Protection of cruelty AGAINST animals
"The cats on Ascension island were introduced in 1815 to control the populations of rats and mice. Roaming wild, these cats quickly decimated populations of seabirds on the mainland, forcing most of the seabirds, except the colonially-nesting sooty tern, to nest on offshore stacks, principally Boatswainbird Island. The project needed to remove the cats from the island. The project gained the active support and co-operation of the islanders and the Ascension Island Society for the Protection of Cruelty Against Animals. The feral cats were destroyed in accordance with animal welfare guidelines."
Protection of cruelty against animals? Ascension island actually has one of those?
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6821isnotmyPIN Bored cig., Fri 19 Nov 2010, 17:03,
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Yes I did.
And I did a bit of internet research after to find out if what you wrote was true (which it was). So, it is super that there is an Ascension Island Society for the Protection of Cruelty Against Animals.
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yes, happens in a lot of places where mankind thinks it's cleverer than nature
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HappyToast Groat froth, Fri 19 Nov 2010, 17:14,
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Well, it pretty much indubitably is.
That's not to say that mankind is all that clever - but it's much cleverer than nature all the same.
Nature's REALLY dumb.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 19 Nov 2010, 17:31,
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I was going to say
something similar, but I've used too many of my pedant credits today already
Nature is indeed very, very dumb.
(, Fri 19 Nov 2010, 17:37, Reply)
You need pedant credits?
Fuck me, I'm overdrawn on that account.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 19 Nov 2010, 17:38,
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It's a self-regulating scheme
I try and limit myself to 2 major points of pedantry and 4 minor points per day.
If I exceed my credits, I have to set a kitten on fire. I don't like it, but that's the way the scheme works...
(, Fri 19 Nov 2010, 17:41, Reply)
It was my overactive pedantry
that necessitated the destruction of the aforementioned cats.
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Claws of Doom I am no longer infected, Fri 19 Nov 2010, 17:52,
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I wonder if people would call me creative if I generated billions of files of random text, had people toss out all the ones they didn't like, and published the 10 last remaining files as poems!
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the prick of misery pierced my foot on a spiiiike on, Fri 19 Nov 2010, 19:39,
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Yes, I believe they would
moreso if you employed monkeys rather than people
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RedHouse over yonder, Sat 20 Nov 2010, 7:05,
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What happens?
That they form a protection of cruelty against animals?
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6821isnotmyPIN Bored cig., Fri 19 Nov 2010, 17:49,
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Hasn't anyone actually read my post?
This isn't about the killing of the cats you plonks, its about it saying that there is a Protection of cruelty against animals. That is to say that is an agency designed to enforce cruelty against animals.
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6821isnotmyPIN Bored cig., Fri 19 Nov 2010, 17:53,
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I understood that.
It's a weird typo is my guess.
EDIT: awww the other chap deleted his post.
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chenobble rocking his explorer beard on, Fri 19 Nov 2010, 17:54,
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Yes, it would appear to be an editing error
www.google.ca/search?&q=+site:the-islander.org.ac+%22ascension+island+society%22+animals
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RedHouse over yonder, Sat 20 Nov 2010, 7:13,
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well, no.
Protection of cruelty against animals does not mean that they enforce cruelty, only that they aim to protect cruelty against whatever people/forces would like to eliminate cruelty. They might have a neutral opinion to the cruelty (or specific instances of cruelty) itself. Much in the same way as people say 'I don't agree with what you are saying, but I'll defend your right to say it'.
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Sextant goes to him is emotionally erect, on this day, Sat 20 Nov 2010, 1:43,
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