wildlife ( was Re: [TheForge] ground hogs)OT

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Ahhh...give our only saint a break please Terry.
We are part of the ecology, like it or not.
We displace other species and compete with a large number.
The best we can hope for is to try to do so intelligently and be 
respectful when we eat our neighbors.
And mark this rantery OT...grin...pf

terry l. ridder wrote:
> hello;
> 
> so when did you , phlip, become the list mom and
> decide that discussing the wholesale slaughter of
> wildlife is now part of theforge's purpose? i must
> have missed that announcement.
> 
> On Sat, 16 Feb 2008, Saint Phlip wrote:
> 
>> On Feb 16, 2008 1:15 PM, terry l. ridder <terrylr at blauedonau.com> wrote:
>>
>>> tell you what, i will keep my tree-hugging/wildlife-hugging
>>> comments to myself if you all keep your bloodthirsty
>>> comments to yourselves.
>>>
>>> agreed?
>>
>> No, it's not agreed. I don't go out of my way to annoy wild critters-
>>
> 
> <snip>
> 
>>
>> And, last I heard, terry, you weren't a vegetarian. Letting other
>> folks kill the meat you eat doesn't absolve you of all responsibity
>> for their deaths.
>>
> 
> since the 6 aug 2007 accident i have lost 60 lbs.
> i eat tuna fish and salmon. since i have no teeth
> and no dentures it is extremely difficult to chew
> meat other than hamburger which i have not eaten
> since the accident.
> 
> even if i did eat meat, the livestock would have been
> killed whether i ate the meat or not. so do not try
> and lay their deaths on me.
> 
>>
>>> -- 
>>> terry l. ridder ><>
>>
>>
>