Callous people.

[Ninjaette]

Nothing to do with battle of the sexes young man. It's to do with respect. That transcends sexes. Just so happens that those on the "black and white" side are male.

Any females care to contribute to the black and white team? :lol:

FFS how the hell did this turn from saving the fluffy wallaby from the evil snake to a battle of the sexes?

 

[GeckoJosh]

Young man?
Look lady i dont know what world you come from but on mine snakes eat fluffy animals, and stupidity is shared between sexes evenly, except sometimes someone gets a little extra and we end up with post s like yours

 

[TahneeMaree]

Nothing to do with battle of the sexes young man. It's to do with respect. That transcends sexes. Just so happens that those on the "black and white" side are male.

Any females care to contribute to the black and white team? :lol:

pfft open your eyes hun

and you were the one to start the gender issue so stay off the high horse

Have some respect for people in general and do not slander them based on stereo types and generalisations

 

[Ninjaette]

Well DUH! Of course snakes eat fluffy animals. It is a scientific fact. That's all they know and I don't expect them to turn to vegetarianism anytime soon.

Be that as it may, this is NOT a reason to tell someone that they're stupid because they feel a certain way. To me that is just discrimination. It's like saying someone is less of a human being because they don't think the same way as you. I don't care where you come from but to me that is plain rudeness and where I come from, that is NOT acceptable.

Call me stupid however much you want - it only makes you look like an a*hole, so the jokes on you buddy

 

[dpeica]

Do you people realise you're fighting over a dead wallaby? Idiots.

 

[Ninjaette]

Uh... how about you open YOUR eyes and see that the disrespect came from others towards someone who was merely expressing an opinion.

There would be an absolute uproar and you would be stomping your feet in disgust and carrying on like a pork chop if anyone dared to pan you out for expressing an opinion.

BTW I did mention that the observation I made was a GENERALISATION. I never said that the observation was hardcore fact.

pfft open your eyes hun

and you were the one to start the gender issue so stay of the high horse

Have some respect for people in general and do not slander them based on stereo types and generalisations

 

[TahneeMaree]

It was supposed to be about the peoples reaction to the event...

 

[Ninjaette]

Someone said that about plastic boxes.

Do you people realise you're fighting over a dead wallaby? Idiots.

 

[TahneeMaree]

The thread was started with disrespect towards the people involved (the family who took the pictures)

 

[garycahill]

Another pic of the same thing that has been kicking around forever.

 

[PhilK]

... I very much doubt you will have ANY patients left if you tell them that their pets have died because of "Nature" and that they should just get over it.

That is completely 100% different to this issue. How can you compare peoples loving pets of 15 years passing on to witnessing two wild creatures interacting? These people saw a snake eating a wallaby.. akin to seeing a spider eat a fly or an eagle take a rabbit. That is nothing like putting down your dog of 15 years..

Just a lesson in understanding human nature, and that nothing is ever as simple as you think it is. I notice this is a VERY common trait in males IN GENERAL. Men seem to always see things in black and white and not the shades of grey. Guess you can't be blamed as it is in your genetic make-up.

Thanks for the life lesson, but human nature is easy enough to understand without you. Not sure why you're bringing a battle of the sexes aspect in haha but we'll leave that there.

Remember, everybody else's opinion is just as valued as yours or DipC's so you'd better respect them too :lol:

 

[TahneeMaree]

wow gary, whoever took that pic is so callous, just standing there taking picks while a kangaroo (by the looks of it) is about to get eaten

 

[GeckoJosh]

Thats is cool gary
I want one to guard my moat!

 

[garycahill]

The downside to it guarding your moat Gex is that it only takes fluffy animals!

 

[cris]

Ah. Forgive my ignorance and please don't be sorry. *I'm* sorry that you have to put up with emotional people. Must be difficult for you to live amongst those who are clearly not as highly evolved as yourself, who are evidently mentally deficient and incapable of having any common sense and any sense of reality because of their emotions. They, along with myself could really learn a lesson or two from your good self. Kudos.

I'll make a note to vote for you when they announce the nominations for Australians of the year for Australia day.

TY all humans are emotional, its not a bad thing. If you want to live in a pretend fairy land where nothing dies and everything is happy and friendly, you will need to stay sheltered from nature. To think its wrong for an animal to hunt and eat isnt natural especially for an omnivourus animal like a human. Its about a mature as thinking food magically appears on the supermarket shelves without anyone growing/making it and putting it there.

If you live a house or eat food you are responsible for killing heaps of animals, having an out of sight out of mind attitude doesnt really hold much weight IMO. Each to their own, but for someone who cant understand nature to imply they were stupid for not killing the snake is a bit extreme IMO.

 

[Ninjaette]

Oy veh

That is completely 100% different to this issue. How can you compare peoples loving pets of 15 years passing on to witnessing two wild creatures interacting? These people saw a snake eating a wallaby.. akin to seeing a spider eat a fly or an eagle take a rabbit. That is nothing like putting down your dog of 15 years..


Thanks for the life lesson, but human nature is easy enough to understand without you. Not sure why you're bringing a battle of the sexes aspect in haha but we'll leave that there.

Remember, everybody else's opinion is just as valued as yours or DipC's so you'd better respect them too :lol:

 

[Ninjaette]

Word

TY all humans are emotional, its not a bad thing. If you want to live in a pretend fairy land where nothing dies and everything is happy and friendly, you will need to stay sheltered from nature. To think its wrong for an animal to hunt and eat isnt natural especially for an omnivourus animal like a human. Its about a mature as thinking food magically appears on the supermarket shelves without anyone growing/making it and putting it there.

If you live a house or eat food you are responsible for killing heaps of animals, having an out of sight out of mind attitude doesnt really hold much weight IMO. Each to their own, but for someone who cant understand nature to imply they were stupid for not killing the snake is a bit extreme IMO.

 

[GeckoJosh]

The downside to it guarding your moat Gex is that it only takes fluffy animals!

Really? :cry: oh well at least it will keep the rabbits down

 

[Andie]

As I already posted, I think that it IS an issue that it can be helpful to look at without emotion ie logically. And I am a girl so it is not a gender thing.

Nature (as an entire ecosystem) does not have emotion. It is a series of living and non-living things interacting. In this case two living things interacted and resulted in one being eaten. The kangaroo mother may appear emtional to us (who have emotions) but she was just doing what comes naturally. There are numerous stories of human parents acting purely on instinct when their children are in danger. Emotion does not enter into it until they realise afterwards and shock sets in.

It is us humans who superimpose our emotions onto the situation. We feel horrible for the poor baby that died or the apparently frantic mother. Or we feel empathy for the snake who was probably very hungry.

Is this a bad thing? Not really because it is these same emotions that compel us to conservation and rescuing abused pets or injured wildlife.

It is when these varying degrees of emotion (or lack of) begin to clash with each other that the problems arise, as are happening here. Because we all (myself included!) are sure that we are right.

Can I suggest that the flaming stop from all sides and we just realise that people are affected by things differently. I have a very strong consitution (bring on Man vs Wild!) but I realise and accept that others do not and that is all there is to it. You don't have to watch a violent nature doco. I like them because you learn a lot but I won't make you watch one with me! And I don't think less of someone who can't or won't watch it.

The OP has already said that she did not know all of the situation when she first posted.

Can what has become a mean and rather pointless this thread be laid to rest now?

 

[cosmicwolf4]

I am emotional and I find it upsetting to see people arguing and name calling on a site that's meant to be here to help and advise.
I wonder if you who are being so critical would be friends in real time if you didn't know that the person you are arguing with was the person you were speaking to.
Each one of you are probably really nice, kind people and yet when you get on here, you turn into hellions.
I have so much respect for many of you here and don't like to see what you do to each other.
How about using explanations and courtesy, instead of flaming and name calling when there is a post you don't like?