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graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 11:22 AM Nov 2012

Dolphins shot and killed in south- OMG. Was Zimmerman feeling threatened? Will NRA respond?

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by SYFROYH (a host of the General Discussion forum).

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued an alert for waters off Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
http://news.msn.com/us/dolphins-found-shot-slashed-stabbed-in-gulf-of-mexico


GULFPORT, Miss. — Authorities are investigating several attacks on dolphins in the northern Gulf of Mexico after some were found with gunshot wounds, cuts and missing jaws.

The Sun Herald reports that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a "heads up" directive. That puts officials on alert for an increase in human interaction with dolphins in the waters across Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

Authorities say cases of gunshot wounds, mutilations and other injuries have been detected in recent months.

Scientists from the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport have responded to four dolphin strandings. And on Friday, a team went to Deer Island and found a second dolphin dead with a portion of his jaw missing.

A dolphin found dead earlier near Gautier had a 9mm bullet wound.

"It went through the abdomen, into the kidneys and killed it," said Moby Solangi, IMMS executive director.

He said recovering the dolphins and performing a necropsy to determine the cause of death is heartbreaking for his staff.

"We think there's someone or some group on a rampage," he said. "They not only kill them but also mutilate them."

The public can help by reporting any information they may know about the mutilations, he said. He also asked recreational and commercial fishermen to be on the watch for anyone killing the dolphins.

Attacks on the dolphins carry fines and jail sentences.

Solangi said he doesn't know why anyone would want to kill the dolphins. "They already are under a lot of stress from the oil spill, the dead zone," he said. However, in the past fishermen and charter boat captains have been convicted of harming dolphins they thought were taking bait or fish.

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Dolphins shot and killed in south- OMG. Was Zimmerman feeling threatened? Will NRA respond? (Original Post) graham4anything Nov 2012 OP
And your point is??????????????????? glacierbay Nov 2012 #1
Guns kill. Now they kill dolphins, mr NRA man from the gun threads. graham4anything Nov 2012 #2
First off, I don't belong to the NRA glacierbay Nov 2012 #7
You're always going to miss the point if you insist on being deliberately obtuse. baldguy Nov 2012 #4
That's funny glacierbay Nov 2012 #8
Poke your head out of gungeon and people pick up on your bull pretty quickly. Hoyt Nov 2012 #52
That's something you would know about, huh Hoyt? glacierbay Nov 2012 #56
It's news. Why are you angry at someone for posting a news report? MADem Nov 2012 #26
I'm not mad glacierbay Nov 2012 #28
I don't know a thing about the poster, but your reaction seemed a bit excessive given the MADem Nov 2012 #29
And thats the point I made glacierbay Nov 2012 #30
Why not just say so? MADem Nov 2012 #35
Yup. Killing dolphins has to be the lowest of the low. And shooting them??? graham4anything Nov 2012 #39
I rest my case. nt. glacierbay Nov 2012 #51
No, I was asking what his point was, no more, no less. glacierbay Nov 2012 #50
I rest my case. glacierbay Nov 2012 #53
The thread title was done for no other reason than to incite crap that beloings in the gungeon. RomneyLies Nov 2012 #36
Where is the Gungeon? I think the stuff I've been posting might belong there but I can't find it. DaniDubois Nov 2012 #45
Justice and Public Safety RomneyLies Nov 2012 #46
Thank you. I think one of my posts may have belonged there. DaniDubois Nov 2012 #48
IT's the gun forum group where all NRA/gun threads end up graham4anything Nov 2012 #54
are you angry? argiel1234 Nov 2012 #59
Thanks for informative post. I believe it highly unusual for much loved dolphins in the Gulf to be txwhitedove Nov 2012 #3
Have anymore praise for Michael Bloomberg for us? Upton Nov 2012 #5
I'm sure meek Mike will get right on it rrneck Nov 2012 #6
No, no,no glacierbay Nov 2012 #9
Flamebait. justanidea Nov 2012 #10
Yeah glacierbay Nov 2012 #11
And yet you were the first one to jump on it with your RW talking points. baldguy Nov 2012 #14
What RW talking points would that be? glacierbay Nov 2012 #15
this probably was someone taking target practice for sport like gunnies keep saying guns are for graham4anything Nov 2012 #21
You sir glacierbay Nov 2012 #22
Why do you keep bringing up the Mafia? The Godfather was a 30 year old movie. Sheesh. graham4anything Nov 2012 #40
????????????????????? glacierbay Nov 2012 #49
You keep talking about gangsters. I assume you mean the mafia, or is the gangs that Daniel Day Lewis graham4anything Nov 2012 #58
That's just sick. Dolphins are about as close to human as any other creature. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #12
Agreed. glacierbay Nov 2012 #13
No. That's wrong. People like that aren't qualified to be called "animals". HopeHoops Nov 2012 #23
You're correct. glacierbay Nov 2012 #24
I'm in the "all creatures are equal" camp. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #25
They were all put on this beautiful planet for a purpose. glacierbay Nov 2012 #27
Okay. I do kill mosquitoes. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #31
Ok I'll confess to killing flies and mosquitos glacierbay Nov 2012 #33
Jumanji HopeHoops Nov 2012 #34
and the NRA was put on earth so that everyone could keep killing anything/anytime without recourse graham4anything Nov 2012 #43
If that penalty does not include five years in prison at a minimum RomneyLies Nov 2012 #37
I second that! DaniDubois Nov 2012 #47
Jealous rednecks angry that there's yet another species smarter than them? zbdent Nov 2012 #16
Here, let me fix that for you glacierbay Nov 2012 #17
Sorry, thought the "jealous" suggested RW ... zbdent Nov 2012 #18
That is a mean, rotten, low-down thing to say. You have no idea. nolabear Nov 2012 #42
Thank you for saying this in a much nicer way cordelia Nov 2012 #44
well, maybe these guys will fall into the water from a freak wave on their next dolphin hunting quinnox Nov 2012 #19
We can only hope. nt. glacierbay Nov 2012 #20
This is some seriously sick shit. MerryBlooms Nov 2012 #32
Please consider changing your title RomneyLies Nov 2012 #38
What a bizarre headline. People there are very upset. The dolphins are much loved. nolabear Nov 2012 #41
What the hell? Who murders dolphins? Jesus. DirkGently Nov 2012 #55
Guarantee you it's a bunch of right wing "sportsmen" Shankapotomus Nov 2012 #57
Locking aikoaiko Nov 2012 #60
 

glacierbay

(2,477 posts)
1. And your point is???????????????????
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 12:03 PM
Nov 2012

What???????????
That bad people do bad things??????????
Been going on since humans first walked the earth.

 

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
2. Guns kill. Now they kill dolphins, mr NRA man from the gun threads.
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 12:07 PM
Nov 2012
 

glacierbay

(2,477 posts)
7. First off, I don't belong to the NRA
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 12:13 PM
Nov 2012

never have, never will, I've told you that before, second, knives kill, rocks kill, baseball bats kill, cars kill, nets kiss dolphins, sharks kill dolphins, spear guns kill dolphins.
You're trying to do your usual crap of equating gun owners with thugs, that meme left the station along time ago and it ain't coming back.

 

baldguy

(36,649 posts)
4. You're always going to miss the point if you insist on being deliberately obtuse.
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 12:09 PM
Nov 2012

But then, deliberate obtuseness is the basis more most pro-murder anti-gun control propaganda.

 

glacierbay

(2,477 posts)
8. That's funny
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 12:16 PM
Nov 2012

miss the point? What fucking point???
Bad people do bad things????
No shit, I deal with POS thugs 4 days a week, 10 hours a day.
Pro-murder anti-gun control propaganda????



 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
52. Poke your head out of gungeon and people pick up on your bull pretty quickly.
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 07:22 PM
Nov 2012
 

glacierbay

(2,477 posts)
56. That's something you would know about, huh Hoyt?
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 07:25 PM
Nov 2012

Bull, I mean.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
26. It's news. Why are you angry at someone for posting a news report?
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 03:36 PM
Nov 2012

I'm pissed at the idiots who are shooting dolphins.

That sucks.

Don't quite get why you are so defensive about someone letting us know about it.

That's odd.

 

glacierbay

(2,477 posts)
28. I'm not mad
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 03:40 PM
Nov 2012

where did you get the idea I'm mad?
This poster is always trying to equate lawful gun owners with those that want to deny him his rights.
And I was just asking him what his point was. Nothing more, nothing less.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
29. I don't know a thing about the poster, but your reaction seemed a bit excessive given the
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 03:43 PM
Nov 2012

OP.

The point seems clear to me--people who shoot dolphins are assholes.

 

glacierbay

(2,477 posts)
30. And thats the point I made
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 03:46 PM
Nov 2012

right? And my reaction, considering his past statements on gun owners, is mild.
And just what did this have to do with Zimmerman or the NRA?
Isn't that a little excessive to include them when they had nothing to do with this heinous act?

MADem

(135,425 posts)
35. Why not just say so?
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 05:23 PM
Nov 2012
Your comment about Zimmerman and the NRA is excessive.

And leave it at that?

Instead, you made the thread more about your fight with the OP than the fact that some asshole is shooting dolphins.
 

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
39. Yup. Killing dolphins has to be the lowest of the low. And shooting them???
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 05:38 PM
Nov 2012

The gun groupies stalk anyone thread to thread who puts down the all mighty gun
and the posters above and their other buddies (seems some have more than one name if you ask me) have already mocked me by saying they eat squirrels and other creatures of this earth.

Wouldn't put it past gun and NRA groupies to want to dine on dolphins after using them as target practice.

Let alone they call people like Trayvon Martin animals. Zimmerman could have killed the kid that would have grown up to cure cancer.

Killing a dolphin has to be the lowest of the low.

 

glacierbay

(2,477 posts)
51. I rest my case. nt.
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 07:18 PM
Nov 2012
 

glacierbay

(2,477 posts)
50. No, I was asking what his point was, no more, no less.
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 07:17 PM
Nov 2012

Why do you even care? Ask him why he brought up Zimmerman and the NRA, which have NOTHING to do with this incident.

 

RomneyLies

(3,333 posts)
36. The thread title was done for no other reason than to incite crap that beloings in the gungeon.
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 05:26 PM
Nov 2012

The OP is attempting to bring crap from the Gungeon into GD.

 

DaniDubois

(154 posts)
45. Where is the Gungeon? I think the stuff I've been posting might belong there but I can't find it.
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 06:19 PM
Nov 2012
 

RomneyLies

(3,333 posts)
46. Justice and Public Safety
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 06:21 PM
Nov 2012
 

DaniDubois

(154 posts)
48. Thank you. I think one of my posts may have belonged there.
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 06:24 PM
Nov 2012
 

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
54. IT's the gun forum group where all NRA/gun threads end up
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 07:23 PM
Nov 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1172

and I am proud to say 100% of any gun post I make is anti-gun, anti-NRA
100%.
but they don't like dissent there much

but also watch it, as they attempt to get alot of posts deleted if you don't vow allegiance
 

argiel1234

(390 posts)
59. are you angry?
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 07:33 PM
Nov 2012

You seem to love apologizing for murder , whether its dolphins or Palestinians


Nice avatar as well. Im sure some people see that and fall for it


txwhitedove

(3,919 posts)
3. Thanks for informative post. I believe it highly unusual for much loved dolphins in the Gulf to be
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 12:09 PM
Nov 2012

found "shot, cut, and mutilated".

Upton

(9,709 posts)
5. Have anymore praise for Michael Bloomberg for us?
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 12:10 PM
Nov 2012

rrneck

(17,671 posts)
6. I'm sure meek Mike will get right on it
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 12:10 PM
Nov 2012

as soon as there is sufficient media density.

 

glacierbay

(2,477 posts)
9. No, no,no
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 12:19 PM
Nov 2012

Last edited Sun Nov 18, 2012, 07:26 PM - Edit history (1)

you've got it wrong, it's now MMM, whatever the hell that means.
I just call him Blooming Idiot.

 

justanidea

(291 posts)
10. Flamebait.
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 12:21 PM
Nov 2012

Article has nothing to do with Zimmerman or the NRA.

 

glacierbay

(2,477 posts)
11. Yeah
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 12:29 PM
Nov 2012

but he just can't resist himself.

 

baldguy

(36,649 posts)
14. And yet you were the first one to jump on it with your RW talking points.
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 02:22 PM
Nov 2012
 

glacierbay

(2,477 posts)
15. What RW talking points would that be?
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 02:57 PM
Nov 2012

That bad people do bad things? That RW talking point? That humans have been cruel since the first human walked the earth? That RW talking point? Please point out where I was wrong.
Fact is that anything that any pro gun person says on DU is a RW talking point to you and your fellow gun controllers.

 

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
21. this probably was someone taking target practice for sport like gunnies keep saying guns are for
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 03:22 PM
Nov 2012

Last edited Sun Nov 18, 2012, 05:43 PM - Edit history (1)

or taking out another liberal like 99.99999999999999999999% of all gun killings are done against (aka the rightwing radical that killed the judge and wounded Gabby),
aka any other legal gun mass murderer like James Earl Ray etc.

after all, the dolphin you probably figure is just an animal and deserves to be shot right?

be consistent now.

 

glacierbay

(2,477 posts)
22. You sir
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 03:27 PM
Nov 2012

are fibbing, I never said that shooting animals is sporting, and just where did I say that an animal deserves to be shot?
And for your info, most killings are drug related, gang member on gang member. Where do you come up with this nonsense?

You need to delete this vile post.

 

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
40. Why do you keep bringing up the Mafia? The Godfather was a 30 year old movie. Sheesh.
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 05:42 PM
Nov 2012

You gun people go round robin
hunting is a sport you say (so is bowling, my ball is in a locker at the bowling alley)
then you say you hunt to eat (yeah right, I bet you stop at Duncan Donuts...never passed one that didn't have at least one police officer wasting time inside it).
then you say you are a collector (well, I don't carry my stamps in a holster).
then you say miles away from your home you need to protect your home(then why is the gun outside the home?)

then a child dies
then a dolphin dies

but why do you keep bringing up the Mafia? That is so 1970s.

I did edit above
you meant the gunnies, not you personally. The milllion dollar suitswearing NRA talking points about hunting, collecting, blah blah blahing, etc.that the gun groupies always regurgitate.

Guns are rightwing. And don't belong on a beach killing dolphins.

 

glacierbay

(2,477 posts)
49. ?????????????????????
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 07:13 PM
Nov 2012
 

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
58. You keep talking about gangsters. I assume you mean the mafia, or is the gangs that Daniel Day Lewis
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 07:31 PM
Nov 2012

portrayed in Gangs of NY back the turn of the 19th century.

Or are you referring to the IRA?

How bout the hippies? Yippies?

or is it the UK rock group The Gang of 4?

maybe it's Hail Hail the Gang's all here

maybe you are referring to Spanky and our Gang (the music group, or the Little Rascals Our gang tv show?

I ASSUME (ass-u-me) that you are not racially profilling blacks are you?(again!!!)
Like Zimmerman did to the innocent Trey Martin

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
12. That's just sick. Dolphins are about as close to human as any other creature.
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 01:20 PM
Nov 2012

They're also the only non-human species known to have sex for pleasure.

I hope they track down and prosecute those bastards.

 

glacierbay

(2,477 posts)
13. Agreed.
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 02:12 PM
Nov 2012

People like this are animals who need to be tracked down and prosecuted to the full extent of the law and given the harshest penalty allowable under the law.

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
23. No. That's wrong. People like that aren't qualified to be called "animals".
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 03:28 PM
Nov 2012

Animals have far greater ethics than people like that.

 

glacierbay

(2,477 posts)
24. You're correct.
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 03:31 PM
Nov 2012

My bad. I don't understand how anyone can shoot or maim/injure such a beautiful, intelligent animal just for the fun of it. This is beyond sick.

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
25. I'm in the "all creatures are equal" camp.
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 03:34 PM
Nov 2012

There are too many disgusting cases of abuse to begin listing. I'm not religious, but I do have ethics.

 

glacierbay

(2,477 posts)
27. They were all put on this beautiful planet for a purpose.
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 03:37 PM
Nov 2012

From the common fly to humans, we're all here for a purpose.

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
31. Okay. I do kill mosquitoes.
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 03:48 PM
Nov 2012

 

glacierbay

(2,477 posts)
33. Ok I'll confess to killing flies and mosquitos
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 03:55 PM
Nov 2012

I remember being stationed in the Panama Canal Zone back in the 70's and the mosquitos were so large, we were shooting them down with SAM's.

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
34. Jumanji
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 04:26 PM
Nov 2012
 

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
43. and the NRA was put on earth so that everyone could keep killing anything/anytime without recourse
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 05:56 PM
Nov 2012

by gun lovers who don't seem to mind if an occasional innocent dolphin gets shot.

If only deer, bears and dolphins had the firepower to shoot back.

NO hunters are NOT doing any favors by (as they say) getting rid of them to lower the population. (that reminds me of someone named Adolf in WW2).

Gilligan's Island (of all things) got it right with their hunting man episode.

 

RomneyLies

(3,333 posts)
37. If that penalty does not include five years in prison at a minimum
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 05:27 PM
Nov 2012

the law needs to be changed.

 

DaniDubois

(154 posts)
47. I second that!
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 06:21 PM
Nov 2012

zbdent

(35,392 posts)
16. Jealous rednecks angry that there's yet another species smarter than them?
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 03:01 PM
Nov 2012
 

glacierbay

(2,477 posts)
17. Here, let me fix that for you
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 03:04 PM
Nov 2012

Jealous RW rednecks angry that there's yet another species smarter than them?
Hell, a rock is smarter than them.

zbdent

(35,392 posts)
18. Sorry, thought the "jealous" suggested RW ...
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 03:05 PM
Nov 2012

nolabear

(41,902 posts)
42. That is a mean, rotten, low-down thing to say. You have no idea.
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 05:49 PM
Nov 2012

The Gulf's dolphins have been loved and saved from oil spills and hurricanes and kept safe from fishing nets by the very "rednecks" you feel superior enough to slam en masse. If you've got a specific beef, have at, but you are being everything that gets liberals broad brushed the same way you're broad brushing the people of that region.

cordelia

(2,174 posts)
44. Thank you for saying this in a much nicer way
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 06:14 PM
Nov 2012

than I wanted to.

 

quinnox

(20,600 posts)
19. well, maybe these guys will fall into the water from a freak wave on their next dolphin hunting
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 03:05 PM
Nov 2012

expedition, and a big old great white shark will be in the area, and real hungry. Karma, or universal justice, can do strange things sometimes in life.

 

glacierbay

(2,477 posts)
20. We can only hope. nt.
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 03:19 PM
Nov 2012

MerryBlooms

(11,711 posts)
32. This is some seriously sick shit.
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 03:54 PM
Nov 2012
 

RomneyLies

(3,333 posts)
38. Please consider changing your title
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 05:29 PM
Nov 2012

Your title makes this thread gungeon flamebait.

nolabear

(41,902 posts)
41. What a bizarre headline. People there are very upset. The dolphins are much loved.
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 05:46 PM
Nov 2012

They're investigating and whomever did this terrible thing had better hope the police catch them because some of the folk in the area are in a rage. They work hard to fish and keep those dolphins safe, and they know the pods well. It's horrible.

DirkGently

(12,151 posts)
55. What the hell? Who murders dolphins? Jesus.
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 07:24 PM
Nov 2012

Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)
57. Guarantee you it's a bunch of right wing "sportsmen"
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 07:27 PM
Nov 2012

pissed about Obama's reelection. Sick.

aikoaiko

(34,113 posts)
60. Locking
Sun Nov 18, 2012, 07:35 PM
Nov 2012

While the article is perfectly fine for GD, the OP framed it as a Gungeon post. Please repost there or repost here without the bait.
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