Posts by searcher

ADIL SALMAN MOUSA told Reuters a group of U.S. soldiers were having a party in the zoo on Thursday night, after it had closed.
“Someone was trying to feed the tigers,” he said. “The tiger bit his finger off and clawed his arm. So his colleague took a gun and shot the tiger.”

The only time the word ' after ' is mentioned is ' after it had closed ' refering to when the soldiers were in the zoo, not when the Tiger was shot.

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'brilliant' ... pity it didn't maul them both

by Simon in

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mindless destruction, they should know better .

http://www.msnbc.com/news/969412.asp?0cv=cb20

searcher

I am being highly critical because it was a dumb thing to do.

Actually the dumb thing was done by the FIRST soldier.

Why not fire a warning shot? Oh no, that wouldn't do would it ...

Maybe a warning shot was fired but the Tiger didnt know what a gunshot was and that it was a danger to it.

We just dont know if the second soldier was saving the first from his own stupidity, or over - reacted and shot un-necessarily, the news story does not give enough information for anyone to make a firm judgement on this.

Also anyone who has been in a hostile situation will know that it is impossible to ' wind down ' just like that, the tension lasts for a long time, even in a ' safe ' environment, so over-reaction is entirely possible.

The fact that the tiger was shot is deplorable, but there is not enough information about the whole story to aportion blame(apart from to the first soldier) until all the facts are in.

Also, the story in the news is told by one man, are we sure that he is not biased in some way?

All anyone can say at this point is that the first one was an idiot for going near the cage at all.

Edited to add

The tiger was acting on instinct

True, but then, so was the soldier who shot it.

Still a waste though.

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Disgusted and ashamed to be British

by Simon in

david blaine has been in his box for two weeks now.

during that time it's become a daily event for people to go and throw eggs and other food at the box, people have also fired golf-balls at him and other objects and someone has even tried to cut the cables holding the box from the crane.

people have also tried to shine lasers into his eyes and othe 'clever' tricks.. it's disgusting but typical of the yobbish, mindless behavior that is becoming too common in the uk.. i'm ashamed to be british.

searcher

My opinion is, that people act in such a way because they have no fear of punishment or reprisal. Too many people worry about the rights of the perpetrator while ignoring the rights of the victim.

This seems to be the attitude in most western countries.

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'brilliant' ... pity it didn't maul them both

by Simon in

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mindless destruction, they should know better .

http://www.msnbc.com/news/969412.asp?0cv=cb20

searcher

If some lumberjack had got drunk and minced the tiger with a chainsaw I think I'd have the same dim view of them.

I agree, but then the lumberjack doesnt need his chainsaw when off duty to protect himself from the trees, does he?

The news story does not make it clear. Had the Tiger clawed the soldiers arm and was then in another part of the cage, or did it have a grip on his arm trying to chew it off?

Each of these conditions make for an entirely different veiw of the shooting, although neither condone the soldier being near the cage in the first place.

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'brilliant' ... pity it didn't maul them both

by Simon in

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mindless destruction, they should know better .

http://www.msnbc.com/news/969412.asp?0cv=cb20

searcher

thats the problem with soldiers, goverments put them in tense, dangerous situations where they have to be alert for hours, sometimes days at a time, so when they get off duty they relax too much sometimes and do stupid things.

Of course, no-one but soldiers ever do stupid things, so maybe their should be no soldiers in the world.........anywhere.

Perhaps a letter campagn to all the counties in the world with men/women under arms can solve this problem, I am sure they will all take serious note and do something, after all, it is self evident that we do not need the military in any way shape or form, public opinion has made the military redundant, and we can get along without them just fine.

Peace in the World....................Maybe.

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I just got off the phone with TeeJay

by seven006 in

jw
friends

some here may have noticed that recently teejay and i got into it a little bit on a thread i started about the locking of threads.

about two years ago teejay and i got into it a few times in other threads.

as much as i thought teejay was an intelligent guy and i have always gotten a kick out of his sarcastic sense of humor i still thought he loved to stir things up and take a few unnecessary jabs at people simply for the sake of jabbing them and causing trouble.. teejay called me tonight.

searcher

Interesting thread.

I will have to re-think some things.

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Why doesn't the WTS website have a discussion forum?

by Holey_Cheeses*King_of_the juice. in

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since the jws main mission in their miserable lives is to 'preach the good news of the kingdom', why is is that there is really no means to interact with the wts website?.

certainly, many pioneers could be engaged in the activity of answering the many enquiries that would be directed through such an 'official' discussion board, and it would definitely be a means for the pioneers of accumulating many precious hours of witnessing to those 'hungering for the truth'.. surely the society couldn't believe that such a site would be inundated with doubting and disgruntled individuals with an 'axe to grind' with them.

i am sure that there would be many members here who would have many sincere enquiries to make with the society, without wanting to disrupt, or harass.

searcher

A Discussion Board?

You mean PAY for more bandwith?

Part with money?

Get real

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Stupidest thing a JW ever told you

by Nosferatu in

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what is the stupidest thing a jw ever told you?

we all know that they say a lot of stupid things, but what really topped the cake?.

for me, it was an elder telling me i was progressing really well when my meeting attendance was down and my field service hours were slipping.

searcher

The funniest thing I ever heard was one time when an elder quoted a scripture at me, something about ‘ I was there in the beginning’, which he purported to be Jesus.

Having read the context, I found that it was wisdom speaking, and pointed this out, his answer?

“Wisdom is an aspect of Jehovah and Jesus is the physical manifestation of the aspects of Jehovah.”

The most perfect explanation of the trinity I ever heard.