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#26 2009-06-23 1:14 am

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Re: Blatant cruelty to animals on YouTube

jkahless wrote:

Bren wrote:

Those are a little too conservative looking.

Well I sure wouldn't call birks sexy.

Depends on who's wearing them. hubba


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#27 2009-06-23 2:40 am

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Re: Blatant cruelty to animals on YouTube

I am reminded of Steve Martin's seminal memoir, Cruel Shoes.


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#28 2009-06-23 6:21 am

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Re: Blatant cruelty to animals on YouTube

Pithecanthropus wrote:

jkahless wrote:

Bren wrote:

Those are a little too conservative looking.

Well I sure wouldn't call birks sexy.

Depends on who's wearing them. hubba

And what else, if anything they're wearing.

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#29 2009-06-23 4:46 pm

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Re: Blatant cruelty to animals on YouTube

Pithecanthropus wrote:

I wear socks with my Birks, too. I have never understood the "taboo" against it, and frankly don't care.

You can wear socks with Birks but they have to be hand woven, multi-colored and made in Guatemala.


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#30 2009-06-23 4:53 pm

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Re: Blatant cruelty to animals on YouTube

...and made out of hemp fiber.


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#31 2009-06-23 5:08 pm

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Re: Blatant cruelty to animals on YouTube

What, no love for Rainbows?


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#32 2009-06-23 5:35 pm

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Re: Blatant cruelty to animals on YouTube

I like to buy these socks at Walgreens that are like little gloves for your feet, in that they have individual thingies for each toe. My favorite ones are rainbow striped, but they do have various different designs. I'm probably one of the few grown adult males who wear them.


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#33 2009-06-23 9:21 pm

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Re: Blatant cruelty to animals on YouTube

Pariah wrote:

Pithecanthropus wrote:

I wear socks with my Birks, too. I have never understood the "taboo" against it, and frankly don't care.

You can wear socks with Birks but they have to be hand woven, multi-colored and made in Guatemala.

So SmartWool doesn't count?


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#34 2009-06-23 9:57 pm

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Re: Blatant cruelty to animals on YouTube

There was this one video on YouTube posted by the people who run some sort of how-to site similar "Instructables." It was a video on how to cook lobster. The person recommended that for the best flavor, you should literally tear the lobster's legs and tail off while it's still alive.

And then proceeded to do so.

They tore a living creature apart, on camera, and then threw the still-living head and torso into a pot of boiling water, along with the legs and tail.

Believe me, I had some choice comments for those people, and I did flag it, and I did fire off an angry message to YouTube. Then I went to the how-to site in question, found their corporate info, and sent them a very irate e-mail.

Then I went back to YouTube and posted the names of the officers of the company, just in case anybody gave a damn.

Did I make a difference?

Probably not.

Just trying to get back on topic.


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#35 2009-07-10 4:28 am

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Re: Blatant cruelty to animals on YouTube

Wow... that's a nice YouTube video you got there... anyway thanks for sharing....

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#36 2009-07-10 4:50 am

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Re: Blatant cruelty to animals on YouTube

OK, now this is some thread zombie action that at least makes sense, in that it links to something. Ironically, the page that is linked to contains the following link:

"Porsche Panamera Invoices"

Also found on that page is scintillating conversation, such as the following:

"boobah : this is so cool. i want to download this wallpaper of youtube. i want a wallpaper of youtube fred. he is the funny youtuber. 1 million subscriberz. so crazy"


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#37 2009-07-10 1:31 pm

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Re: Blatant cruelty to animals on YouTube

Not sure if it's on Youtube but,

http://news.aol.com/article/bull-gores- … ona/560948

Last line:

"The bulls used in the runs face matadors and almost certain death the same afternoon in the Pamplona bullring."

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#38 2009-07-10 2:50 pm

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Re: Blatant cruelty to animals on YouTube

Isolated bulls are more likely to get disoriented and start charging at people.

"Disoriented?"

They make it sound like goring a person is something a bull would only do if he was confused. I thought that was the bull's goal. Well, that, and survival, but as the article pointed out, survival isn't on the plate for those poor animals.

I know the whole concept of running with the bulls at Pamplona has a certain romantic mystique to it, but I won't weep for anybody who dies while making sport of an animal's suffering. The matadors and their little clown-helper people can all get gored too, as far as I'm concerned.

Then, of course, I have to think about the hard lives and unpleasant deaths that our bovine brothers and sisters experience as a result of my own hamburger and steak consumption, so...

I guess I oughtta get gored too.


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#39 2009-07-10 9:01 pm

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Re: Blatant cruelty to animals on YouTube

Bren wrote:

Isolated bulls are more likely to get disoriented and start charging at people.

"Disoriented?"

They make it sound like goring a person is something a bull would only do if he was confused. I thought that was the bull's goal. Well, that, and survival, but as the article pointed out, survival isn't on the plate for those poor animals.

I know the whole concept of running with the bulls at Pamplona has a certain romantic mystique to it, but I won't weep for anybody who dies while making sport of an animal's suffering. The matadors and their little clown-helper people can all get gored too, as far as I'm concerned.

Then, of course, I have to think about the hard lives and unpleasant deaths that our bovine brothers and sisters experience as a result of my own hamburger and steak consumption, so...

I guess I oughtta get gored too.

I don't think you're entertained by their unpleasant deaths though which is what bullfights are for...that and carrying on the glorious ancient practice of torturing dumb animals in public, for fun.

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#40 2009-07-11 2:01 am

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Re: Blatant cruelty to animals on YouTube

Some day will be made to reckon with all that we have done.


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