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In reply to the discussion: Florida airboat captain charged with feeding the alligator that bit off his hand [View all]sofa king
(10,857 posts)61. No, in fact it isn't.
He broke the law, apparently made his living breaking the law, and disturbed the natural order of things which led to the death of an awe-inspiring creature which might otherwise have lived out its life without ever seeing a human.
So fuck that guy. His personal loss absolves him not at all from the laws he broke and the damage he caused. Unlike the alligator, that guy could have moved somewhere else or found another line of work. Instead, he exploited the environment for personal gain, and he has not even begun to pay the legal price for that yet.
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Florida airboat captain charged with feeding the alligator that bit off his hand [View all]
Botany
Jul 2012
OP
Since he was holding a chunk of food in the hand, it really ought to be two counts
petronius
Jul 2012
#18
I agree. I think the punishment here is the natural consequence of his action.
berni_mccoy
Jul 2012
#10
I'm a Floridian and I don't think this is a waste of money or the court's time!
Hells Liberal
Jul 2012
#33
That's odd. You can own an arsenal but the law says you can't feed and alligator.
demosincebirth
Jul 2012
#15
What if the alligator IS your arsenal? I bet the constitution doesn't cover that.
randome
Jul 2012
#17
You'd have to ask Scalia if the right to keep and bear alligators was in the
msanthrope
Jul 2012
#31
Of course they have to kill it. It bit a guys hand off who was waving a side of chicken at him.
demosincebirth
Jul 2012
#27
Someone should have told the gater that it's not polite to bit the hand that feeds it.
Kalidurga
Jul 2012
#21