Moronic Christian Group want to Stone Whale to Death

[Smoke]

They call them "killer" whales for a reason, they are aggressive predators in the wild, and now they want to stone the whale for being itself. It's sad but tue that most "trained" animals really are abused mentally and/or physically.

If you read what the articles say about this orca, he's had a particularly hard time. It's interesting to see that "Sea World is now under new ownership, Blackstone Investments, whose theme park subsidiary is Merlin Entertainments, which has a public policy in opposition to captivity for cetaceans." Maybe it's time to think about closing the place down.

As for the AFA, well, I knew they were idiots, or at least that their target audience are idiots.

 

[MSizer]

What kind of barbarric person would even want to take part in a stoning of a living creature anyway? That's just sick on multiple levels. The thought of a bunch of ravaging nutters throwing rocks at a living creature dying a horrible death is revolting. And before the nutters say "the orca didn't think of that", the orca can't think of that, but the idiots throwing the stones should be able to. Man this annoys me. Let's all rally and throw stones and watch a living creature die slowly in agony! Yeah! Woohoo!

 

[JMorris]

self-righteous people

 

[Baydwin]

How would you go about stoning a whale anyway (although I think they're technically big dolphins aren't they?)? I mean the traditional, wholesome OT method would be rocks big enough to hold in one hand, not going to do much damage to an Orca, under water.

It's an excellent idea though, it'll teach this whale a lesson, he certainly won't be killing anymore trainers while he's burning (boiling?) in hell. And it'll go out as a warning to other captive predatory animals, that we don't accept that kind of behaviour and that they need to turn to Christ for salvation.

 

[MSizer]

How would you go about stoning a whale anyway (although I think they're technically big dolphins aren't they?)?...

They are dolphins, which is why they are so smart. All dolphins fall under the category of "whale".

Maybe we should ask a creationist what "kind" a killer whale is. 8^)

 

[The Voice of Reason]

Ease up, everyone. I think I see a flaw in their plan. When the people get into the deep end of the pool where the Orca is kept, with the stones in their hands, the whale still has a couple of advantages.

First, each of the "stoners" has to carry all of the stones that they are going to throw. Right off the bat, you've got to figure that close to 99% of them are going to drown, since they are obviously not smart enough to come back up for air.

Second, throwing the stones underwater is really going to take some of the sting out of the punishment.

Perhaps we should suggest giving the whale a good tongue lashing, and simply banning it to purgatory for an extended period? That should do the trick!

 

[MSizer]

Ease up, everyone. I think I see a flaw in their plan. When the people get into the deep end of the pool where the Orca is kept, with the stones in their hands, the whale still has a couple of advantages.

First, each of the "stoners" has to carry all of the stones that they are going to throw. Right off the bat, you've got to figure that close to 99% of them are going to drown, since they are obviously not smart enough to come back up for air.

Second, throwing the stones underwater is really going to take some of the sting out of the punishment.

Perhaps we should suggest giving the whale a good tongue lashing, and simply banning it to purgatory for an extended period? That should do the trick!

Good point. I'd love to hide nearby and once they all get into the pool, dump a couple buckets of chum into it.

 

[Baydwin]

They are dolphins, which is why they are so smart. All dolphins fall under the category of "whale".

Maybe we should ask a creationist what "kind" a killer whale is. 8^)

It's a fish, duh, like sharks, penguins, squid, ducks and all the other creatures of the deep.

 

[The Voice of Reason]

It's a fish, duh, like sharks, penguins, squid, ducks and all the other creatures of the deep.

Listen to her, MSizer. Not only is she correct, she even left out ...


"THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON"

... at least, I believe he was a fish (kind).

 

[Baydwin]

Listen to her, MSizer. Not only is she correct, she even left out ...


"THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON"

... at least, I believe he was a fish (kind).

I believe that was a demon. Logically for something to be a Kind there needs to be at least two of them.

Kinds is really easy though;
Pigeons, bats, butterflies, flying fish, clouds and flying squirrels are all 'Bird Kind'
Penguins, dolphins, jellyfishies, otters, Cthulhu-spawn and eels are all 'Fish Kind'
Monkies, badgers, worms, trees, caterpillers and the Japanese are all 'Land Kind'
Dogs, cats, goldfish, hamsters and bunnies are all 'Pet Kind'

Any animal can breed with any other animal in its kind. Occasionally you'll get a kitten in a litter of puppies, which is how cats originally came about on the Ark. If you breed a cloud and a flying squirrel you get a sugar glider, if you breed a cat and a goldfish you get a parrot and if you breed a monkey with a tree you get a three-toed sloth. It's simple genetics.

 

[The Voice of Reason]

Wow! There's more to this "Creation Science" than I was originally led to believe.

Does the Ph. D. come directly from Bob Jones University, or will they mail them to you if you don't have a car?

 

[Baydwin]

Does the Ph. D. come directly from Bob Jones University, or will they mail them to you if you don't have a car?

Don't be ridiculous. Homeschooling is the only form of education that gives the required level of depth needed to really appreciate the science of the Creation. If you go to university you'll just fill your head with the opinions of people who think they're smart but aren't. The only people really qualified to teach their kids are the parents themselves, it says so right there in the Bible.

 

[The Voice of Reason]

Thanks for the enlightenment, Baydwin.

In your opinion, are textbooks really necessary for a well rounded homeschooling education? I mean, I could really save some coin toward that trip the family has been planning to the Creation Museum this summer if I didn't have to buy those textbooks.

 

[Baydwin]

Thanks for the enlightenment, Baydwin.

Always happy to help.

In your opinion, are textbooks really necessary for a well rounded homeschooling education? I mean, I could really save some coin toward that trip the family has been planning to the Creation Museum this summer if I didn't have to buy those textbooks.

Of course you need textbooks, well one textbook anyway. I think you know which one I mean... I'll give you a hint, Jesus wrote it.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I wonder how one would go about stoning a whale? You can't do it while it's under water, as the stones would be just an annoyance to the whale. So the question is how to get the whale out of the water, and then being able to lift stones large enough that would actually kill it.
And then the next step would be dodging hordes of angry PETA protesters, who just might suggest the people who stoned the whale be stoned.

 

[Gentoo]

And then the next step would be dodging hordes of angry PETA protesters, who just might suggest the people who stoned the whale be stoned.

But that would mean PETA would be... right...

Those words sound very odd to me... :cover:

 

[Smoke]

I wonder how one would go about stoning a whale?

To be fair, I don't think they're that hung up on the method; they just want the orca to be killed. Of course, as 9-10ths pointed out, if they really believed in following the Bible on this they'd be calling for the deaths of the owners. Just haters hating. The Bible is nothing but a club for them to use on everybody who happens to cross their path without kissing their ring.

 

[Smoke]

And then the next step would be dodging hordes of angry PETA protesters, who just might suggest the people who stoned the whale be stoned.

While I'm not a PETA enthusiast, I'd be tempted to agree with them.

Take any large carnivore and keep it captive and mostly isolated in a small area, and see what happens. See what happens if you do it to a human. We'd probably kill somebody, too. Keeping sea mammals captive is dicey business, and while it's probably just possible to justify it in the case of pinnipeds, I can't see any justification for it in the case of cetaceans unless they're just incapable of surviving in the wild. Which, unfortunately, sounds like it might be the case with this one as a direct result of his long captivity. He's been ... well, imprisoned, really ... for 26 years, since he was about two years old. He's already very old for a captive orca.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

To be fair, I don't think they're that hung up on the method; they just want the orca to be killed.

I'm inclined to think that they don't actually care either way about the whale, and that they'll use any handy excuse to promote their point of view.

 

[Smoke]

I'm inclined to think that they don't actually care either way about the whale, and that they'll use any handy excuse to promote their point of view.

You nailed it.