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Johnny Rico

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52. If elephants can be "innocent", don't they by definition have the capability of being "guilty"?
Sat Apr 21, 2012, 03:10 PM
Apr 2012

If so, the guilty ones need to be punished...yes?

Du rec. Nt xchrom Apr 2012 #1
Good for them. These poachers are relentless and have to be eliminated. cbayer Apr 2012 #2
sell their teeth Schema Thing Apr 2012 #3
Properly speaking, tusks aren't teeth. But we understand your point. nt TheWraith Apr 2012 #15
They're second incisors, the incisors we have on frogmarch Apr 2012 #20
Remove the dead poachers teeth and send that to an Asian jeweler that processes ivory bloomington-lib Apr 2012 #4
china is pushing animals into extinction roguevalley Apr 2012 #5
China? malaise Apr 2012 #10
Legal hunting and safari, while not popular here, has proven to be a boon to wildlife populations Drahthaardogs Apr 2012 #11
nope. wrong. wrong and wrong. I was just reading cali Apr 2012 #50
Here ya go Hoss Drahthaardogs Apr 2012 #66
Elephant and rhino poaching 'is driven by China's economic boom' progressoid Apr 2012 #19
Proves again that wealth is wasted on the rich, like the Trumps, etc. freshwest Apr 2012 #38
rhino horn and bear bile go to china. tons of the trade in roguevalley Apr 2012 #72
Check to see if one of the suspected poachers is named Dick Cheney... EmeraldCityGrl Apr 2012 #6
Or Ted catscratch mcnutwit the bear poacher. lonestarnot Apr 2012 #33
Yes, screw them AND... PearliePoo2 Apr 2012 #7
I hate poaching but I am not going to cheer the death Drahthaardogs Apr 2012 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author sarge43 Apr 2012 #12
There are other articles that talk about poachers. Kaleva Apr 2012 #21
So well equipped they had to spear an elephant. Really? Drahthaardogs Apr 2012 #67
Sorry, my writing was bad Kaleva Apr 2012 #68
if they were worried about feeding their families justabob Apr 2012 #16
Nice try. progressoid Apr 2012 #17
A lot of criminals start out poor. TheWraith Apr 2012 #18
Can't feed your family with 110lbs of ivory, but you could with 1,000lbs of elephant meat. Poll_Blind Apr 2012 #28
While I share your sentiment about gravedancing, these people are very bad and need to be stopped. cbayer Apr 2012 #31
Pirates attack human beings. Poachers attack non-human animals. Johnny Rico Apr 2012 #32
Having spent some time around groups of elephants, I will maintain that this is murder. cbayer Apr 2012 #34
A very interesting distinction. MineralMan Apr 2012 #36
So if someone kills an elephant with malice aforethought, what should the penalty be? Johnny Rico Apr 2012 #37
That's for the people who oversee the area and the animals within it to decide. cbayer Apr 2012 #40
They certainly have the right to determine their own laws, yes. But... Johnny Rico Apr 2012 #42
I guess the bottom line for me would be whether the creature were presenting cbayer Apr 2012 #45
The problem is that when you use the term "murder" to describe the killing of an animal, it has a Johnny Rico Apr 2012 #47
I understand that and was using it more for impact than for it's literal meaning. cbayer Apr 2012 #51
Well, fair enough. Johnny Rico Apr 2012 #53
Understood and I apologize. Will be more thoughtful (or use quote marks) in the future. cbayer Apr 2012 #54
Darn it, you're being reasonable. Johnny Rico Apr 2012 #56
While I don't believe there is, in Kenya, the death penalty for poaching per se. oneshooter Apr 2012 #58
I was just reading about the death penalty issue, and from what I see, you are correct. cbayer Apr 2012 #61
Our trackers were both Masai and Zulu, both are proud and feared peoples. oneshooter Apr 2012 #62
I think they had a point there. cbayer Apr 2012 #63
The Zulu were trackers I brought with me from Rhodesia. oneshooter Apr 2012 #64
here is something else for this sub-thread justabob Apr 2012 #60
You may maintain that "this is murder" to your heart's content. You may do so at great length. 11 Bravo Apr 2012 #48
I understand that I am technically incorrect, but will also maintain that I am cbayer Apr 2012 #49
If elephants can be "innocent", don't they by definition have the capability of being "guilty"? Johnny Rico Apr 2012 #52
As a matter of fact, that happens. cbayer Apr 2012 #55
Only males get shunned? Discrimination! I won't have it...harumph, harumph! Johnny Rico Apr 2012 #57
sonofabitch Duppers Apr 2012 #69
They feed their families elephant meat?? proud2BlibKansan Apr 2012 #44
Were any of them named Trump? n/t SomethingFishy Apr 2012 #9
Or named the "king" of Spain?!1 (pic) UTUSN Apr 2012 #22
I wish they'd had those gun barrels up each other's asses when they pulled the trigger instead of... Poll_Blind Apr 2012 #26
Many of the poachers are very poor and are trying to survive Kaleva Apr 2012 #13
Good! The poachers should be the hunted. TheKentuckian Apr 2012 #14
Excellent.. Upton Apr 2012 #23
I gotta agree. n/t RebelOne Apr 2012 #30
It's funny...post that you're glad that a murderer is dead and you'll get attacked for being a Johnny Rico Apr 2012 #24
The key to enjoying DU is expecting that nomatter what you post someone is going to hate you for it Poll_Blind Apr 2012 #25
Now THATS funny.... HooptieWagon Apr 2012 #65
Go Clean Your Guns And Try To Get Over It. Paladin Apr 2012 #35
Where did I defend poaching? Support your assertion or withdraw it. Johnny Rico Apr 2012 #39
Hey, I was singing "Ding Dong..." when Andrew Breitbart died! backscatter712 Apr 2012 #59
Were the Trump boys involved? nm rhett o rick Apr 2012 #27
Bad part is the rangers were hurt...they have a very dangerous job... joeybee12 Apr 2012 #29
The poachers were more than ready to kill humans. They don't sound like the victims here. freshwest Apr 2012 #41
They violently resisted arrest, which is what got them killed. Johnny Rico Apr 2012 #43
Willing to kill humans, which is what I said. You want to parse it another way, be my guest. n/t freshwest Apr 2012 #46
someone on this thread Duppers Apr 2012 #70
Oh, stop...you're making me blush. Johnny Rico Apr 2012 #73
Threads like this make me wonder if world peace is humanly possible. nt ZombieHorde Apr 2012 #71
Not as long as we're human. Violence is part of our nature. Johnny Rico Apr 2012 #74
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