tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post579851057265662915..comments2024-03-28T10:42:53.231-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Turning the tablesMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-30619060134675733522011-04-01T02:59:56.281-05:002011-04-01T02:59:56.281-05:00I remember that documentary. I saw it when I was a...I remember that documentary. I saw it when I was about five years old and it's stayed with me ever since.Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12651273708810670505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-13182697979543721472011-03-31T19:33:23.079-05:002011-03-31T19:33:23.079-05:00Awesome quote, Nolandda. As the Buddha said, life...Awesome quote, Nolandda. As the Buddha said, life is suffering.Zendoggnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-81909572613689359272011-03-31T19:05:56.598-05:002011-03-31T19:05:56.598-05:00MaraK: This lion is probably a nomad: prideless ma...MaraK: This lion is probably a nomad: prideless male lions that travel alone or in pairs and fend for themselves. They can't all be lucky with the ladies :)striderannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-81902575536572819082011-03-31T11:27:40.595-05:002011-03-31T11:27:40.595-05:00Why is the male lion out there hunting zebras? The...Why is the <i>male</i> lion out there hunting zebras? They almost never find reason to do anything other than sleep and fight other male lions...MaraKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07263286031677141488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-91381570348263166612011-03-31T11:13:51.049-05:002011-03-31T11:13:51.049-05:00"The total amount of suffering per year in th..."The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation. During the minute that it takes me to compose this sentence, thousands of animals are being eaten alive, many others are running for their lives, whimpering with fear, others are slowly being devoured from within by rasping parasites, thousands of all kinds are dying of starvation, thirst, and disease. It must be so. If there ever is a time of plenty, this very fact will automatically lead to an increase in the population until the natural state of starvation and misery is restored. In a universe of electrons and selfish genes, blind physical forces and genetic replication, some people are going to get hurt, other people are going to get lucky, and you won't find any rhyme or reason in it, nor any justice. The universe that we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but pitiless indifference."<br />— Richard Dawkins (River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life)nolanddahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708768497461983779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-77312065072518554602011-03-31T10:49:57.824-05:002011-03-31T10:49:57.824-05:00I understand that the photography and film teams c...I understand that the photography and film teams cannot interfere in the actions of the animals they are documenting, but in the case of the lioness dying a prolonged and painful death, withholding care or a quick death is unethical and unworthy. Since the photographers were in the area for weeks, long enough to document the lioness's slow decline and death, why couldn't they have notified a game warden or at least a local hunter who could have put here out of her misery?<br /><br />And presumably her cubs died as well, since she was incapable of providing them with food and survival skills.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com