Slingshots used on Tiger??

[unixpirate]

Originally Posted by forestal

Okay, that article leaves some wiggle room for interpretation.. here's another article that doesn't.



Tiger wall at zoo below standard height - UPI.com

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The wall around the tiger exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo, where a man was killed by an escaped tiger, was 4 feet lower than national standards.

You can't be for real and think these boys are innocent in anyway shape or form

[forestal]

Thanks, must be the wine...

Originally Posted by unixpirate

:fixed:

[unixpirate]

Originally Posted by forestal

Thanks, must be the wine...

You posting after mine or what? If your talking to me, I don't drink wine.

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

Originally Posted by forestal

Okay, that article leaves some wiggle room for interpretation.. here's another article that doesn't.



Tiger wall at zoo below standard height - UPI.com

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The wall around the tiger exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo, where a man was killed by an escaped tiger, was 4 feet lower than national standards.

4 feet below the national "standard"?

It's not the tiger's fault. It's not the zoo's fault. It's the dumbazz tards who decided to shoot pelletts at an animal. They're dead. Justice served.

Next time these punks know what happens when you mess with the bull.

[unixpirate]

Originally Posted by AndyMarquisLIVE

4 feet below the national "standard"?

It's not the tiger's fault. It's not the zoo's fault. It's the dumbazz tards who decided to shoot pelletts at an animal. They're dead. Justice served.

Next time these punks know what happens when you mess with the bull.

The next punk asses won't do that! Lesson learned! Sorry kid that lost his life and the family that is morning. Teach your children well

I'm not trying to agree or disagree w/anyone here - the tiger was able to escape I'm assuming because of the combination of adrenaline rush and the wall being too low. The boys supposedly taunted the tiger and the tiger had the forethought to kill/maim the right kids. What if the tiger went on a rampage and killed the wrong people - who's at fault - who gets sued - the boys who started it - the zoo because the walls were too low?

Does anyone remember the big cat cage at the National Zoo ten years or so ago? It was up high with what looked like extremely low fences. Used to scare the heck out of me because I could never figure out what was actually keeping them in their cages.

[mingiz]

Originally Posted by unixpirate

If he wasn't taunted, he wouldn't of jumped out to "DEFEND" himself from getting pelted with rocks.

Hey I got an idea! Why don't you come over and stand below my 6' fence and let me use my wrist rocket and pelt you with stones as you try to get to me cause your PISSED and it HURTS. Azzhole!


CASE CLOSED!

Animals don't usually attack unless provoked

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Dixie

I'm not trying to agree or disagree w/anyone here - the tiger was able to escape I'm assuming because of the combination of adrenaline rush and the wall being too low. The boys supposedly taunted the tiger and the tiger had the forethought to kill/maim the right kids. What if the tiger went on a rampage and killed the wrong people - who's at fault - who gets sued - the boys who started it - the zoo because the walls were too low?

Does anyone remember the big cat cage at the National Zoo ten years or so ago? It was up high with what looked like extremely low fences. Used to scare the heck out of me because I could never figure out what was actually keeping them in their cages.

..fine. The cage can be higher. People can get killed in a car accident on the way. Kids can choke on candy apples and we could all die of global warming. The point is what DID happen, not what COULD happen. The story is that the cat got his antagonists, not that he went on some blind rampage.

There is a whole lot of bad things that have happened to people who went to that zoo the last however many years, on a regular basis, that didn't include this tiger. Don't you think that, by and lage, most of the people who were responsible for this animal figured everything was fine, and were right?

This is precisely the gun control argument we have in this nation; what measure could be taken to prevent some 'tragedy' as opposed to what about the people involved?

If these kids had been pelting some old bag lady with slingshots and she blew them away, some people would say "We gotta get guns off the streets! What if she'd shot everyone in the park!?" instead of the far more logical 'they got shot because they deserved it."

Let's focus on the bad guys for once; these kids. And let's celebrate that they got what they deserved. And let's all endeavor to be nicer to one another and expect better behavior from one another in light of this incident.
Imagine if we treated one another like we all had a gun.

Or were tigers that just might get out of our cages.

[AA996]

Originally Posted by Larry Gude

..fine. The cage can be higher. People can get killed in a car accident on the way. Kids can choke on candy apples and we could all die of global warming. The point is what DID happen, not what COULD happen. The story is that the cat got his antagonists, not that he went on some blind rampage.

There is a whole lot of bad things that have happened to people who went to that zoo the last however many years, on a regular basis, that didn't include this tiger. Don't you think that, by and lage, most of the people who were responsible for this animal figured everything was fine, and were right?

This is precisely the gun control argument we have in this nation; what measure could be taken to prevent some 'tragedy' as opposed to what about the people involved?

If these kids had been pelting some old bag lady with slingshots and she blew them away, some people would say "We gotta get guns off the streets! What if she'd shot everyone in the park!?" instead of the far more logical 'they got shot because they deserved it."

Let's focus on the bad guys for once; these kids. And let's celebrate that they got what they deserved. And let's all endeavor to be nicer to one another and expect better behavior from one another in light of this incident.
Imagine if we treated one another like we all had a gun.

Or were tigers that just might get out of our cages.

Best post of the year....so far!

Originally Posted by Larry Gude

..fine. The cage can be higher. People can get killed in a car accident on the way. Kids can choke on candy apples and we could all die of global warming. The point is what DID happen, not what COULD happen. The story is that the cat got his antagonists, not that he went on some blind rampage.

There is a whole lot of bad things that have happened to people who went to that zoo the last however many years, on a regular basis, that didn't include this tiger. Don't you think that, by and lage, most of the people who were responsible for this animal figured everything was fine, and were right?

This is precisely the gun control argument we have in this nation; what measure could be taken to prevent some 'tragedy' as opposed to what about the people involved?

If these kids had been pelting some old bag lady with slingshots and she blew them away, some people would say "We gotta get guns off the streets! What if she'd shot everyone in the park!?" instead of the far more logical 'they got shot because they deserved it."

Let's focus on the bad guys for once; these kids. And let's celebrate that they got what they deserved. And let's all endeavor to be nicer to one another and expect better behavior from one another in light of this incident.
Imagine if we treated one another like we all had a gun.

Or were tigers that just might get out of our cages.

Point taken but if "let's" implies that I/with the group should rejoice that the kids got what they deserved - I don't know prairie justice? I just don't feel it's worth celebrating not the kids death/injury nor the tiger. I really was just wondering out loud if anyone would feel differently about the height of the fence if their loved one had been a victim that's all. Yes car accidents, choking etc can unexpectedly happen at any time but a tiger attack? Bit unusual in my opinon.

My new year's resolution was to try to see the other guys point of view w/o arguing. So in light of that - Thank you for sharing. Don't agree with some of it but thankfully we're both entitled.