happens before we do anything about it. And I'm not talking a few tragedies, I want tragedy to happen on a consistent basis before I start caring". Jesus Christ…

I'm all for personal liberty. I think all narcotics should be legal to use. You wanna shoot yourself up with heroin until you get gangrene and they have to cut off your arm? Be my guest. You wanna eat shitty foods until you're 800lbs and can't get out of your bed? Knock yourself out.

You want put others safety and the animal's well being at risk by owning an undomesticated killing machine that's going to be miserable? Go fuck yourself.

Originally Posted by El Kabong

Originally Posted by Fenster

Humans are animals.

If I lived in America I should have the right to keep one as a pet?

Only if they're a midget.......sorry "dwarf"

I don't want a midget I want a big strong human. If I have the right to own any animal I have the right to own him.

Let people do what makes them happy so long as it doesn't detract from your natural rights....what is so difficult about that?

Originally Posted by El Kabong

alcohol and tobacco has killed and will kill more people than wild animals or wild animals kept as pets. And alcohol and tobacco are heavily regulated.....still doesn't keep people from making moonshine which also probably kills more people than exotic pets.

Yeah but come on, can you really compare the number of people who use alcohol and/or tobacco with the number of people who own dangerous exotic pets?

People ALWAYS bring up these statistics. I hate flying, and people always bring up that cliched "ya know, you're more likely to get in a car crash than a plane crash". Yeah no shit, I drive a lot more than I fly. That doesn't ease my mind because I still know that if the plane goes down, there's going to be maybe half a minute of pure terror and despair followed by a horrible death. Give me the statistics on how many people survive plane crashes as opposed to car crashes.

Last year, more people were killed in fist fights than flame throwers, bazookas and atomic bombs combined. Does that mean someone's fist is more dangerous?

Originally Posted by Fenster

Let people do what makes them happy so long as it doesn't detract from your natural rights....what is so difficult about that?

See ownership of a human infringes on that person's natural rights....cute choice to go with that as your argument though


Beanflicker, you're more likely to survive a plane crash than not...so there's that

The "what if" game? Are you actually telling me that some average joe meathead
owning one of the most effective, dangerous killing machines on the planet in a
residential neighbourhood shouldn't be anyone's concern? I shouldn't have
questions as to whether or not said meathead can properly contain a tiger? And I
shouldn't have concerns about the animal's well being?

I'm saying you are making a huge deal about something that simply isn't a big deal. If you are going to ask the gov't to make a law telling people how they should/should not live their life then it should be over something important and meaningful. This isn't. Get back to me when being mauled by a wild animal is a real concern for even 1% of Americans.

I love the "reactive vs proactive" attitude, too: "we know it's dangerous and
potentially tragic, but let's wait until some real bad shit happens before we do
anything about it. And I'm not talking a few tragedies, I want tragedy to happen
on a consistent basis before I start caring". Jesus Christ…

Being proactive for the sake of being proactive leads to bad laws.

Just to lighten the mood in here....

Originally Posted by El Kabong

Originally Posted by Beanflicker

I'll have to check that doc out.

Just as a warning....once seen, you can't UN-see it. Those cat people are strange.

Cat Dancers (TV Movie 200 - IMDb

There's the IMDB link to the documentary so you can find it

Wish i could watch that.

Link wont play documentary.

Originally Posted by imp

Originally Posted by El Kabong

Originally Posted by Beanflicker

I'll have to check that doc out.

Just as a warning....once seen, you can't UN-see it. Those cat people are strange.

Cat Dancers (TV Movie 200 - IMDb

There's the IMDB link to the documentary so you can find it

Wish i could watch that.

Link wont play documentary.

It's not a link to the actual movie but just a link to the imdb page of the documentary so people can find it via Netflix or what have you

Originally Posted by El Kabong

Originally Posted by imp

Originally Posted by El Kabong

Originally Posted by Beanflicker

I'll have to check that doc out.

Just as a warning....once seen, you can't UN-see it. Those cat people are strange.

Cat Dancers (TV Movie 200 - IMDb

There's the IMDB link to the documentary so you can find it

Wish i could watch that.

Link wont play documentary.

It's not a link to the actual movie but just a link to the imdb page of the documentary so people can find it via Netflix or what have you

Yes i have netflix on virgin.

I will try a bit later.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by FinitoElDinamita

After investigation, police found out that somebody in the neighborhood had kept a baby alligator as a pet but when it got too big and hard to maintain, he released it into the lake.

Are you sure it was an alligator and not a crocodile?

They're quite easy to tell apart ....... One sees you later, the other sees you in a while.