I'm a murderer, are you one too?

[Gavin]

[SIZE=1]Well I've never actually killed an animal, whether it be on purpose or by accident, so I don't really know what the psychological effect would be on a person. Any time I go driving with my father, or at least quite a large portion of the time I go diving with him there always seems to be a near hitting of an animal whether it be domestic or wild. I have to admit that I would never like the idea of killing an animal as it would probably make me sick.[/SIZE]

[Brasil]

[quote name='ChibiHorsewoman][color=darkviolet']I guess should appologize for the title of the post, but I couldn't think[/color][/quote]
Hmm...

Anyway, I'd made a post in my MyO a while back after my lawnmower had a disagreement with a couple of bunnies who had made a nest in the front lawn. Now, I'm not a cruel person, but the incident pissed me off to no end. I was actually pretty distraught, especially when the mother bunny refused to help one of her young, because she was so spooked. It really tore my heart to pieces. Even though I'll always say PETA can blow me, I find still find it terrible.

I mean, who in their right mind would seemingly glorify chopping up a bunny? I know I wouldn't, and my update showed that. I look at things like this, and I'm probably echoing lava lamp and Charles here, but even though I think PETA has their priorities a bit skewed, that doesn't mean I'm going to celebrate slaughtering animals, regardless of what kind of a moving vehicle I'm using, lawnmower, car, whatever.

Now, granted, there are [i]some[/i] (but not many) humorous instances of roadkill; I remember this one time when I was driving down one of the roads in my neighborhood, and a squirrel ran out in front of me--correction, along the side of me--and about a second later, my rear right end thumps up. "Yep," I said, "There it goes."

But I don't celebrate that. I do acknowledge the happening, however, and I do regret it happened, but I'm not going to go telling people how outlandishly bizarre or funny it was, because death isn't funny, unless you're talking about Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, or really any other QT film, but this is because he mocks violence; he doesn't glorify it.

So, I think that's something to consider here. We shouldn't be glorifying or celebrating violence, but acknowledging it happened, talking about it maturely if we feel the need to, and moving on.

[Posthumous]

Once I forgot to put food for my pet canary one day before school. Once I got back from school I was releived so I jumped on my bed (and fell off) and noticed that something was wrong. I looked into the bird cage and my bird was hanging upside down. It had died (I guess) from starvation or something, I wasn't sure at the time.

I had the bird every since I was 4 (this happened when I was 12). I practically grew up with that bird. I noticed as I matured that it was not really my fault. The bird was already 3 years old when my dad bought it so it died when it was 11. I found out that Canaries usually live to be 14. After that I wasn't that sad because it practically lived out it's life.

[DetectiveMikeRS]

I never made road kill since I don't drive but I did kill a baby mouse accidently when I stood up outside one summer and stepped on it.

[Guest Clarion]

I ran over my best friend's sister's hamster with my bike. But I only did it because she wanted a fur coat for her Barbie doll. And now that I look back on it, I think, "I murdered for a coat." Maybe it was because I had the chance to kill something, maybe it was for the thrill of squishing something so soft and gullible...

[Heero Darkangel]

Well i've run over my share of road-kill...LOL...possums, cats, birds....plenty..LOL....my way of looking at it is...[B]if they don't move and take their time then they need to die[/B]..it's as simple as that.

I remember once I was backing out of the driveway and there was this kitten sitting in the way...it was grey and white and fluffy with big round eyes.......it wouldn't move so i ran it over..LOL....some how I think it was def..only because you think it would of heard me and moved but oh well....a def Kitten is like a dead one walking...I just saved it years of pain and misery..LOL

[Mitch]

[QUOTE=Charles]This image I've constructed accurately illustrates my feelings on the subject. It's just amusing when you actually have a tangible representation of the subject matter people are entertaining.

I myself am very sentimental when it comes to harming animals, accidentally or otherwise. Like children, they're in a position of pure innocence, but we're hardly talking about animal abuse here. I certainly don't find any amusement on the subject of running down hapless creatures. So, I can only respond by saying "Hey, what can you do." :shrugs:

[img]http://img19.exs.cx/img19/3226/roadkill.gif[/img][/QUOTE]

Charles, you're hilarious.

Will you marry me and bear forth many children?

[Lady_Rin]

We do not knowingly harm any animal except rattlesnakes found inside the fence line. I won't do it, but my husband shoots them with a .45 pistol and special ammunition for snakes called snakeloads, a shotgun shell for a pistol. This usually happens several times during snake season. The rattlers wind up as hat bands, rattles for gifts and BBQ in my special Mom sauce.

Although Ranger keeps firearms and is an excellent shot he has not hunted since retiring from the Air force. My son Keighel on the other hand has a Boot Hill on the ridge behind the house for pigeons (rats with wings), rodents and CT rabbits. I don't approve but it does keep them under control.

[Gavin]

[Quote=Heero Darkangel] Well I?ve run over my share of road-kill...LOL...possums, cats, birds....plenty..LOL....my way of looking at it is...[b]if they don't move and take their time then they need to die[/b]..it's as simple as that.

I remember once I was backing out of the driveway and there was this kitten sitting in the way...it was grey and white and fluffy with big round eyes.......it wouldn't move so I ran it over..LOL....some how I think it was deaf..only because you think it would of heard me and moved but oh well....a deaf Kitten is like a dead one walking...I just saved it years of pain and misery..LOL[/quote]

[SIZE=1]There?s something about that statement that I find very chilling, I can understand hitting an animal that darts out of the road in front of you, but in the case of the kitten what exactly stopped you from getting out of your car and just moving it instead of simply crushing it ? You obviously knew it was there and yet you blatantly killed it because it wouldn?t move, by your logic if I were to ever see [B]you[/B] lying in my driveway be you unconscious or passed out then I would have full right to just reverse back and crush the sadistic little life out of you. But the again I guess that?s something you wouldn?t laugh at.[/SIZE]


[quote name='Lady_Rin']The rattlers wind up as hat bands, rattles for gifts and BBQ in my special Mom sauce.[/quote]

[SIZE=1]Well I guess there's no such things as waste in that situation, though it's the first time I've ever heard someone say they've eaten rattlesnake. Just out of pure curiosity what does a barbecued rattlesnake taste like ?[/SIZE]

[Lilt]

[font=Book Antiqua][size=2][color=darkorchid][b]Well, I don't drive (legally) yet, but my mom would always tell my dad to "look out for that squirrel" or "look out for that (unnamed animal)!" But my dad wouldn't swerve or anything. He always said it's not worth trying to avoid killing a squirrel, and then hitting another family's car and killing them, yourself, or both. I would try to avoid it if I could, though.[/b][/color][/size][/font]

[quote name='Lady_Rin']The rattlers wind up as hat bands, rattles for gifts and BBQ in my special Mom sauce.[/quote]
[font=Book Antiqua][size=2][color=darkorchid][b]And Rin, I'd like to know what BBQ rattlesnake tastes like, but what in the world is special Mom sauce? O_o?[/b][/color][/size][/font]

[LostProphet]

My mom ran over a squirrel and started crying. Don't feel bad.

[ChibiHorsewoman]

[quote name='LostProphet']My mom ran over a squirrel and started crying. Don't feel bad.[/quote]

[color=darkviolet]My brother is really cruel, he goes out looking for squirrels and other critters to hit.

Heero Dark angel, I know I shouldn't be teh one pointing fingers, but you're one sick twisted individual[/color]

[Lady_Rin]

[quote=Kane]

Just out of pure curiosity what does a barbecued rattlesnake taste like ?[/quote]

Some say snake tastes like chicken however in reality chicken tastes like snake. [iMG]http://img14.photobucket.com/albums/v43/desertranger/lol.gif[/IMG]

It's somewhat stringy and chewy, very lean and high in protein. Perfect Atkins food. Mom Sauce is my teriyaki style made with chili peppers from my garden. It needs to age for a week or so to get any real bite to it.

Unlike most we live in a small community and try to live within the environment and ecology. My husband was a tribal ranger for a local band of Indians and learned much from them and is now a guide in the desert. Waste of any kind is not something we do.

It's also fun to serve at a party (we are not barbarians, I do know how to cook and entertain lol) and serve it to the city-zens who say, "Rin this is delicious, what is it"? How would you respond? [size=1]My first one.[/size][URL= http://home.earthlink.net/~lady_rin/giggle2.html ] Please click here.[/URL]

[IMG]http://home.earthlink.net/~frogstar/images/speckled2.jpg[/IMG]

Speckled rattlesnake taken last summer by Desert Ranger.

[Heero Darkangel]

[quote name='Kane][SIZE=1]There?s something about that statement that I find very chilling, I can understand hitting an animal that darts out of the road in front of you, but in the case of the kitten what exactly stopped you from getting out of your car and just moving it instead of simply crushing it ? You obviously knew it was there and yet you blatantly killed it because it wouldn?t move, by your logic if I were to ever see [B]you[/B'] lying in my driveway be you unconscious or passed out then I would have full right to just reverse back and crush the sadistic little life out of you. But the again I guess that?s something you wouldn?t laugh at.[/SIZE][/quote]

LOL... hey if i was ever passed out or unconcious in the driveway..I too would run over my sadistic little exsistance..lol...in other words...I really don't care...

[Gavin]

[quote name='Lady_Rin]Some say snake tastes like chicken however in reality chicken tastes like snake. [iMG']http://img14.photobucket.com/albums/v43/desertranger/lol.gif[/IMG][/quote]

[SIZE=1]Well I guess that's like asking another form of the chicken and the egg question, though in this case I don't think it really matters. I'm just wondering at the moment if Sweet and Sour Rattlesnake would taste better than it's fowl counterpart, heh I made a joke without intending to.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Lady_Rin']It's somewhat stringy and chewy, very lean and high in protein. Perfect Atkins food. Mom Sauce is my teriyaki style made with chili peppers from my garden. It needs to age for a week or so to get any real bite to it.[/quote]

[SIZE=1]Well that answers the question as to what Mom's sauce is, I have to admit though that I've not taste for very spicy foods such as chilli. Still it sounds like something you'd want to taste at least once, though foods that you'd want to taste at least once are often [b]only[/b] eaten once. I tasted shrimp or prawns in a thousand-island dressing and I nearly got sick, though I suppose rattlesnake couldn't be any worse. [/SIZE]

[quote=Lady_Rin]Unlike most we live in a small community and try to live within the environment and ecology. My husband was a tribal ranger for a local band of Indians and learned much from them and is now a guide in the desert. Waste of any kind is not something we do.

It's also fun to serve at a party (we are not barbarians, I do know how to cook and entertain lol) and serve it to the city-zens who say, "Rin this is delicious, what is it"? How would you respond?[/QUOTE]

[SIZE=1]Well it sounds like a good life though I'd be careful about telling the city-zens exactly what it is they're eating though most of the time I find that honesty in cooking is the best policy. If I had to give an answer I'd probably just tell them exactly what it is and let them judge how good it is for themselves after they know what they've just eaten.[/SIZE]

[Heaven's Cloud]

[QUOTE=ChibiHorsewoman][color=darkviolet] I didn't have time to stop and I didn't feel like swerving into on coming traffic with my daughter in the car, so I did what any other motorist in my situation would do...I ran over it. Then after I looked in my rear view mirror and saw the feathers flying up in the air and the cars behind me going around it I realized it was dead. So there you have it, I'm a murderer.
[/color][/QUOTE]

[color=indigo]If that makes you a murderer then I have about a gazillion years of atonement to make up for all those innocent little sperm I killed masturbating and having protected sex.[/color]

[ChibiHorsewoman]

[quote name='Heaven's Cloud][color=indigo']If that makes you a murderer then I have about a gazillion years of atonement to make up for all those innocent little sperm I killed masturbating and having protected sex.[/color][/quote]

[color=darkviolet]No, that just means that you have the potential to be tried for reckless abandonment. Nothing about murder.[/color]

[Manic Webb]

I'm going to tell you a road-kill story so out-there, you're going to think I made it up. However, truth is stranger than fiction, and you simply can't make this kind of stuff up.

So my brother and I were driving to church one sunny Sunday morning. Two birds were flying relatively low toward us, but they were still flying high enough to pass over the car. Then [i]it[/i] happened, and I swear on some random deity, I think that bird was homocidal.

The birds were flying side-by-side. Suddenly, the first bird smacked the second bird with its wing, causing the second bird to careen out of control, and slam right into my brother's windshield. It then rolled off somewhere into the distance. Whether or not it survived, we don't know. We do know that we saw the first bird fly away on its own as soon as the second bird hit the car.

[Gavin]

[QUOTE=Manic]I'm going to tell you a road-kill story so out-there, you're going to think I made it up. However, truth is stranger than fiction, and you simply can't make this kind of stuff up.

So my brother and I were driving to church one sunny Sunday morning. Two birds were flying relatively low toward us, but they were still flying high enough to pass over the car. Then [i]it[/i] happened, and I swear on some random deity, I think that bird was homocidal.

The birds were flying side-by-side. Suddenly, the first bird smacked the second bird with its wing, causing the second bird to careen out of control, and slam right into my brother's windshield. It then rolled off somewhere into the distance. Whether or not it survived, we don't know. We do know that we saw the first bird fly away on its own as soon as the second bird hit the car.[/QUOTE]

[size=1] I actually believe that could happen, it just sounds so weird and improbable that making it up would require some feat of psychotic genius. Perhaps the "killer" bird was pissed off at the other one for sleeping with his mate, the two go for a fly and he assassinates him using your brother's car.[/size]