RIP Harambe the Gorilla

BIGW0RM · 09-03-2016, 08:22 PM

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Don't get a few things about some of the comments on this thread. Somehow bashing religion and christian beliefs in particular caused by the precursor of the mother's public comments and being against captive animals means you are "enlightened", but the very same "enlightenment", contained in the very same sentences simultaneously has no issues in acting as judge, jury and executioner of the mother without knowing all the details? Sorry, but I think everyone deserves a fair "trial" (real court or court of public opinion) based upon individual "inalienable" rights.

Also the line of thinking of "Just because something never happened before must mean XXXXX" (in this case, the mother being negligent)?? Seriously if we based all decision making based on past observations or experiences only, we really wouldn't have the whole concept of science to begin with. There is a first time for everything. Just because something is low probability or hasn't been observable in the past doesn't mean that possibility/risk doesn't exist. Where you draw the line is the question, and it seems like from various accounts that the barrier was easily climbable, but again I await for full confirmation of facts before judging.

The legal fact of the matter is that given what happened under whatever the circumstances, a decision was made to protect the child at the expense of a captive animal, which was most likely the right legal decision. Once all the facts and circumstances are fully revealed, we'll see how this play out in a real court (assuming lawsuits are even filed against the mother). If she truly was negligent and I'm sure this will be investigated, most likely she will be prosecuted. If evidence points to that she wasn't, then a prosecution will not be attempted or will most likely fail. That is an entirely different question vs the actual decision of killing an animal potentially endangering a human being.

We can agree to disagree on that one. The way I see it, hundreds, if not thousands of kids visit that exhibit every day and have been for decades. That's called time tested. No issues in 40 years means a very special set of circumstances must've occurred for this one child to get in. That doesn't jive with the mom's assertion that he was only free of her for a second. If it was that easy to get into the enclosure that it could be done in a split second, this wouldn't be the first kid to have done it.

How many kids do you have?

jtodd_fl · 09-04-2016, 06:16 AM

Whoa. If you could resurrect Harambe like you did this thread, we wouldn't be in this mess!

Fundguy1 · 09-04-2016, 08:35 AM

Lol beat me to it. I was gonna say thought this thread was deader than Harambe. Lol

jtodd_fl · 09-04-2016, 08:36 AM

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Lol beat me to it. I was gonna say thought this thread was deader than Harambe. Lol

Great Floridian minds.

gary88 · 09-06-2016, 09:30 PM

I saw this at supercar saturday last weekend

ASBSECU E93 · 09-06-2016, 10:11 PM

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Jaghave · 09-06-2016, 10:27 PM

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