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In reply to the discussion: What a shock, Gorilla Killa Mom is a Jay-sus freak [View all]pintobean
(18,101 posts)234. It was extremely successful.
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We strolled the same path to our current position, passiveporcupine. nt
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2016
#196
Humans are still barbaric in so many ways, including believing in mysticism and myth. nt
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2016
#267
You'd think maybe that someone so in touch with God could have stopped for a second....
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
May 2016
#4
No mention of the death of Harambe in their statement at all. It's about them and God saving...
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2016
#9
My daughter refers to her kids as 'spawnlings'. They refer to themselves the same on Mother's Day ..
ebayfool
Jun 2016
#275
It wouldn't have been if she hadn't brought it up. It's interesting that those that want
rhett o rick
May 2016
#91
It lets her off the hook for not watching over her son at the zoo.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
May 2016
#153
Some of us just do not understand why "God" is always given credit for the good things but...
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2016
#18
RELIGION: The single most destructive force in the universe! And I DARE anyone to attempt to...
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2016
#33
There you went! Nice to see you yet again! PLEASE EXPLAIN THE FOLLOWING POST:
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2016
#229
How is it that you were able to respond months later to a post that was hidden/locked in January?
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2016
#235
OK, you're unable or unwilling to explain. I expected no less. I do wonder though how you...
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2016
#239
You obviously were somehow able to post to my long-ago hidden thread and I am just curious...
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2016
#242
Of course, perhaps that would be true if I weren't speaking figuratively. If I was speaking...
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2016
#226
As far as we know, gamma ray bursts don't destroy human lives and minds like...
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2016
#232
That set you off? The woman's son was almost killed and just got out of the hospital, and you
braddy
May 2016
#20
"God" had absolutely nothing to do with the outcome of this tragedy. "God" was included in the...
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2016
#27
The woman who just almost lost her son, didn't bring anything into "the discussion", she merely
braddy
May 2016
#32
I'm glad her son is ok. Ecstatic, even. But "God" had NOTHING to do with it. nt
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2016
#36
What's "bizzare"? I'll tell you what's bizzare, the belief that "God" had anything at all to do...
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2016
#42
Write her a letter telling her of your concern. This overwrought reaction to her
braddy
May 2016
#46
"Overwrought", haha! Your attempt to deflect this observation is what is bizzare. Your implied...
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2016
#51
She didn't mention Jesus, she said God, this is your big concern today after this near death event?
braddy
May 2016
#41
The child is ok and as such is no longer a concern beyond being happy for him. But "God"...
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2016
#48
The woman is under siege and made a statement to the media coverage and hostile people who
braddy
May 2016
#149
Nonsense, the woman and child came under attack instantly, and she put out a statement
braddy
May 2016
#167
The timeline of ID doesn't matter, she was under siege and responded with a reasonable mom statement
braddy
May 2016
#181
It certainly does matter, since in the post I initially responded to you claimed
Ms. Toad
May 2016
#187
LOL, she was the recipient of a national attack on her and her boy, she is the mom of a boy
braddy
May 2016
#188
She was responding, you forget that she is the mom who is the subject of the attacks and put downs
braddy
May 2016
#191
Read her actual facebook comment. Look at when she posted it. Look at who she was speaking to.
Ms. Toad
May 2016
#198
I'm not building anything, I have no idea why you are obsessed with this simple rescue story.
braddy
May 2016
#200
Well while you're apparently in your own contest as to who can be the most smug and...
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2016
#71
Well, you do always seem to be around. So, please explain how I'm being small with my...
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2016
#77
Please explain how I am being small because I have my doubts that "God" happened to be at...
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2016
#81
Also, since we're talking and all, HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO RESPOND TO MY POST HIDDEN IN JANUARY? nt
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2016
#83
Please explain how I'm being small and PLEASE EXPLAIN THE FOLLOWING POST:
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2016
#97
I agree, there have been times I have said, "Thank God" after the end of a stressful situation and
Jim Beard
May 2016
#255
Perhaps God can make gorilla cages childproof, since mere mortals appear incapable of doing so.
stone space
May 2016
#59
He was dragging the kid violently, and his handling alone could maim/kill the kid.
braddy
May 2016
#139
Yes, violently, regardless of his intentions it was violent and harming the boy, and could have
braddy
May 2016
#175
He was dragging the child "roughly" for the age, condition, and breed of the child
passiveporcupine
May 2016
#182
There's no way to tell what the gorilla was thinking or what it was planning to do with the child.
Act_of_Reparation
May 2016
#197
What would you think she should say "Oh if only they let the gorilla kill my kid!"
JPnoodleman
May 2016
#43
Most mom's don't have speech writers and value their kids over a gorilla. n/t
JPnoodleman
May 2016
#78
The requested apology was for your insulting assumptions about people who disagree with you
Ms. Toad
May 2016
#248
Thanking God that your child has been spared death hardly makes one a freak
Algernon Moncrieff
May 2016
#56
Agreed. It is a message to those who lost children that God didn't care about their kids
jberryhill
May 2016
#86
YES. That, and the idiotic notion that God could save her boy by causing the gorilla
Nay
May 2016
#123
The Gorilla was part of her Gods kingdom as well, if she had kept an eye on her kid they'd both
onecaliberal
May 2016
#61
Besides....it's just a dumb animal!!!! It means about as much as a plastic straw!!!
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
May 2016
#89
Folks who are using this incident to display their religious hate-on don't give a shit about...
stone space
May 2016
#231
You accept whatever you want to because, frankly, I don't care. The callous disregard for Harambe..
ChisolmTrailDem
May 2016
#113
And why should she trust that a zoo enclosure was properly built to keep children out?
pnwmom
May 2016
#108
Especially when the child, by eyewitness accounts, informed the mother of his intention
Ms. Toad
May 2016
#166
Fact: the zoo's enclosure wasn't 4-year-old-proof. It's surprising this hadn't already happened. nt
pnwmom
May 2016
#107
Child-proof design is supposed to account for a parent's temporary inattention.
pnwmom
May 2016
#125
if she was a black welfare mother the county would have already thrown her in jail by now
bluestateguy
May 2016
#140
I seem to recall a story about three foot barriers and a zoo a few years ago
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
May 2016
#155
Very true ... what's so sad is that there's enough blame to go around for EVERYONE ...
brett_jv
May 2016
#177
I'm completely at a loss when it comes to the time and energy people are devoting to this story.
Brickbat
May 2016
#206
Of all the (finite) issues this story raises, you, hands down, have picked the most irrelevant.
rug
May 2016
#220
Cincinnati Police says parents of 4-year old boy who climbed into Gorilla enclosure may be charged
Judi Lynn
May 2016
#252
The vile, disgusting posts in this thread are why I think "New Atheists" are shitty people.
Odin2005
May 2016
#260