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Ka-pi96 said:
Ruler said:
lol who cares its just an animal? Million humans in the third world starve every year but you dont hear the first world peoples outrage like you do in this story.

lol, who cares? They're just animals...

That's pretty harsh man.



 

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BraLoD said:
hershel_layton said:

That's pretty harsh man.

I think he is pointing that every human is an animal, to dismiss a point about "who cares, it's just an animal", and that we are all animals, just as well.

I suppose his comment can be interpreted in two ways. Wouldn't want to assume.

 

I think people are missing out on the bigger issues of this though. It proves:

1) Responsibility does impact how your child acts

2) People only care when things become trends



 

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Ka-pi96 said:
hershel_layton said:

That's pretty harsh man.

As stated above just drawing a parallel. Any animals (humans included, obviously) dying unnecessarily is always a bad thing.

Just hate the whole superiority complex some people have where people use the word 'animal' as an insult and shit like that despite the fact that humans are indeed animals as well.

Great point.

 

People putting humans or other animals above each other don't realize that every creature is living. it'd be nice if we got outraged when things aren't trending



 

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hershel_layton said:
Ruler said:
lol who cares its just an animal? Million humans in the third world starve every year but you dont hear the first world peoples outrage like you do in this story.

I mentioned that already. Only reason I posted this was because the irresponsibility of the mother pissed me off.

Yeah the mother pisses me off the most in the whole incedent also.  The police is investigating the whole chase now.  She better not go ahead with trying to sue the Zoo she doesn't have chance of winning since she was at fault for not properly supervining her kid.



"Unintentional injuries—such as those caused by burns, drowning, falls, poisoning and road traffic—are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children in the United States. Each year, among those 0 to 19 years of age, more than 12,000 people die from unintentional injuries and more than 9.2 million are treated in emergency departments for nonfatal injuries."

http://www.cdc.gov/safechild/child_injury_data.html

Perhaps only a handful of them occur at a zoo, as a result of an interaction with an animal. But if people are seriously going to accuse this woman in particular of gross negligence and she should be investigated by child services, then there are 9.2 million other people, at least, every year who should also be investigated. That might take a while though.



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Something similar happened in the US in a Zoo in 1996 in that indecent a female gorilla actually carried the kid to safety.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/gorilla-carries-year-boy-safety-fell-enclosure-1996/story?id=39479586

Even though gorillas are the strongest out of the great apes they are actually pretty harmless since they are primarily herbivores. Chimpanzees are a lot more dangerous since they regularly also consume meat and they hunt other mammals in the wild.



Sounds to me like she's living such a carefree, smooth life. No one is responsible for anything, and everyone is protected from accidents because "God is amazing". I'm kinda jealous.



FragilE^ said:
Sounds to me like she's living such a carefree, smooth life. No one is responsible for anything, and everyone is protected from accidents because "God is amazing". I'm kinda jealous.

I'm just glad she's black. Now all the SJW's on tumblr and twitter can shut up and stop linking this to white privilege.



 

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100% agree with him



hershel_layton said:
FragilE^ said:
Sounds to me like she's living such a carefree, smooth life. No one is responsible for anything, and everyone is protected from accidents because "God is amazing". I'm kinda jealous.

I'm just glad she's black. Now all the SJW's on tumblr and twitter can shut up and stop linking this to white privilege.

Oh they'll twist it anyways. Whites built the "dangerous" zoo to endanger black kids or something. There's always an angle when you look long enough :)