Comments on: Man arrested in monkey killing http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/man-arrested-in-monkey-killing.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 17:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: signsofrain http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/man-arrested-in-monkey-killing.html#comment-1588762 signsofrain Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195247#comment-1588762 Look nobody's saying murder and imprisonment are the same, but if you think it's okay to imprison an animal for life for human entertainment, then you're tacitly okaying the idea of animals as commodities, which means you really shouldn't be too broken up about an animal being killed by a human, since presumably you're also okay with killing animals to eat, or to wear their skins (are you an anti-fur person with a leather jacket in the closet?) or to extract miracle cancer drugs from their glands... either animals have rights or they don't. So, what I'm saying is if you're saying this monkey being killed is horrible, but it being in a zoo was a-okay than maybe you should rethink your relationship to non-human animals. My comment was to point out, and get somebody thinking about, how morals get very thorny when humans and non-human animals intersect. Look nobody’s saying murder and imprisonment are the same, but if you think it’s okay to imprison an animal for life for human entertainment, then you’re tacitly okaying the idea of animals as commodities, which means you really shouldn’t be too broken up about an animal being killed by a human, since presumably you’re also okay with killing animals to eat, or to wear their skins (are you an anti-fur person with a leather jacket in the closet?) or to extract miracle cancer drugs from their glands… either animals have rights or they don’t. So, what I’m saying is if you’re saying this monkey being killed is horrible, but it being in a zoo was a-okay than maybe you should rethink your relationship to non-human animals. My comment was to point out, and get somebody thinking about, how morals get very thorny when humans and non-human animals intersect.

]]> By: Deidzoeb http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/man-arrested-in-monkey-killing.html#comment-1588535 Deidzoeb Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195247#comment-1588535 "He wouldn't stop flinging it at me! I know there was a wall of glass between us, but he meant to hit me with it!" From Poe's lesser known work, The Tell-Tale Poo. “He wouldn’t stop flinging it at me! I know there was a wall of glass between us, but he meant to hit me with it!” From Poe’s lesser known work, The Tell-Tale Poo.

]]> By: linuxlizard http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/man-arrested-in-monkey-killing.html#comment-1588022 linuxlizard Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195247#comment-1588022 As a Boise, Idaho resident, this event really shook people up. I look forward to Boise and Idaho someday making international news for something other than bad or embarrassing (*cough* Larry Craig). As a Boise, Idaho resident, this event really shook people up.

I look forward to Boise and Idaho someday making international news for something other than bad or embarrassing (*cough* Larry Craig).

]]> By: edkedz http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/man-arrested-in-monkey-killing.html#comment-1588010 edkedz Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195247#comment-1588010 That kind of "all bad things are equally bad" crap just weakens your own position and makes you look like a simpleton. That kind of “all bad things are equally bad” crap just weakens your own position and makes you look like a simpleton.

]]> By: rrh http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/man-arrested-in-monkey-killing.html#comment-1587907 rrh Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195247#comment-1587907 Perhaps I've been reading too many Weird Tales lately, but my first thought was him explaining how, yes, this may seem like the act of a mad man, but let him tell his story, first, and this will illustrate his reasons why he had to kill this monkey. Once you know the true nature of what happened, you will see how this was the only action he could take. Perhaps I’ve been reading too many Weird Tales lately, but my first thought was him explaining how, yes, this may seem like the act of a mad man, but let him tell his story, first, and this will illustrate his reasons why he had to kill this monkey. Once you know the true nature of what happened, you will see how this was the only action he could take.

]]> By: Michael http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/man-arrested-in-monkey-killing.html#comment-1587870 Michael Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195247#comment-1587870 Certain groups of humans used to be excluded from this definition. Our understanding of murder has changed before, it can change again. Certain groups of humans used to be excluded from this definition. Our understanding of murder has changed before, it can change again.

]]> By: signsofrain http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/man-arrested-in-monkey-killing.html#comment-1587688 signsofrain Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195247#comment-1587688 It's cool that we imprison them for entertainment, but we draw the line at murder dammit! It’s cool that we imprison them for entertainment, but we draw the line at murder dammit!

]]> By: absimiliard http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/man-arrested-in-monkey-killing.html#comment-1587663 absimiliard Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195247#comment-1587663 murder (The unlawful killing of one human by another, especially with premeditated malice) would seem to be a poor word-choice. -abs suspects propaganda is involved in the creation of this BB synopsis murder (The unlawful killing of one human by another, especially with premeditated malice) would seem to be a poor word-choice.

-abs suspects propaganda is involved in the creation of this BB synopsis

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