Army Sent to Fight Millions of Invading Toxic Toads

Reporter writes "The Australian state government called for the army to be deployed against the invasion of toxic toads! Battalions of imported cane toads are marching relentlessly across northern Australia and the West Australian government wants soldiers to intercept the environmental barbarians. From the article: "The toads, Bufo Marinus, were introduced from South America into northeast Queensland state in the 1930s to control another pest: Beetles that were ravaging the sugar cane fields of the tropical northern coasts. But the toads now number in the millions and are spreading westward through the Northern Territory, upsetting the country's ecosystem in their wake. Cane toads have poisonous sacs on the back of their heads full of a venom so powerful it can kill crocodiles, snakes or other predators in minutes." More information about cane toads at Wikipedia."

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Re:Sending in the army to kill the frogs?

[A beautiful mind]

Shut your face stupid yankee.

Oh wait, was that offensive? Yes it was. I'M FUCKING TIRED OF FRENCH BASHING BECAUSE THE USA AND ITS RESIDENTS DONT HAVE ANYTHING TO JUSTIFY THEIR PERCIEVED SUPERIORITY. Maybe the French should just take their Statue of Liberty home?

Seriously, when I get modded up for cracking a joke about how stupid americans are - which is newsflash! the current stereotype around the world - then I'll consider it fair to bash the french.

I'm not french, I've only been once in their country and it still pisses me off to see these comments modded up to funny. It is not funny.

Oh and btw, the French army history is one of the biggest in the entirely world if not the biggest, in the number of fought battles (and won).

Please don't take this as a personal affair, my problem is not with you, but the general french bashing. It is stupid, childish and annoying.

I'm also not going to make any disclaimers about how I'll be modded to hell for expressing a controversial opinion, because it serves no purpose apart from the told-you-so feeling of the poster if the post does get modded down. I'm simply willing to stand by my thoughts, be it -1 or +5.