Prince Harry In Africa

[quizzywig]

Just been seeing the pictures of Prince Harry highlighting the rhino (and other wild animals) killed in Africa. While this needs bringing to light as often as possible does this mean that Harry and William (who is also into conservation) will stop killing animals over here? Will the Sandringham shoots end? and Deer hunting up in Scotland? I think not. Hypocritical!

[Sqad]

Morecombe and Wise.
Ant and Dec.
Ummmm and A-H

Neither of your posts add anything to the discussion and are purely inflammatory.

This is one of the main reasons that threads particularly in News become offensive in nature.

[ummmm]

And your opinion on the OP, Sqad? Or was that post just to be inflammatory?

[Sqad]

My opinion is that of Prudie 10.41............I didn't think that it needed repeating.

[andy-hughes]

Sqad - //Morecombe and Wise.
Ant and Dec.
Ummmm and A-H

Neither of your posts add anything to the discussion and are purely inflammatory.

This is one of the main reasons that threads particularly in News become offensive in nature. //

I am sure Ummmm will be along to speak for herself, but I disagree that anything I have said is inflammatory in any way, and I am sorry to read that this is your perception.

[ummmm]

Andy...he's just stirring.

We've both given our opinions on the OP (unlike Sqad)

[Sqad]

\\\\and I am sorry to read that this is your perception. \\\\

No you are not.

\\\\I disagree that anything I have said is inflammatory in any way,\\

Then we will have to agree to disagree.

[Baldric]

Ibuprofen anyone????

[Sqad]

ummmm

\\\\\We've both given our opinions on the OP (unlike Sqad)\\\

Really? Read my post at 11.43.

[andy-hughes]

Sqad - //\\\and I am sorry to read that this is your perception. \\\\

No you are not. //

If I wasn't, I would not have posted that I was would I?

Let's not make a fight of this - it's only opinions.

[ummmm]

Lol...after posting something inflammatory and prompted to reply to the OP you just agree with someone else. Brilliant, well done!

[Sqad]

\\\.after posting something inflammatory and prompted to reply to the OP you just agree with someone else.\\\

Sorry......read it a couple of times, but still can't understand what you mean.
Please translate.

Off to my Club now.

[ummmm]

You didn't answer the OP. You just posted to have a pop at me and Andy. When I asked if you had an opinion on the OP you just agreed with someone elses post. If that didn't need repeating why bother to post except to stir!

[Baldric]

Someone queried the OP, I don't know if it was posted as a wind up or not, but it certainly demonstrates a degree of naivety as to how things are in the real World.

[andy-hughes]

Baldric - //Someone queried the OP, I don't know if it was posted as a wind up or not, but it certainly demonstrates a degree of naivety as to how things are in the real World. //

You may be referring to my post - I have queried how you can, on the on hand wring your hands over the plight of endangered animals on one continent, and shoot plentiful animals for sport on another.

I do understand the difference between endangered and plentiful species - my argument is, what is the cut-off point?

At what level of population is a species deemed worthy of your protection and sympathy?

And more to the point - how can you protest the death of one species, and partake enthusiastically in the death of another?

Surely you are a lover and respecter of other species on the planet, or you are not. It's selective sympathy / destruction, salvation / murder that I can't reconcile.

[ummmm]

Andy - do you eat meat?

[andy-hughes]

ummmm - //Andy - do you eat meat? //

I do, which makes me a Grade-A hypocrite, which I am unhappy about, but I live with.

[ummmm]

Fair enough, can't argue with that :-)

[Prudie]

"how can you protest the death of one species, and partake enthusiastically in the death of another?"
It's not about 'the death' though it's about the 'dying out'. Completely different things

[andy-hughes]

Prudie - //It's not about 'the death' though it's about the 'dying out'. Completely different things//

That does not negate my point - several million animals - it's fine to slaughter them at will, several dozen animals - let's get sentimental and save them.

My point is, no species deserves to be shot for sport simply because there happen to be a lot of them around.

And the man who wants to save one species because it is endangered, while shooting another because it is plentiful is a hypocrite.

[ummmm]

Andy - we don't eat rhinos. We eat deer and pheasants. Do you imagine they just leave the dead bodies where they fell or would they be butchered and consumed?