Poachers kill one of last two white rhinos in Zambia

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  • jlew24asu wrote:
    no no no I disagree. free markets might support deregulation, but they do not support breaking laws. (such as murder, stealing, etc)

    ?

    regulations are laws
  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    ?

    regulations are laws
    well yea but in this example free markets do not support killing of rhinos for ivory. thats what i'm trying to say.
  • jlew24asu wrote:
    well yea but in this example free markets do not support killing of rhinos for ivory. thats what i'm trying to say.


    So they don't support the free market of Rhino tusks...just other things?
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  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    So they don't support the free market of Rhino tusks...just other things?
    there is no "free market" of rhino tusks. its illegal.
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  • jlew24asu wrote:
    there is no "free market" of rhino tusks. its illegal.


    Even I see that this is going in a huge fucking circle. and not a black one.
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Cosmo wrote:
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    Like the fucking Chinese need fucking potency. Aren't there already, like a Bazillion Chinese already? How many more do they need?
    I don't write the news, I just report it. :D
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  • I've always wondered what bar-b-que rhino tastes like... probably gives you a hard-on for a week.

    If only the China-man penis was larger...the rhino would live...
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  • jlew24asu wrote:
    there is no "free market" of rhino tusks. its illegal.


    what keeps any market from being free?
    If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

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  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    I've always wondered what bar-b-que rhino tastes like...
    ...
    Tastes like chicken.
    ...
    Which is always the stupidest response. If rare Siberian Albino Tiger "Tastes like chicken"... then, EAT The GODDAMN CHICKEN!!! There are a gazillion chickens running around... eat them if you want something that tastes like them and leave the damn Tigers and Rhinos alone.
    ...
    and the damn Chinese... fucking guys are always the ones eating Rhino Horn or Tiger Balls for 'Sexual Prowess'. There are already enough of the damn Chinese running around... they need to eat more pussy and less Rhino horns and Tiger dicks.
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  • Cosmo wrote:
    ...
    Tastes like chicken.
    ...
    Which is always the stupidest response. If rare Siberian Albino Tiger "Tastes like chicken"... then, EAT The GODDAMN CHICKEN!!! There are a gazillion chickens running around... eat them if you want something that tastes like them and leave the damn Tigers and Rhinos alone.
    ...
    and the damn Chinese... fucking guys are always the ones eating Rhino Horn or Tiger Balls for 'Sexual Prowess'. There are already enough of the damn Chinese running around... they need to eat more pussy and less Rhino horns and Tiger dicks.

    I get the feeling some Asians eat absolutely everything. Deep fried bugs, cats, dogs, rats, probably even monkey balls...
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    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

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  • Alex_Coe
    Alex_Coe Posts: 762
    tybird wrote:
    Actually, it's not ivory.....it's actually similar chemically to either our hair or fingernails. Many Chinese believe that rhino horn crushed to a powder and ingested is male potency cure. It was hoped that the world-wide marketing of Viagra would kill the market for exotic animal parts (tigers are killed so that their penises can be made into a soup that supposed to cure a limp noodle) as potency drugs. The Arabs (and other peoples living on the Arabian Peninsula) desire the horn for use in making traditional-style knives that serve as tokens of their man-hood.

    I will be a sad day when we lose all of our mega-fauna. :(

    Why do you know all this?
  • my2hands wrote:
    free market fans should note the obvious shortcomings of that philosophy, when they read stories like this.

    There is absolutely a free market response to endangered animals. If animals like the white rhinoceros, amur tiger, and leopard are able to be owned, bred, and hunted, you would see a resurgence in their numbers. A privately-owned reserve would have much more incentive to protect their animals from poachers than do the state-owned parks. Like any other owner of resources, it would be beneficial for the park owners to not overuse (overhunt) the animals. Other than hunting, privately-owned reserves would be ideal for other forms of tourism.
    Without a doubt, there would still be endangered animals. With only white rhinoceros left, howerver, it couldn't be worse than it is now.
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  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    Endangered species, caged in fright,
    Shot in cold blood, no chance to fight.
    The stage is set, now pay the price.
    And ego boost, don't think twice.
    Technology, the battle's unfair,
    You pull the hammer without a care.
    Squeeze the trigger that makes you Man,
    Pseudo-safari, the hunt is canned...
    The hunt is canned

    All are gone, all but one.
    No contest, nowhere to run.
    No more left, only one.
    This is it, this is the countdown to extinction

    Tell the truth, you wouldn't dare.
    The skin and trophy, oh so rare.
    Silence speaks louder than words.
    Ignore the guilt and take your turn.
    Liars anagram is "lairs,"
    Man you were never even there.
    Killed a few feet from the cages,
    Point blank, you're so courageous...
    So courageous

    "One hour from now,
    Another species of life form
    Will disappear from the face of the planet
    Forever... And the rate is accelerating."



    The main idea came from Nick, who saw and article in Time magazine about these assholes who poach and hunt animals [like James Hetfield, for example?]. It disgusted all of us. These guys get ten to twenty thousand dollars per animal, depending on the rarity of the species. We all felt it was the perfect example of a society going mad, becoming extinct. Their big guns equal their big dicks! The whole thing we had in LA with those riots in an example of man heading toward extinction. Those riots were about depression, oppression, inequality and racism, about a prejudiced judicial system." (Mustaine, 1992)

    "It deals with canned hunts in America's south - in Texas, for example, they cage exotic animals and drug them up. When they stagger out of the cage, hunters shoot them in the head, take a picture with the dead animal and say that they hunted in some exotic place." (Mustaine, 1992)

    "The girl who did the spoken part in the middle is a friend of mine named Jun. She worked at a sushi bar near the studio so we asked her to come and record with us. She is a cool chick and I still keep in touch with her. This song won us the Genesis award, given out by an animal activist group. At the star-studded Hollywood awards ceremony Ellefson and I tried hard to contain our laughter as these TV and movie stars got up on stage and anthropomorphosised in their acceptance speeches. "I'd like to thank so-and-so, so-and-so, so-and-so, but most importantly of all, Fluffy and Fido, for their constant inspiration, blah, blah, blah..." (Friedman, 2002)


    these rhino killin fucks outta have the fuckin throats ripped out.
    same as all trophy huntin dickless fucks, it's garbage.(chadwick, 2007)
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  • Alex_Coe
    Alex_Coe Posts: 762
    Those lyrics are pretty lametard... that guy is incapable of subtlety in his lyrics.
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    Alex_Coe wrote:
    Those lyrics are pretty lametard... that guy is incapable of subtlety in his lyrics.

    in your opinion.
    go ahead, start a thread and enlighten us on lyric/song writing.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."

    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • Alex_Coe
    Alex_Coe Posts: 762
    chadwick wrote:
    in your opinion.
    go ahead, start a thread and enlighten us on lyric/song writing.


    You think those were good lyrics? Bah. I'm no lyrical genius, but I could write better lyrics than that in 30 seconds. I've seen better prose on an Old Spice advertisement.
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    those megadeth lyrics were added to the thread for the fact that
    those lyrics relate to the topic of this thread.
    mankind killing animals until extinction.
    have you added anything positive to this thread?
    debating with you about lyrics/music should be done else-where.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."

    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • Pearler
    Pearler Posts: 191
    Alex_Coe wrote:
    You think those were good lyrics? Bah. I'm no lyrical genius, but I could write better lyrics than that in 30 seconds. I've seen better prose on an Old Spice advertisement.

    Old Spice is good.

    What use does anyone have for a white rhino other than to say,,, "hey, look at the pretty white fucking rhino ?"
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Alex_Coe wrote:
    Why do you know all this?
    Biology major with plans to do post-grad stuff in the Zoology field......despite a steady diet of domesticate animals, I do love learning about wild animals.
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.