Yeah, Nature isn't always pretty or humane. It sucks sometimes, but that's how it works. The fawn should've done a better job of hiding or getting away.
Bigger point still remains: "game management" is used to justify hunters slaughtering animals to fulfill a human urge to kill. If aliens scooped up all humans tomorrow, the rest of Nature would manage just fine, in its own sometimes grisly way.
I'd like to see these clueless fuckers, like Santorum, argue with physics. You know, something like step off of a platform 35 meters from the ground - a little above the LD50 for falling - and staunchly deny the energy dissipation due to collision with the ground. Maybe their "beliefs" will protect them.
I voted for Obama but feel that I got burned for it. Is it too much to ask that he at least allow an investigation of whether Bush & Cheney should be charged? That bit of "looking out for one's own," "Presidential perks" - fucking the Constitution and the rest of us in the bargain - in addition to the wiretaps, the "guilty 'cuz I say so" hit on a "terrorist" American, and the failure to immediately dismantle the TSA is taking us way too far down the wrong path.
I'm seriously leaning toward Paul. Not one of those publicity and power-seeking whores, er candidates, is close to perfect, but Paul's looking like the "least worst" of the bunch. $skyDaddy help us...
Ya know, up until 1967, in some states, it was illegal for my wife and I - a mixed marriage - to stay in a hotel room, or get married in the first place. "Legal" is not the same thing as "morally right".
Is it a foregone conclusion that the wolf -has- to die? He can't migrate to where there's a greater likelihood of something to eat?
"Game management" proponents tend to paint a black-and-white picture like this, but Nature did just fine - even with the occasional periods of starvation - for eons before humans arrived on the scene and said we know better.
I always looked at this as weak justification for hunters' barbarian behavior. As you point out, below, if the valley gets that populated, the coyotes and other non-human predators would notice and provide some balance - if people didn't kill off all of the non-human predators.
I was raised in a culture where guns and hunting were normal. Fishing in the summer, hunting in the fall, including filleting or dressing our kills. About age 13 or so, I shot a chipmunk for no real reason - he was there. After considering the pointlessness of the exercise - oh, sure, I hit him, which meant my aim was good enough, but, otherwise, what was the point? - and considering what the chipmunk must have felt, even if fleeting, I never shot another thing, or went fishing. I could, if I had to, shoot something or catch and clean a fish. I just choose not to. Some of us acquire a taste for it, others don't. Not every country boy is a hunter.
Do you have a dog? Do you kick him for no reason, just for fun? If so, you're a sick fucker and shouldn't be allowed near other live beings. If not, you have compassion, and, probably, like your dog and feel bad when he's hurt. Just take that compassion and extrapolate that to $randomLivingBeing.
You don't have to be a hippy to have compassion. It's a quality that defines "human."
No, you -didn't- fix it. He asked a legitimate question: is it really "hunting" that you shot something that was defenseless? These assholes shouldn't be called "hunters" anymore than script-kiddies should be called "coders".
If you can't tell the difference between moral and illegal, please do not pick up a lethal weapon.
Einstein was not a major direct participant of the Manhattan Project that delivered Fat Man and Little Boy, according to "The First War of Physics: The Secret History of the Atomic Bomb, 1939-1949". He helped persuade Pres. Roosevelt of the need to begin aggressive research, based on the fear that, given Heisenberg's work and political stance, the Germans would develop a nuclear weapon first. And if they did, it would be "Game Over!" It wasn't until after the Germans surrendered and Heisenberg and his team were captured that the Allies realized how far behind the Germans were.
Don't kid yourself that the Nazis -wouldn't- make bombs; they most certainly would have.
What's it telling you? What's more important: that they're together, or that they're married? I'm not sure how much marriage, as an institution, offers.
1. I'd love my wife of 27 years the same whether I was married or not. Tie. 2. If I'm injured and I end up in the hospital, my wife can come into the room where others might not. She can also make decisions regarding my care. +1 for marriage. 3. She can't do anything in my place as far as bills, the phone company, the DMV, or any other asinine agency that feels even a married spouse isn't good enough to take care of business matters in my stead. Tie. 4. Married couples might get a tax break - not sure, anymore.
On the other hand, should my wife and I feel that we're incompatible, going forward, divorce is often like shit soup. If the OP and his significant other decide to call it quits, overlooking valuables that they may have to divide amongst themselves, they walk away.
I like being married, but I'm not going to hold it against the OP because he isn't. In fact, good for him. By being together for 27 years, he's doing better than most marriages.
"Balls out" for 60 seconds. Either running, cycling - stationary or otherwise - elliptical machine... Whatever gets your heart rate going. Then you slow down for 60 seconds. Lather, rinse, repeat.
First time I tried these - on the track at William Rainey Harper College near Schaumburg, IL - I nearly puked. Hated it. But my buddy, who had run cross-country in high school, encouraged me to keep at it and do it once in a while - not every workout, or even twice a week - and it got better. In fact, I grew to like them: it's a great workout in a short time. After 20 minutes, plus some cool down, I'm off and doing other things instead of running 15 miles.
You can do these on a stationary bike, too, which is my preferred approach.
Friend of mine, above 65 years old, joined that calorie counting program - www.loseit.com - and lost over 40 pounds. He's about 5'5, but weighed over 170 when he joined. Started this program, kept track of his calories religiously, if not obsessively, and is now around 125. He might have gained a few pounds since joining his local gym and spending his retirement as a gym rat, but, last I saw him, he looked pretty good for a non-athletic desk jockey.
I don't pay as much attention to my caloric intake as he did - I work out longer and more often - but it really was a function of watching what he ate vs. what he burned off. It was amazing to watch him lose all that, too.
Not exactly. In fact, unscrupulous tech support companies can intentionally leave AV off of a customer's PC on the idea that the customer -will- go out and do something stupid to catch a system-threatening virus just so the tech support company can ride in and save the day - at a cost. In that case, it's just one person's machine suffering, is likely reparable and it's not exactly life-threatening.
In the case of biological viruses, it could spread and possibly kill people. There's an actual risk of harm in that instance, not just annoyance and money out of pocket.
But, in some cases, I have refused to work with customers for other reasons.
To the tune of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall"
We don't need no radiation We don't need no forced control No blatant fascists in the airport Agent leave those tits alone Hey Agent! Leave those tits alone All in all you're just another brick in the wall All in all you're just another brick in the wall
If you don't show us your tits, you can't get on the airplane! How can you get on the airplane if you don't show us your tits?!
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Yeah, Nature isn't always pretty or humane. It sucks sometimes, but that's how it works. The fawn should've done a better job of hiding or getting away.
Bigger point still remains: "game management" is used to justify hunters slaughtering animals to fulfill a human urge to kill. If aliens scooped up all humans tomorrow, the rest of Nature would manage just fine, in its own sometimes grisly way.
I'd like to see these clueless fuckers, like Santorum, argue with physics. You know, something like step off of a platform 35 meters from the ground - a little above the LD50 for falling - and staunchly deny the energy dissipation due to collision with the ground. Maybe their "beliefs" will protect them.
I voted for Obama but feel that I got burned for it. Is it too much to ask that he at least allow an investigation of whether Bush & Cheney should be charged? That bit of "looking out for one's own," "Presidential perks" - fucking the Constitution and the rest of us in the bargain - in addition to the wiretaps, the "guilty 'cuz I say so" hit on a "terrorist" American, and the failure to immediately dismantle the TSA is taking us way too far down the wrong path.
I'm seriously leaning toward Paul. Not one of those publicity and power-seeking whores, er candidates, is close to perfect, but Paul's looking like the "least worst" of the bunch. $skyDaddy help us...
Just for the sake of argument, what if...?
Something about idiots...? Too late - they're in the bloodstream, now.
Ya know, up until 1967, in some states, it was illegal for my wife and I - a mixed marriage - to stay in a hotel room, or get married in the first place. "Legal" is not the same thing as "morally right".
Is it a foregone conclusion that the wolf -has- to die? He can't migrate to where there's a greater likelihood of something to eat?
"Game management" proponents tend to paint a black-and-white picture like this, but Nature did just fine - even with the occasional periods of starvation - for eons before humans arrived on the scene and said we know better.
Further, rights granted, even as a construct, are only valid if the construct is respected. If I shoot you dead, obviously, you have no right to life.
Not arguing your point. However, this type of "hunt" was anything but ethical, even if legal.
I always looked at this as weak justification for hunters' barbarian behavior. As you point out, below, if the valley gets that populated, the coyotes and other non-human predators would notice and provide some balance - if people didn't kill off all of the non-human predators.
I know. In too many cases, the dog is much more worthy.
I was raised in a culture where guns and hunting were normal. Fishing in the summer, hunting in the fall, including filleting or dressing our kills. About age 13 or so, I shot a chipmunk for no real reason - he was there. After considering the pointlessness of the exercise - oh, sure, I hit him, which meant my aim was good enough, but, otherwise, what was the point? - and considering what the chipmunk must have felt, even if fleeting, I never shot another thing, or went fishing. I could, if I had to, shoot something or catch and clean a fish. I just choose not to. Some of us acquire a taste for it, others don't. Not every country boy is a hunter.
Do you have a dog? Do you kick him for no reason, just for fun? If so, you're a sick fucker and shouldn't be allowed near other live beings. If not, you have compassion, and, probably, like your dog and feel bad when he's hurt. Just take that compassion and extrapolate that to $randomLivingBeing.
You don't have to be a hippy to have compassion. It's a quality that defines "human."
No, you -didn't- fix it. He asked a legitimate question: is it really "hunting" that you shot something that was defenseless? These assholes shouldn't be called "hunters" anymore than script-kiddies should be called "coders".
If you can't tell the difference between moral and illegal, please do not pick up a lethal weapon.
Google came up with something about "Old McDonald had a farm..." WTF...?
Oh - you said, "EROEI," not "EIEIO". My bad...
If they're secret, how do you know about them? If you know about them, are they secret?
Einstein was not a major direct participant of the Manhattan Project that delivered Fat Man and Little Boy, according to "The First War of Physics: The Secret History of the Atomic Bomb, 1939-1949". He helped persuade Pres. Roosevelt of the need to begin aggressive research, based on the fear that, given Heisenberg's work and political stance, the Germans would develop a nuclear weapon first. And if they did, it would be "Game Over!" It wasn't until after the Germans surrendered and Heisenberg and his team were captured that the Allies realized how far behind the Germans were.
Don't kid yourself that the Nazis -wouldn't- make bombs; they most certainly would have.
She can have all the "!1"s she wants.
What's it telling you? What's more important: that they're together, or that they're married? I'm not sure how much marriage, as an institution, offers.
1. I'd love my wife of 27 years the same whether I was married or not. Tie.
2. If I'm injured and I end up in the hospital, my wife can come into the room where others might not. She can also make decisions regarding my care. +1 for marriage.
3. She can't do anything in my place as far as bills, the phone company, the DMV, or any other asinine agency that feels even a married spouse isn't good enough to take care of business matters in my stead. Tie.
4. Married couples might get a tax break - not sure, anymore.
On the other hand, should my wife and I feel that we're incompatible, going forward, divorce is often like shit soup. If the OP and his significant other decide to call it quits, overlooking valuables that they may have to divide amongst themselves, they walk away.
I like being married, but I'm not going to hold it against the OP because he isn't. In fact, good for him. By being together for 27 years, he's doing better than most marriages.
"Balls out" for 60 seconds. Either running, cycling - stationary or otherwise - elliptical machine... Whatever gets your heart rate going. Then you slow down for 60 seconds. Lather, rinse, repeat.
First time I tried these - on the track at William Rainey Harper College near Schaumburg, IL - I nearly puked. Hated it. But my buddy, who had run cross-country in high school, encouraged me to keep at it and do it once in a while - not every workout, or even twice a week - and it got better. In fact, I grew to like them: it's a great workout in a short time. After 20 minutes, plus some cool down, I'm off and doing other things instead of running 15 miles.
You can do these on a stationary bike, too, which is my preferred approach.
Friend of mine, above 65 years old, joined that calorie counting program - www.loseit.com - and lost over 40 pounds. He's about 5'5, but weighed over 170 when he joined. Started this program, kept track of his calories religiously, if not obsessively, and is now around 125. He might have gained a few pounds since joining his local gym and spending his retirement as a gym rat, but, last I saw him, he looked pretty good for a non-athletic desk jockey.
I don't pay as much attention to my caloric intake as he did - I work out longer and more often - but it really was a function of watching what he ate vs. what he burned off. It was amazing to watch him lose all that, too.
Not exactly. In fact, unscrupulous tech support companies can intentionally leave AV off of a customer's PC on the idea that the customer -will- go out and do something stupid to catch a system-threatening virus just so the tech support company can ride in and save the day - at a cost. In that case, it's just one person's machine suffering, is likely reparable and it's not exactly life-threatening.
In the case of biological viruses, it could spread and possibly kill people. There's an actual risk of harm in that instance, not just annoyance and money out of pocket.
But, in some cases, I have refused to work with customers for other reasons.
To the tune of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall"
We don't need no radiation
We don't need no forced control
No blatant fascists in the airport
Agent leave those tits alone
Hey Agent! Leave those tits alone
All in all you're just another brick in the wall
All in all you're just another brick in the wall
If you don't show us your tits, you can't get on the airplane!
How can you get on the airplane if you don't show us your tits?!
Will the "advocates" use baseball bats to "address" errant TSA agents? Because that's about the only thing that will stop these pervs.
What good is an advocate after people have been exposed and their pictures uploaded to youporn?
What's wrong with the software that they must go through 3x before they get a usable image? And what about the extra dosages of radiation?