Robert 6's Comments
"If you are legitimately permitted to hunt the moose, IMO - there is NO problem shooting the albino moose."
What you actually mean is that people have claimed that they have the legal right to kill another species. Because I don't recall the other species being asked to vote for whether or not our species is "permitted" to kill them. I don't recall reading such permission in international law. Perhaps Zeus or Yahweh told you it was permitted.
"BTW - it’s FUNNY the animal story gets an order of magnitude more comments than any other."
Is it actually "funny", or is it just that some people identify humans fucking around with helpless animals as being something worth objecting to? Or are you OK with say, dogs being hung up by their back legs and beaten to death as they are in Korea? Or bull-baiting? Horse-whipping? Ortolan?
What you actually mean is that people have claimed that they have the legal right to kill another species. Because I don't recall the other species being asked to vote for whether or not our species is "permitted" to kill them. I don't recall reading such permission in international law. Perhaps Zeus or Yahweh told you it was permitted.
"BTW - it’s FUNNY the animal story gets an order of magnitude more comments than any other."
Is it actually "funny", or is it just that some people identify humans fucking around with helpless animals as being something worth objecting to? Or are you OK with say, dogs being hung up by their back legs and beaten to death as they are in Korea? Or bull-baiting? Horse-whipping? Ortolan?
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Should be called "How to dress like a generic slob".
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1. Albinism is a recessive gene, and in no way poses a threat to the survival of ANY species. Only 1 in 17,000 humans are albinos; nobody kills humans for that reason, so you'd think that if albinism in any species was going to be an over-breeding risk, it would be in ours.
2. If we're going to shoot albino moose because of some supposed threat to their gene pool, we should likewise shoot albino dogs, cats, deer and every other species of animal that occasionally throws an albino. And why stop there? We actually artificially breed dogs like bulldogs and greyhounds, knowing full well that they will have serious and chronic health problems because of their breeding!
3. Norwegians no more *have* to rely on moose for food than the Japanese have to rely on fugu or New Yorkers have to rely on McDonalds, for food. It's a matter of preference, not necessity.
2. If we're going to shoot albino moose because of some supposed threat to their gene pool, we should likewise shoot albino dogs, cats, deer and every other species of animal that occasionally throws an albino. And why stop there? We actually artificially breed dogs like bulldogs and greyhounds, knowing full well that they will have serious and chronic health problems because of their breeding!
3. Norwegians no more *have* to rely on moose for food than the Japanese have to rely on fugu or New Yorkers have to rely on McDonalds, for food. It's a matter of preference, not necessity.
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Where would Tim Biskup be without dear ol' Jim Flora to rip off?
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PRECISELY! Every time a species mutates, it could be seen from the outside as a "mistake". However, speciation is often fortuitous, as mutation can give those who have it an evolutionary advantage to where they outlive or outcompete their "normal" kin.