Marks & Sparks hit a new low..

[Norcon]

Homing pigeons are clever.
And cormorants can count. Even a chicken will go to its master when called by name!

Bet you never knew that nose.

According to some sources humans are ranked the "third" smartest species on the planet.

 

[noseall]

Would you have killed it Noseall?

I don't know.
Everyone would be trying to help the bird but it would result in the bird probably panicking and killing itself against the glass.

The best thing would be to leave the bird alone to settle down then try and 'net' it with a large dust sheet or summat. I would however have no problem with wringing the neck of a suffering bird, though I would not blatantly do it in front of people.

When I freed a bat the poor creature was exhausted and women were screaming and trying to swat it. It was on the floor of the ward entrance, so I picked it up and put it outside. It's chances were certainly better outside than in.

 

[noseall]

Homing pigeons are clever.
And cormorants can count. Even a chicken will go to its master when called by name!

Er no. These birds are just a little less dumber than other species.
Do you actually know what instinct means Norcs?

Some posters on here are rather dumb too.

 

[enyam]

Birds ARE stoopid. Some posters on here are rather dumb too.

Only some,clever people have something better to do than post on forums.

 

[cajar]

Joe can sympathize cos it takes him three attempts at walking into the glass to get out of tescos too

 

[Dextraneous]

If altruism doesn't fit into one's psyche then that IMHO is a bit of a pity really.

So you think watching a terrified bird batter itself to death against a supermarket window is altruistic?

Nope - trying to help it escape is though.

 

[longdogs]

Would you have killed it Noseall?

I don't know.
Everyone would be trying to help the bird but it would result in the bird probably panicking and killing itself against the glass.

The best thing would be to leave the bird alone to settle down then try and 'net' it with a large dust sheet or summat. I would however have no problem with wringing the neck of a suffering bird, though I would not blatantly do it in front of people.

When I freed a bat the poor creature was exhausted and women were screaming and trying to swat it. It was on the floor of the ward entrance, so I picked it up and put it outside. It's chances were certainly better outside than in.

You obviously have some empathy towards animals in that case. So, going back to your original reply, does that mean that you make yourself sick?

 

[noseall]

You obviously have some empathy towards animals in that case. So, going back to your original reply, does that mean that you make yourself sick?

Sometimes yes.
Killing an animal out of mercy does not make me want to weep, no.

I get sickened at a society that puts a greater value on a robin than a human being.

 

[Norcon]

You think society has put a greater value on a robin than a human?
How bizarre.

 

[noseall]

How bizarre.

Trés.

 

[longdogs]

You obviously have some empathy towards animals in that case. So, going back to your original reply, does that mean that you make yourself sick?

Sometimes yes.
Killing an animal out of mercy does not make me want to weep, no.

I get sickened at a society that puts a greater value on a robin than a human being.

I don't think pred was!

 

[Dextraneous]

Am I missing something here? Was it a choice between killing a robin or killing a human?

 

[longdogs]

Am I missing something here? Was it a choice between killing a robin or killing a human?

F***ing humans wandering in and out of shops, kill the b*****ds

 

[Norcon]

Animals always come off worst when "stoopid" humans are involved. Look at that woman in Africa driving into a raging elephant. She put the car into first instead of reverse. Silly cow. And still plenty of time to drive past had she sunk the boot.
Then the elephant gets shot. And all because it acted on instinct.

In India the elephant would never be shot!

 

[Whitespirit66]

So, how does this case sit with the marketing spin that M&S and other retailers. etc are constantly bombarding us with? All we hear is fair trade, freedom foods, red tractor, sustainably grown, environmentally friendly, animal welfare, recycled, blah, blah, blah.

All of this guff is constantly trotted our, Soviet propoganda style to make guilt-ridden, hand-wringing, metroplolitan ponces feel good about themselves as they load up their Volvos with enough food to feed an African village for a week. Still, everyone's happy, especially as the enviro-guilt trip helps retailers like M&S shift their overpriced shoite.

Doesn't the mask soon slip when some wildlife actually enters one of their stores and causes them some inconvenience? Forget our tree-hugging environmental credentials, and blast it with a blunderbuss.

M&S. Not just any animal cruelty.