Crocodiles terrorizing Africa...
Apparently, due to overfishing of local waters, crocodiles have taken to eating people in record numbers. Maybe, they aren't quite clear on that, but they say it's possible and there was much nodding.
Normally this would just be a nice starting point for a conversation with a vegetarian/vegan on the dichotomy of not eating something that has no problem with eating you, but luckily this stuck out at me:
"A professional hunter, Hassen has shot an astounding 17,000 crocodiles over the past 40 years in Malawi.
He once did it for commercial reasons -- sometimes shooting as many as 800 in a season for their skins -- but he now just shoots a few "because I feel I owe something to the communities where I got my start."
He's actually saying he takes time out of his busy schedule to go back and kill a few just to help out. Lovely.
Posted by drunkenbatmanJanuary 27, 2005, at 05:55 AM
> And do endeavor to appear sane.
I'm having a Don Quixote moment.
Actually I'm here because I see a place to pick on Vegans and while they don't all pick on Vegans, I do have some animal/food related quotes I need to get out of my system.
- I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian because I hate plants.
- If we're not supposed to eat animals, why are they made of meat?
- You won't kill animals, yet you have no problems ripping the head off of a cabbage?
- Red meat is not bad for you. Fuzzy green meat is.
- Eat more chikin
And lastly the every popular "Save a tree. Eat a beaver.". Warning, do not accidentally attach that one to a signature and then send it to your boss (Or really anyone else who doesn't have a sense of humor). Not that I know of anyone who has done that...