tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post1720287377625695718..comments2024-03-29T03:36:27.656-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: The lion-killing dentist versus the boy who loved to read: the worst and the best of human natureOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-80316394685714097742015-10-23T10:00:40.873-04:002015-10-23T10:00:40.873-04:00Hospitadent provides a unique combination of quali...Hospitadent provides a unique combination of quality dentistry and holiday in Istanbul, Turkey. It is possible to pick up foreign guest from Ataturk and Sabiha Gokcen Airport to Hospitadent. We also give help to our guests for hotel accommodation besides sight seeing tours and city guidance services. You can be sure to choose a great dental center in Turkey. <a href="http://www.placidway.com/profile/1509/Hospitadent-Dental-Group" rel="nofollow">hospitadent</a>Eugenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16931477893016304283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-32909411979970930522015-08-06T13:04:31.172-04:002015-08-06T13:04:31.172-04:00I love the story of the postal carrier and the boy...I love the story of the postal carrier and the boy. That was the best thing I read in the internet today. Thanks for posting.Ann Marie Ackermannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00009277772960744215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-27203488811137449452015-08-03T17:26:43.295-04:002015-08-03T17:26:43.295-04:00i am a very peaceable person ..... but I will have...i am a very peaceable person ..... but I will have no sorrow to read that dentist Palmer has been disposed of!!!! Thelma Straw in ManhattanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-15610410757494501762015-08-03T14:47:27.148-04:002015-08-03T14:47:27.148-04:00Busted! I got the quote wrong. Oscar's exact...Busted! I got the quote wrong. Oscar's exact wording: "the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable."Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-84558842764242390242015-08-03T14:40:44.484-04:002015-08-03T14:40:44.484-04:00WHOAA! Hold the phone! There's TWO Zoë Sharp...WHOAA! Hold the phone! There's TWO Zoë Sharps in the world??? How does the planet keep spinning? Why doesn't the universe implode? That's like two particles existing in the same place at the same time. It... it... it's just WRONG!<br />Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-27358280559878100772015-08-03T14:28:23.007-04:002015-08-03T14:28:23.007-04:00Hi Susan
I agree. I wish there was some way to co...Hi Susan<br /><br />I agree. I wish there was some way to convince them. Perhaps by using those unwilling as the 'bait' to tempt those big game animals out of hiding? I wonder how the dentist would have felt if *he* had been the one tied to the back of the vehicle?<br /><br />And I'd love to donate my books to kids, but I fear they're not entirely suitable. Fortunately, there's another Zoë Sharp out there, who does indeed write children's books. Perhaps we ought to do a swap ...Zoë Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065427744062846167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-33133473701890422832015-08-02T23:02:05.563-04:002015-08-02T23:02:05.563-04:00I have to admit that I have a difficult time under...I have to admit that I have a difficult time understanding trophy hunting. I have friends who hunt for food--they get a license, shoot a deer, and then butcher, freeze and eat the entire animal, and I have no problem with that kind of hunting. People who hunt to live off (or close to) the land, or because they enjoy the meat---all of those make sense to me. People who kill for the sport of killing, however, fall into another class entirely.<br /><br />Big game animals are so wonderful, and so rare...I'd love to see and photograph one in its natural environment. I wish the "big game hunters" would swap their bows for cameras.<br /><br />Fortunately, I saw this second story also, and it lifted me the way it did you. I wish we had a way of finding other children in this boy's situation, so we could get them books too!Susan Spannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770560542416086762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-9686985061242714052015-08-02T17:21:06.054-04:002015-08-02T17:21:06.054-04:00I've always believed in karmic consequences, J...I've always believed in karmic consequences, Jeff.<br /><br />Both the kid and the mail carrier are wonderful, aren't they?Zoë Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065427744062846167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-73356958090298548722015-08-02T17:19:24.718-04:002015-08-02T17:19:24.718-04:00I thought it was the 'unspeakable' who wer...I thought it was the 'unspeakable' who were in pursuit, Annamaria? But I think I like your version better.<br /><br />In this case I think the Wilde quote "there is no sin except stupidity" is quite apt, too.Zoë Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065427744062846167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-35435673858354655162015-08-02T17:13:55.691-04:002015-08-02T17:13:55.691-04:00Does this mean, Caro, that one can no longer spend...Does this mean, Caro, that one can no longer spend all day out with one's ghillie on the Scottish moorlands, stalking the elusive haggis, and -- having successfully bagged one of the wee beasties -- mount its tusks and hooves above one's fireplace? How very disappointing ... :)Zoë Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065427744062846167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-80981331863423022122015-08-02T17:10:49.617-04:002015-08-02T17:10:49.617-04:00What a fitting sentence, Annamaria. And having onc...What a fitting sentence, Annamaria. And having once worked as a photographer (rtd) I can utterly agree that the thrill of getting that perfectly framed, exposed and focused shot never faded in 25 years.Zoë Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065427744062846167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-80204139604814489922015-08-02T10:19:33.816-04:002015-08-02T10:19:33.816-04:00If someone really wants to hurt that dentist, they...If someone really wants to hurt that dentist, they should post enlargements of his own teeth...looks like chiclets on parade, which I guess fits the big picture.<br /><br />Love that kid and how about the mail carrier...who's braved confronting true wild animals of any number of legs every day without having lost his humanity.Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-54127319896231332592015-08-02T10:10:06.130-04:002015-08-02T10:10:06.130-04:00I can't help it, Caro. I must insert my favor...I can't help it, Caro. I must insert my favorite Oscar Wilde quip; Fox hunting--the insufferable in pursuit of the inedible. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-75391717045577767282015-08-02T08:51:54.211-04:002015-08-02T08:51:54.211-04:00Well I think enough has been said about Cecil and ...Well I think enough has been said about Cecil and the Eejit and lots of animal rights activists are very angry. Do I think it right that the man is now being hunted? No. That makes us as bad as them. Something good has to come out of this. Certainly the EU is now going to have to resist a tsunami of pressure to ban the importation of hunting trophies. Previously the Germans and the Brits have resisted such a ban. Meanwhile, foxhunting with dogs is illegal in the UK. The Scots gvt are keeping the ban, the Westminster Gvt is voting to repeal it. The SNP (despite their promise not to vote in affairs that have no concern north of the border) have said they will vote against the repeal - even though it has nothing to do with them.... Caro Ramsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499318515241879831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-25923846234954945912015-08-02T08:32:36.357-04:002015-08-02T08:32:36.357-04:00Zoe, I have shot a lot of lions, hundreds of eleph...Zoe, I have shot a lot of lions, hundreds of elephants, and a number of leopards. I particularly like to shoot cheetahs and once shot two at a time, very rare. I know Stan and Michael share my joy in shooting animals since I have seen their trophies here on MIE. Everyone I know who has shot a lion wants to go back as often as possible to do it again, because it is such a thrilling experience. Even for people who grew up near the animals and have been shooting them their whole lives. That's the thing about shooting with a camera. You can do it a hundred times a day. Shoot the very same animal over and over again. And the thrill doesn't fade. <br />I ate game my father hunted when I was a child. Tomorrow, by coincidence, you will see here photos of things I caught, killed and ate. What I cannot fathom is the inner working of a heart that wants to kill to feed only its own ego. What is that about? I think they should sentence the dentist to spend the rest of his life taking care of the teeth of poor people free of charge. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-69787181848889000462015-08-02T04:00:41.294-04:002015-08-02T04:00:41.294-04:00Desiderative is a lovely word, too, isn't it? ...Desiderative is a lovely word, too, isn't it? Couldn't resist throwing that one in - the desire to do anything, attached to a verb to denote that which is desired. (Or summat like that.)<br /><br />And although I was a competition target shooter at one point, it was purely metal plates or wood and paper targets -- some of them moving. The satisfaction and skill involved in achieving a high score was more than enough.Zoë Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065427744062846167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-20243921597763452652015-08-02T01:12:38.808-04:002015-08-02T01:12:38.808-04:00Are you sure that "desiderative" is not ...Are you sure that "desiderative" is not your word of the week? And what do you call it if someone has a violent desire to write violenty? Redunscripturient?<br /><br />As for the two stories of the week, I've always abhorred trophy hunting. Hunting to eat is fine (but not endangered species). Hunting for 'trophies' is the most juvenile and immature of "manly sports." The boy who so badly wants to read that he'll read junk mail? 'Nuff said. Bravissimo!Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.com