Chef Jim Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 A gorilla has to die because of some stupid kid. They couldn't risk using tranq darts because if the kid dies or gets hurt, they get sued for not acting faster. No a gorilla died because **** happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 #blacktwitter was blaming white privilege for the gorilla getting killed - and then it turned out the kid is black. Unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 terrible story all around-- just thankful the kid is okay. By the way, bet you his family sues the zoo. I don't see how the zoo is liable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpberr Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 I think crowd hysteria and a zoo director freaking out led to this conclusion. I'm just really surprised the "protocol" for this type of situation happening at a zoo is for said zoo to shoot the animal dead. If that's the contingency plan, can't wait to see the inspired choices for the poisonous snakes or the owl cage. If I'm the zoo, I'd sue the parents. On some level their lack of parenting skills led to the reluctant destruction of property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 (edited) I think crowd hysteria and a zoo director freaking out led to this conclusion. I'm just really surprised the "protocol" for this type of situation happening at a zoo is for said zoo to shoot the animal dead. If that's the contingency plan, can't wait to see the inspired choices for the poisonous snakes or the owl cage. If I'm the zoo, I'd sue the parents. On some level their lack of parenting skills led to the reluctant destruction of property. It's a tragedy for all parties concerned. There will be no lawsuit by anyone. Too damned litigious these days! Edited May 30, 2016 by 26CornerBlitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSNBDSC Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 I'd point to a parent or guardian before a 4 year old. Yup Stayin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 There's an online petition for CPS to investigate the parents...https://www.change.org/p/cincinnati-zoo-justice-for-harambe It's just not going to happen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 I dictate that I'd kill a thousand gorillas to save a single human life. Only for my family's life. Other lives I wouldn't care about. I wonder if the mom could have jumped in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Moronic parenting is at an epidemic level spreading around the world. What makes these idiot parents even more criminally negligent is that they delayed notifying the police because they were afraid that they would be in trouble. These people make a good case for being an advocate of forced sterilization. http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/30/asia/japan-boy-woods/?iid=ob_lockedrail_topeditorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 (edited) The choice was saving the life of a human vs. saving the life of an animal. Not sure why this is so difficult for so many. well, i'd have shot the mom. of course you have to shoot the gorilla to kill. its the only option. but it's bull **** and the mom needs punished. I don't see how the zoo is liable. hell yeah they are. not having proper security to keep the child from falling in. not having proper security to keep the gorilla away from the moat correctly. not having a proper response that now gave the child and mother great mental stress. if you've been to a great zoo and to a bad zoo you see the differences. edit: i'm not calling cincinatti zoo a bad zoo. in fact, it is one of the top zoos in the country and is the best zoo in ohio (which is saying a lot because ohio has 3 of the top zoos in the country's top 25 - toledo, columbus, cinci). nc zoo is usually ocnsidered top 20. Edited May 31, 2016 by Boyst62 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Moronic parenting is at an epidemic level spreading around the world. What makes these idiot parents even more criminally negligent is that they delayed notifying the police because they were afraid that they would be in trouble. These people make a good case for being an advocate of forced sterilization. http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/30/asia/japan-boy-woods/?iid=ob_lockedrail_topeditorial Moronic parenting videos are spreading. I could have jumped into any one of a million cages in the Buffalo zoo in the 1970s when my parents were letting me roam pretty free. I just didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GottaRun Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 I dictate that I'd kill a thousand gorillas to save a single human life. Them lousy apes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 A gorilla has to die because of some stupid kid. They couldn't risk using tranq darts because if the kid dies or gets hurt, they get sued for not acting faster. Ummmm........it's a zoo.......gorilla wasn't really "living"......... it was being kept animate for human observation/entertainment......because zoos....like restaurants........ are about people......not the animals. Save some DNA and re-print Magilla when the cost of the ink goes down. In other news.......Doug Whaley says animals aren't meant to live in zoos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/31/ricky-gervais-joins-backlash-over-shooting-of-harambe-the-gorill/ Everyone has literally lost their minds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/31/ricky-gervais-joins-backlash-over-shooting-of-harambe-the-gorill/ Everyone has literally lost their minds. Picture is not a depiction of safety Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corp000085 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/31/ricky-gervais-joins-backlash-over-shooting-of-harambe-the-gorill/ Everyone has literally lost their minds. I wonder what these people's reactions would have been had the gorilla killed the boy. It's a bad situation all around, but I'd much rather the headline be what it is rather than the other outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 well, i'd have shot the mom. of course you have to shoot the gorilla to kill. its the only option. but it's bull **** and the mom needs punished. You wouldn't have shot the mom. You're just saying that for a reaction like the scores of other attention whores on the Internet. Why should the mom be punished? I'll admit, I haven't looked, but I haven't heard any details about how the mom lost track of the boy - nor have I heard how he got down there. Obviously, she didn't see him going down there ... but I have to think it's likely that at least one adult did. What about the people who (possibly) looked the other way? Were they just "minding their own business?" This is just so typical of our judgmental/know it all society. People get pissed when parents use those leashes on their children; the same people get pissed when a parent loses track of their child. And about 99.9% of the time, those judging have zero details. Your logic says that every parent of a child who's gone missing should be punished. That's dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Your logic says that every parent of a child who's gone missing should be punished. That's dumb. If you open the link below I'm confident you will agree that these criminally negligent parents should be punished. http://www.cnn.com/2...il_topeditorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 If you open the link below I'm confident you will agree that these criminally negligent parents should be punished. http://www.cnn.com/2...il_topeditorial I agree 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 You wouldn't have shot the mom. You're just saying that for a reaction like the scores of other attention whores on the Internet. Why should the mom be punished? I'll admit, I haven't looked, but I haven't heard any details about how the mom lost track of the boy - nor have I heard how he got down there. Obviously, she didn't see him going down there ... but I have to think it's likely that at least one adult did. What about the people who (possibly) looked the other way? Were they just "minding their own business?" This is just so typical of our judgmental/know it all society. People get pissed when parents use those leashes on their children; the same people get pissed when a parent loses track of their child. And about 99.9% of the time, those judging have zero details. Your logic says that every parent of a child who's gone missing should be punished. That's dumb. Agreed..i would have been arrested more than once if i was arrested everytime i lost sight of my kids, at that age, at a zoo or amusement park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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