tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post3734554148812565959..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: A Question of Public SafetyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-23100067900596258422012-12-08T04:09:32.975-08:002012-12-08T04:09:32.975-08:00Maimonides is just all right by me.Maimonides is just all right by me.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-84459589516261798062012-12-07T19:12:39.475-08:002012-12-07T19:12:39.475-08:00google cougars in all the states in which
they are...google cougars in all the states in which<br />they are not supposed to be present<br />and you will see they have been<br />seen or found dead or killed in<br />most states...<br />"If a wild beast enters a human<br />habitation...it is a visitation"<br />To paraphrase Maimonides by memory.<br /><br />Cougar on Long Island<br /><br />Maimonides just left it at thatElmo St. Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01588245143022651357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-73661700393409613482012-12-07T08:07:01.809-08:002012-12-07T08:07:01.809-08:00"These ‘security forces’ daily brutalize peop..."These ‘security forces’ daily brutalize people without cause, using pepper spray, mace, tasers, and billy clubs, and are quick to kill even when the situation doesn’t warrant deadly force. Game wardens and park rangers are also categorized as ‘security forces,’ all of them weaponized with the aforementioned devices for the control, suppression, or elimination of life-forms they judge to be extraneous. If human life can be treated with utter disregard, is it any wonder that animals, wild or domesticated, can be dispatched so quickly?"<br /><br />You can say that again.<br /><br />But then again... are we not speaking here of the "normal" mindset of this great nation? <br /><br />A people not good at very many things mind you, but quite adept at <a href="http://tomclarkblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/good-captive-bolt-stunning.html" rel="nofollow">this</a>.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-86695829400262296062012-12-07T03:30:19.240-08:002012-12-07T03:30:19.240-08:00we are not ready for the sudden...yeswe are not ready for the sudden...yesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-83049017800517663012012-12-06T16:03:21.550-08:002012-12-06T16:03:21.550-08:00A recent study —http://men.webmd.com/news/20060728...A recent study —http://men.webmd.com/news/20060728/guns-up-testosterone-male-aggression —shows that when men handle firearms (A), their testosterone levels rise significantly; and (B), after handling the weapons, the men become more aggressive than the control group, and remain so for some time. Police officers, by extrapolation, fall naturally under the rubric of those who pack heat and who are thus prone to aggression. These ‘security forces’ daily brutalize people without cause, using pepper spray, mace, tasers, and billy clubs, and are quick to kill even when the situation doesn’t warrant deadly force. Game wardens and park rangers are also categorized as ‘security forces,’ all of them weaponized with the aforementioned devices for the control, suppression, or elimination of life-forms they judge to be extraneous. If human life can be treated with utter disregard, is it any wonder that animals, wild or domesticated, can be dispatched so quickly?Hazenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13417573435195561519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-21629233134674321522012-12-06T13:50:27.020-08:002012-12-06T13:50:27.020-08:00I see someone enjoys
Zwetschgenkuchen
an indescr...I see someone enjoys <br /> Zwetschgenkuchen<br />an indescribable<br /> taste poetry close<br />poetry <br />or something near<br /><br />not the lost kittens<br />nobody can save<br /><br />despite the plums<br />cut into diamonds<br /><br />follow the recipe<br />it won't turn out<br />the same I'm here<br /><br />for your disappointment<br />for the ones <br />who have not tasted it <br />for the ones who have<br />at the <br />hungry place <br />at the edgeSusan Kay Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277139119869470939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-70180181904740458872012-12-06T13:35:45.569-08:002012-12-06T13:35:45.569-08:00"They had a very abnormal look and didn't..."They had a very abnormal look and didn't display a fear of humans..."<br /><br />Fearlessness in the face of humankind doesn't make sense. There's plenty to be afraid of, whatever species you belong to.<br /><br />There isn't a valid argument to make for the killing of these creatures and no amount of orthographic mayhem is going to swing it for me.<br />Mose23https://www.blogger.com/profile/01100756913131511440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-36409770967061341352012-12-06T12:44:47.534-08:002012-12-06T12:44:47.534-08:00My life and all that it is
the life of grooming
no...My life and all that it is<br />the life of grooming<br />no matter what<br />this is a comfort<br />take extra care.<br /><br />It is sweet to lick her fur.<br />I find myself there. The family tree.<br />I love it most. She disappears<br />underneath it all. Hollow honey<br />shadow and specific species<br />lost in the cul-de-sac too<br />connected elbows breath teeth.Susan Kay Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277139119869470939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-45778386377989636792012-12-06T09:55:28.874-08:002012-12-06T09:55:28.874-08:00The people who do animal rescues are not theorists...The people who do animal rescues are not theorists or armchair experts. It's a hands-on job.<br /><br />"Rescue" means saving, not killing.<br /><br />The superior grace and intelligence of feline species is proven by the sad quality of human argument, particularly when there is the rapid declension to ad hominem levels of pseudo-discourse.<br /><br />(Please disconnect me from your fantasy of who I am, thanks very much.)TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-50889615191611248462012-12-06T09:38:58.175-08:002012-12-06T09:38:58.175-08:00Well yes it is a "sleep" of the tung. It...Well yes it is a "sleep" of the tung. It is well and truly said that "If you want a cupple of komments state a fac, but if you want a tousand kammets missspell a wurd."<br /><br />On the other issue, of which your view was made amply kleer with the odd dozen sweet cuddly cougar shots, it is also well and truly said that "Nothing is impossible for him that doth not have to do the work." or rather "No wild animal that cannot be safely and sweetly tranquilized and taken away while unconscious to those that don't have to actually handle them."<br /><br />Now, if memory serves, you live (or once lived) somewhere around Bolinas. There should be ample opportunity for you to extend your love and care for ye olde cougars in the surrounding green dream. Perhaps a few chants from Snyder's Turtle Island will cool them out.<br /><br />vanderleunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296245324443413545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-77891396978569876252012-12-06T09:37:10.540-08:002012-12-06T09:37:10.540-08:00From the San Mateo Times news story on the inciden...From the San Mateo Times news story on the incident:<br /><br />"California wildlife rescue expert Jay Holcomb said that, although the wardens had to weigh the public safety issue carefully, trapping the animals would not have been difficult.<br /><br />"'Let's face it, these are cubs. They're easily capturable,' said Holcomb, former head of the International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council and current director of International Bird Rescue. 'You can go to the store and buy some chicken and they'll be on it in a second. It's a no-brainer.'"TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-53882889633146320602012-12-06T09:34:23.502-08:002012-12-06T09:34:23.502-08:00Nin, from what I've learned over the years, yo...Nin, from what I've learned over the years, your mother was a remarkably canny person -- possessed of the sort of mother wisdom that binds rather than breaks, and makes it possible for us to remember that nothing that breathes is ever completely alone in the world. <br /><br />And yes, the animals that were killed could have been trapped and captured quite easily; there are people who know how to do this. <br /><br />Something tells me that Puma concolor hails from a realm in which there were no mountain bikes... but mountain bikes may well outlast them.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-37848636649958667882012-12-06T09:21:19.945-08:002012-12-06T09:21:19.945-08:00Oh, that's so sad. You would think they could...Oh, that's so sad. You would think they could have caught them and set them free again. I was always terrified of them as a kid, but wanted so badly to see one. And I never did--see one, that is. My mom used to say we sound like thunder to them--we are so loud and clumsy. And yes, mountain bikers are targeted by dogs and mountain lions bc the posture you are in on the bike is a posture that = aggression to animals. <br /><br />Nin Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12643167108589844026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-42086043318452991592012-12-06T09:09:19.713-08:002012-12-06T09:09:19.713-08:00Vanderleun,
I would beg to differ as to the dange...Vanderleun,<br /><br />I would beg to differ as to the dangers posed by wild animals like these straying into the neat and tidy spaces made and controlled by humans. In these hills there are deer, and they too are regarded as a menace by some. The deer are sometimes followed down out of the hills by mountain lions. Any excuse to shoot and kill will do.<br /><br />These latest victims were threatening nobody, unless one could be said to feel threatened by the fright and confusion wild creatures experience when they hazard the dangers of "civilization".<br /><br />Humans scare me a lot more, with their worries and their fears and their murderous weapons -- especially guns and cars.<br /><br /><a href="http://tomclarkblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/memorial-for-majesty.html" rel="nofollow">Memorial for Majesty</a>.<br /><br />(By the way, excuse my English-speaking ways, but surely your "Nobel" is an unintended slip?)TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-60550991396550856932012-12-06T08:29:33.384-08:002012-12-06T08:29:33.384-08:00Sad, but cougars will attack and kill people .... ...Sad, but cougars will attack and kill people .... and with some regularity.<br /><br />It's all oooh why kill the big kitty until some mountain biker's body or injured or killed kid shows up.<br /><br />Check it out.<br /><br />http://www.cougarinfo.org/attacks3.htm<br /><br />http://www.cougarinfo.org/attacks4.htm<br /><br />"Cute" and "Adorable" and even "Nobel" does not yet trump dangerous.<br />vanderleunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296245324443413545noreply@blogger.com