Onychorhynchus coronatus
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Probably so and I think it shows with the support for "Predator Free 2050" but I would have thought there would be quite a pragmatism in the USA too considering the outdoor ethos etc.
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Probably so and I think it shows with the support for "Predator Free 2050" but I would have thought there would be quite a pragmatism in the USA too considering the outdoor ethos etc.
Yes that’s also a contributing factor. Hunting in New Zealand, while primarily carried out for recreation, is also promoted as actively undertaking conservation - by eradicating some of the pests which decimate the country’s native birds. Even those who don’t hunt themselves in New Zealand, don’t decry it as a cruel (and unusual
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Onychorhynchus coronatus
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Yes that’s also a contributing factor. Hunting in New Zealand, while primarily carried out for recreation, is also promoted as actively undertaking conservation - by eradicating some of the pests which decimate the country’s native birds. Even those who don’t hunt themselves in New Zealand, don’t decry it as a cruel (and unusual
I totally understand, I would definitely have a Remington rifle and be out hunting possums / stoats / weasels and deer whenever I got the chance if I lived in NZ.
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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Organized Judeo-Christian religion (Christianity, Islam and Judaism) and I admit that I am more biased / look more favourably on Buddhism and animistic religions.
I bear no ill will at all towards individuals who adhere to those religions but I am not fond of the Iron age religious texts and hypocritical, barbaric, apocalyptic, misogynistic, anthropocentric and tribalistic worldviews.
I strongly believe in secularism and its importance in todays world and I am very very suspicious of the entrance of religion into the sphere of politics and the state (like what is happening here in Brazil with Bolsonaro and the evangelical lobby).
In areas of the world where religion tends towards fundamentalism / extremism I support very strongly secular forces, for example in Syria / Iraq I very much admire the Kurdish peoples and their YPG / YPJ struggle.
Sorry if that offends anyone but thats just how I see things.
I bear no ill will at all towards individuals who adhere to those religions but I am not fond of the Iron age religious texts and hypocritical, barbaric, apocalyptic, misogynistic, anthropocentric and tribalistic worldviews.
I strongly believe in secularism and its importance in todays world and I am very very suspicious of the entrance of religion into the sphere of politics and the state (like what is happening here in Brazil with Bolsonaro and the evangelical lobby).
In areas of the world where religion tends towards fundamentalism / extremism I support very strongly secular forces, for example in Syria / Iraq I very much admire the Kurdish peoples and their YPG / YPJ struggle.
Sorry if that offends anyone but thats just how I see things.
I think it is a good thing for us as individuals and societies to acknowledge and respect Judeo-Christianity as one of the foundations of our cultures and societies, but to be careful with religious arguments and views be overly present in politics and policy. Church and state should be separate.
One thing that has been irritating me a bit lately, as I regularly see neighbours' cats in our yard (which borders on a pretty big road): people who let their cats roam free, both from cats' welfare and wildlife points of view. Yes, I understand that most cat owners don't mean any malice towards their animals, that their might be circumstances necessitating free-roaming "farm cats" and that the nature of cats makes keeping them contained challenging, but I just don't like all the risks involved in this practice for both the cats and for other animals.
Not too long ago I was woken up at night by screams from a cat fight, and I heard another one in the evening days later. I really would prefer not to have to hear that stuff.
Luckily at least my chickens don't seem to care too much about cats. And our local birdlife also doesn't seem to be suffering too much from the cats for the time being.
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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I agree with your comment on secularism but respectfully disagree with the statement on Christianity
.I think that the building blocks of the Western world actually came from the Pre-Christian Hellenic / Ancient Greeks and the Romans and not Christianity, its antecedent (Judaism) or its younger sibling religion (Islam).
I mean if we look at science (zoology, biology, mathematics, geometry, botany, cartography, astronomy, physics, the concept of experimentation and the scientific method), medicine (the ethical principle of the Hippocratic oath, surgery, public health, anatomy, the concept of mental health, the concept of exercise as integral to health, physiology, pathology, pharmacology) and engineering (surveying, irrigation, roads, aqueducts, sewage systems, masonry).
Then there are the humanities such as modern philosophy (Stoicism, Socratism, Aristotelianism, Skepticism, Platonism, Epicureanism, Humanism, the concept of debate, cynicism), democracy and law (trial by jury, the concept of witness testimony during trial, proto human rights, foreign policy, legislation, voting ), history (as in the study and documenting of history) and anthropology (you could make the case that Herodotus was a proto-anthropologist).
Also the arts (theatre, dance, fine art, sculpture, literature) and sports (marathons, boxing, sprinting, athletics, wrestling, the Olympics).
All of these advances have their roots / origins in the pagan Greco-Roman epoch and I would personally say that I acknowledge and respect those civilizations and what they have given the modern world far more than Judeo-Christianity (which deserves none of the credit for those advances).
If Christianity and Islam made any improvements in the subsequent centuries to the innovations,systems and practices described above (that they "borrowed" from the classical world) then it was merely incidental and came from them standing on the shoulders of giants and salvaging what remained from these civilizations.
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Pootle
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Example A.
An animal carrying a baby animal.
Example B.
Another animal carrying a baby animal.
A. The elephant saved the dying, dehydrated baby lion. As animals we all we can all help each other in times of need.
B. The lion carried its cub in its mouth.
which is true folks?
An animal carrying a baby animal.
Example B.
Another animal carrying a baby animal.
A. The elephant saved the dying, dehydrated baby lion. As animals we all we can all help each other in times of need.
B. The lion carried its cub in its mouth.
which is true folks?
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Elephant carrying the lion cub is photoshopped. In reality, it would have thrown the cub
I think all the jokes the internet has about the Emu War and Geese being hate-filled creatures are wearing thin.
Have you ever noticed that on every social media post about the death of a zoo animal, there's a ton of comments talking about how a bunch of zoo animals have been dying recently, as if it's some new phenomenon? It always comes off that the person thinks animals are suffering in zoos and are now dying off at an alarming rate. I sometimes chime in and say that the sheer number of animals in zoos alone means that some animal somewhere is going to die every day and that most species live longer in captivity than they do in the wild.
littleRedPanda
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People that park too close to you, when there are plenty of other spaces available in a car park. Happened in Monday after I'd parked with several other spaces around me and nipped in for a breakfast meal, came back out and a couple who had been in the drive thru, parked right up against me and just sat filling their fat faces as I carefully manoeuvred myself back into my car.
Then again this morning. Loads of spaces at Banham and as I waited some rubbish parker struggled to miss all the wide space around her and squeeze up along side me. I could even hear her warning her kids not to hit my car when they got out! She didn't have to worry because there were four empty spaces her side.
Then again this morning. Loads of spaces at Banham and as I waited some rubbish parker struggled to miss all the wide space around her and squeeze up along side me. I could even hear her warning her kids not to hit my car when they got out! She didn't have to worry because there were four empty spaces her side.
Yeah it sucks when people park so close that you have no choice but to scrape against their car (car key and all) as you slide past.
THAT is something I do not understand. I try to park as far away from the majority of people as possible, and yet all the time I have people parking as close as possible to me, despite plenty of other options available. Sometimes, when the driver of the other car is closeby, I jokingly ask whether my car is so attractive that they feel the urge to snuggle up. They usually glance back, not getting the point.
But it can always be worse. A lady managed to damage my friend's car despite him parking far, far away all alone at the very end of the empty park lot. Just because she wanted to park right next to him...
littleRedPanda
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You joke about it, but one day I reversed into a space and a guy drove forward into the space behind me. Despite there being lots of other spaces around, he honked his horn at me, I assume because he had wanted to use the space I took, in front of him. Like I say, there were plenty other spaces around and the one he had was fine too, so I ignored him. I only notice a few days later that there was a dent in a rear panel with a boot mark and I think his passenger did it.Yeah it sucks when people park so close that you have no choice but to scrape against their car (car key and all) as you slide past.
felis silvestris
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Hackers on videogames and YouTube clickbaiters
Zooplantman
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I have my browser set to not allow auto-play. Has made my browsing much more peaceful