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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Revolution on April 28, 2011, 09:39:03 PM
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Thu Apr-28-11 09:55 PM
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Calling animals 'pets' is insulting, academics claim
Domestic dogs, cats, hamsters or budgerigars should be rebranded as “companion animals†while owners should be known as “human carersâ€, they insist.
Even terms such as wildlife are dismissed as insulting to the animals concerned – who should instead be known as “free-livingâ€, the academics including an Oxford professor suggest.
The call comes from the editors of then Journal of Animal Ethics, a new academic publication devoted to the issue.
It is edited by the Revd Professor Andrew Linzey, a theologian and director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, who once received an honorary degree from the Archbishop of Canterbury for his work promoting the rights of “God’s sentient creaturesâ€.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat...
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Scout (1000+ posts) Thu Apr-28-11 09:57 PM
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1. mine are my fur kids n/t
:lmao: :thatsright: Oh dear Lord...
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Call them fur fetuses and you can siphon their brains out with moral impunity.
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:trump:
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Anyone care to wager how many million dollars of tax money went into that load of puke publication and how much those "academics" get paid each year.
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Even terms such as wildlife are dismissed as insulting to the animals concerned – who should instead be known as “free-livingâ€
This sounds just like that long DUmp discussion of what to call all the different flavors of sex perverts without insulting them.
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It occurs to me that part of the requirement for any verbal phrase to be considered offensive, is that the target is capable of being offended by said words. I cannot remember the last time an untamed critter was upset because I referred to it as a 'wild animal' in passing.
As a matter of fact -- I bet any of you with a dog can string a bunch of insults together, and as long as you use your 'Such a good dog !' voice, your pooch will wag its tail just as joyfully as if you were heaping on genuine praise. Go ahead... Do it- You'll see.
Anyway, this is almost as stupid as PETA's campaign against seafood by re-branding fish as 'sea kittens'....because, you wouldn't eat a kitty, would you ? ( insert big doe-eyed fish graphic here )
'Save the Sea Kittens' ? -- more like 'Savor the Sea Kittens'
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Anyway, this is almost as stupid as PETA's campaign against seafood by re-branding fish as 'sea kittens'....because, you wouldn't eat a kitty, would you ? ( insert big doe-eyed fish graphic here )
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Would and have. :-)
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It occurs to me...
Yes, but you aren't an over-educated moron.
And neither are most other people. The libs will sign-on to this because it comes from people in ivory tower and since they want to be smart like them they will agree so they too can live in the ivory tower even if only vicarious means.
Normal people, however, see this farce for what it is and these idiots will continue to marginalized by their own words.
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I never even saw that, miskie. Holy crap. Consider my eyes as big as dinner plates as I smack my forehead.
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Would and have. :-)
I've eaten a wide selection of God's creatures, but never felines... or canines.
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I hear they taste like chicken, but I don't want to find out... :mental:
Speaking of meat though, while I was working last night, I had some awesome medium rare prime rib from the buffet at Petro for lunch. (Which, until one of the hot waitresses reminded me workers weren't supposed to have, I honestly forgot since the last time I worked there.)
MAN, do the cooks in the back do a great job with that stuff. You barely have to cut it.
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My cat doesn't seem to care what I call her as long as I feed and care for her. She isn't insulted if I call her a pet or whatever.
My fish don't have fur.
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Scout (1000+ posts) Thu Apr-28-11 09:57 PM
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1. mine are my fur kids n/t
(http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/4/28/62c2d0e4-2cb5-4b4d-b6ae-f094b5815868.jpg)
Nothing like a custom lolcat when you're half drunk from watching a hockey game.
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Purrfection!
Did you just creat that, or was it just a great find?
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Purrfection!
Did you just creat that, or was it just a great find?
I made it.
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(http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/4/28/62c2d0e4-2cb5-4b4d-b6ae-f094b5815868.jpg)
Nothing like a custom lolcat when you're half drunk from watching a hockey game.
You can get drunk while watching hockey?!?!
Some asshole owes me abuzz...
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You can get drunk while watching hockey?!?!
Some asshole owes me abuzz...
When the game was as boring as that one... Good guys dominated everywhere and won, but one goal in 3 periods? Boring.
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When the game was as boring as that one... Good guys dominated everywhere and won, but one goal in 3 periods? Boring.
Thus the question becomes, why even try.
Beer is cheap...getting your teeth kicked out for one point, is not.
Priorities anyone? :-) :-) :-)
Begets...why am I stupid?!?!? :tongue:
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(http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/4/28/62c2d0e4-2cb5-4b4d-b6ae-f094b5815868.jpg)
Nothing like a custom lolcat when you're half drunk from watching a hockey game.
H5! And for SSB, LC, and miskie--I must be in a good mood this morning.
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As a matter of fact -- I bet any of you with a dog can string a bunch of insults together, and as long as you use your 'Such a good dog !' voice, your pooch will wag its tail just as joyfully as if you were heaping on genuine praise. Go ahead... Do it- You'll see.
I just called my dog a shitheel - to his face! He looked up at me, wiggled around in a circle and licked my hand.
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I just called my dog a shitheel - to his face! He looked up at me, wiggled around in a circle and licked my hand.
My dog's nickname is buttface. NOT coined by me, but after 8 years it stuck. If you call him buttface he is as happy as happy can be. He isn't insulted, and he is a democrat. :mental: Sits at home all day waiting for me to go out and earn money to feed and house him.
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...you wouldn't eat a kitty, would you?
Ummm...not exactly...
:whistling:
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I once had a masculine, tough, no-nonsense German Shepherd. Handsome devil. His nickname was "bunny." He loved the name, of course.
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The Straight Story
Calling animals 'pets' is insulting, academics claim
Domestic dogs, cats, hamsters or budgerigars should be rebranded as “companion animals†while owners should be known as “human carersâ€, they insist.
Even terms such as wildlife are dismissed as insulting to the animals concerned – who should instead be known as “free-livingâ€, the academics including an Oxford professor suggest.
The call comes from the editors of then Journal of Animal Ethics, a new academic publication devoted to the issue.
I'll refrain from observing that these guys sound dumb as a rock, lest the editors of Mineral Ethics have a cow.
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I suppose the PC term is 'domesticated non-human lifestyle partner'. Or is 'non-human' too traumatizing for an animal that licks its own ass and drinks out of the toilet?
Idiots.
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The Straight Story
Calling animals 'pets' is insulting, academics claim
Academics have also determined that calling DUmmy The Straight Story an imbecile is entirely appropriate.
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Academics have also determined that calling DUmmy The Straight Story an imbecile is entirely appropriate.
Employers seem to prefer to call him "Fired," however.
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'domesticated non-human lifestyle partner
ewwww Chris, this sounds like something they'd incorporate into their LBGTQRZWXYZ alphabet soup of sexual preferences. :sheep:
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ewwww Chris, this sounds like something they'd incorporate into their LBGTQRZWXYZ alphabet soup of sexual preferences.
It's like a corollary to Rule 34: If you can imagine it, it's covered by one of the letters in the DUmp's alphabet soup, and demands respect.
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Anyway, this is almost as stupid as PETA's campaign against seafood by re-branding fish as 'sea kittens'....because, you wouldn't eat a kitty, would you ? ( insert big doe-eyed fish graphic here )
'Save the Sea Kittens' ? -- more like 'Savor the Sea Kittens'
(http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A2KJke1ADrtNiy8AOr6jzbkF/SIG=136r3riph/EXP=1304133312/**http%3a//lh6.ggpht.com/_XtRPDD5dfx4/R_GInZ-bDaI/AAAAAAAABz0/QmExY5IFblo/IMG_2615.jpg)
:-)
KC
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Yummy, yummy sea kittens...
:drool:
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I could go for some sea kitten fillet right now....
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Tomorrow is supposed to be a pretty day. I may launch the boat and try to catch some sea kittens for dinner.
First, though, I'll have to go out in the garden and dig some dirt babies to use for bait.
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I hear they taste like chicken, but I don't want to find out... :mental:
Speaking of meat though, while I was working last night, I had some awesome medium rare prime rib from the buffet at Petro for lunch. (Which, until one of the hot waitresses reminded me workers weren't supposed to have, I honestly forgot since the last time I worked there.)
MAN, do the cooks in the back do a great job with that stuff. You barely have to cut it.
They're generally cooked in a device that goes by the brand name Alto-Shaam. It's a high-humidity steamer/convection oven that keeps the meat moist and roasts it evenly. But yeah, it's usually not kosher for the kitchen staff to chow down on prime rib unless you want to pay the full price. :-)
In the end, you wind up with about 1/3 medium-rare while the rest is medium-well to well-done and dry as a hockey puck. Prime rib is a luxury item and inefficient as far as restaurant profits go. Ribeye, which is the same cut of meat, is cheaper to toss on the grill and cook to medium-rare per order than a giant hunk of rib that half of it will dry out before it gets sold.
I used to re-heat cuts of last night's prime rib in au jus and serve it the next day for people that wanted well done which is rarity when you have a place that serves prime rib. It was cheaper and didn't involve cutting into a fresh rib for an entree.
Most places start serving prime rib at 4pm. If you want a fresh juicy piece, get there early.
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They're generally cooked in a device that goes by the brand name Alto-Shaam. It's a high-humidity steamer/convection oven that keeps the meat moist and roasts it evenly. But yeah, it's usually not kosher for the kitchen staff to chow down on prime rib unless you want to pay the full price. :-)
In the end, you wind up with about 1/3 medium-rare while the rest is medium-well to well-done and dry as a hockey puck. Prime rib is a luxury item and inefficient as far as restaurant profits go. Ribeye, which is the same cut of meat, is cheaper to toss on the grill and cook to medium-rare per order than a giant hunk of rib that half of it will dry out before it gets sold.
I used to re-heat cuts of last night's prime rib in au jus and serve it the next day for people that wanted well done which is rarity when you have a place that serves prime rib. It was cheaper and didn't involve cutting into a fresh rib for an entree.
Most places start serving prime rib at 4pm. If you want a fresh juicy piece, get there early.
Mmmmmm, red, bleeding meat. I love prime rib barely warmed up and ribeye is the only type of steak I buy for my husband to throw on the grill. My mom likes her meat so well done it's like leather, my dad would eat steak barely cooked. I must of gotten my love of rare meat from my dad.
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Yeah!! :cheersmate: :II: :yahoo:
I've mentioned this before, but that juicy and crumbly marbled outside layer that is on your prime rib is sold as chuck eye, which is the nether end of the ribeye. It gets sliced into steaks that look like ribeyes or chopped up and sold as stew meat. It's still my favorite cut of meat and only costs $5/lb.
I'm only telling you because I love you people. :-) :lmao:
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Heh -- while I was out delivering mail, I drove past a local cattle ranch/slaughterhouse and all of the moo-cows were out milling around in the nice weather. I patted one of them on the nose and told her she looked delicious. :-)
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I steered clear of this thread needlessly...I thought it was going to be about the offspring of "Furries".
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I steered clear of this thread needlessly...I thought it was going to be about the offspring of "Furries".
Thank you, I didn't want to be the first to say it. I though for sure that is what this would be about.
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Never assume, gentlemen...
;)
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:lmao: :thatsright: Oh dear Lord...
That's good because I call some animals food.
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That's good because I call some animals food.
There are others around here, (possums, 'coons, skunks, groundhogs, etc.) that I call dead, or soon will be, whenever they wander into my garden.
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(http://i51.tinypic.com/10pzfpf.jpg)
Mmmm... Sea Kitten...
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I'd call that a "Guard Kitten." :-)
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Make sure you watch your fur children. There are unscrupulous louts about.
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pedofur
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Mine are pets, livestock, and dinner.
Cindie