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bluedigger

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9. He's already lost his hand.

Reply to janlyn (Reply #6)

Mon Jul 30, 2012, 03:33 PM

Jul 2012

And you want them to take more of his body?

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Florida airboat captain charged with feeding the alligator that bit off his hand [View all] Botany Jul 2012 OP

As the signs say in the zoo: Don't Pet the Animals... rfranklin Jul 2012 #1

Sign shoulda said "no more hand outs" n/t Po_d Mainiac Jul 2012 #22

LOL! randome Jul 2012 #23

always looking for hand out d_r Jul 2012 #41

Isn't that redundant? Ezlivin Jul 2012 #2

Since he was holding a chunk of food in the hand, it really ought to be two counts petronius Jul 2012 #18

Precisely Ezlivin Jul 2012 #52

Well that's a tour that Indiana family will never forget tawadi Jul 2012 #3

It's a good thing he didn't make it an 'audience-participation' tour petronius Jul 2012 #7

"Left arm gone clean up to de elbow!" jberryhill Jul 2012 #4

Make note to self:.... Illegal to feed body parts to Alligators..... lib2DaBone Jul 2012 #35

WTF ...loosing his hand was punishment enough... L0oniX Jul 2012 #5

So, if I am paralyzed in a car crash fleeing a bank robbery jberryhill Jul 2012 #8

Were they offering food to the bankers? Reframe much? L0oniX Jul 2012 #24

He was injured during the course of committing a crime jberryhill Jul 2012 #28

Amen, jberryhill Hells Liberal Jul 2012 #34

I agree. I think the punishment here is the natural consequence of his action. berni_mccoy Jul 2012 #10

The law is there for several reasons jberryhill Jul 2012 #29

My boss' father was killed by a gator Hells Liberal Jul 2012 #38

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

He still has one hand to reach into his wallet with snooper2 Jul 2012 #55

fines janlyn Jul 2012 #6

He's already lost his hand. bluedigger Jul 2012 #9

I want him prosecuted Hells Liberal Jul 2012 #37

I'm okay with prosecuting him, actually, for public awareness. bluedigger Jul 2012 #42

Oh hell he'll be a celebrity. nolabear Jul 2012 #11

The gator was already killed Hells Liberal Jul 2012 #36

"The moving hand feeds and once fed moves on." randome Jul 2012 #12

It seems the same charge would apply exboyfil Jul 2012 #13

Dangling the hand - FlaGranny Jul 2012 #48

So now we have Capt. Hook. Downwinder Jul 2012 #14

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

Is that some form of double talk? demosincebirth Jul 2012 #19

Not absolutely maybe not. randome Jul 2012 #20

In that case, I don't know what the hell you're talking about Nt demosincebirth Jul 2012 #25

You'd have to ask Scalia if the right to keep and bear alligators was in the msanthrope Jul 2012 #31

It only covers bears, not alligators. NT NickB79 Jul 2012 #32

The constitution christx30 Jul 2012 #53

You guys are too good. randome Jul 2012 #56

I checked and I couldn't find it in there. demosincebirth Jul 2012 #58

You get a 3.7 out of 10 for the effort to introduce guns into this thread- snooper2 Jul 2012 #57

I would give myself a 10, for facetiousness demosincebirth Aug 2012 #59

And, of course, they had to track down the animal and kill it. The Stranger Jul 2012 #16

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

Good HockeyMom Jul 2012 #26

Amen, HockeyMom Hells Liberal Jul 2012 #39

Apparently no one told the alligator that we don't do Sharia law... Thor_MN Jul 2012 #30

I'd say that he's already been charged, tried, found guilty, and sentence executed by the 1monster Jul 2012 #40

good obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #43

Man to alligator, "Would you like a hand with that?" Monk06 Jul 2012 #44

Let this be a warning to all other alligators. sofa king Jul 2012 #45

Main course and dessert in one bite. mmmm. mmmm mmm. Stupid. lonestarnot Jul 2012 #46

Eat more ChIkin JanMichael Jul 2012 #47

Maybe the practice of feeding gators is what caused this tragedy Ash_F Jul 2012 #49

Where I come from they call this JNelson6563 Jul 2012 #50

Seems like a good way to get the word out... Skinner Jul 2012 #51

Don't be to hard on this guy. William769 Jul 2012 #54

yes he made a mistake he suffered enough pitohui Aug 2012 #60

No, in fact it isn't. sofa king Aug 2012 #61