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Mexican pack of stray dogs 'kills four' in park
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 2:42 AM
GEEZER
Keep the Shiny side up
Quote:Authorities in Mexico are investigating the deaths of four people reportedly killed by a pack of dogs in a park. The bodies of the victims, including a mother and her baby, were covered in what appeared to be bite marks, and police found their belongings nearby. At least 25 dogs living in Cerro de la Estrella, a hilly woodland in eastern Mexico City, have been rounded up by investigators. The number of stray dogs in the Mexican capital is estimated at about 120,000. Experts said the bite marks suggest that at least 10 dogs were involved in the attack. The detained dogs will undergo tests to verify the presence of human tissues in their mouths and intestines, authorities said. The deaths are believed to have happened between 29 December and 5 January. The large population of stray dogs has long been a problem in Mexico City, correspondents say. A 2008 study said that there were more than three million of them living on the streets, but a more recent estimate by the capital's authorities suggested the 120,000 figure. This is roughly equivalent to the number of dogs collected from the streets of the UK in 2011.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 4:54 AM
BYTEMITE
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 6:29 AM
STORYMARK
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 7:09 AM
AGENTROUKA
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 7:16 AM
NIKI2
Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...
Quote:Huh, for a second there, reading the story, I thought that Mr. "Not Partisan" had finally posted something... non-partisan. Boy, he sure showed me!
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 7:31 AM
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 9:23 PM
RIONAEIRE
Beir bua agus beannacht
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 1:18 AM
KWICKO
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 3:32 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Niki2: But neither that nor the initial post have anything to do with anything, except Geezer's desire to snark at gun-control advocates in a particularly inane and totally unrelated fashion.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 6:36 AM
CHRISISALL
Quote:Originally posted by Geezer: In pretty much every other fatality-causing situation, the response is to educate, control, or prosecute the person involved. Only in gun-related crimes is there so vocal a call to ban the tool. Ever wonder why?
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 7:25 AM
Quote:Oh hell, I'm just surprised Geezer didn't just go ahead and accuse Obama of selling illegal dogs to Mexican cartels.
Quote:The heaviest winter snowfall in a decade across parts of Afghanistan has sent packs of wolfs from their usual habitat into populated areas, where locals say at least four people have been devoured by the animals. http://www.wolfsongalaska.org/Afghan_Wolf_Attacks
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 9:02 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Niki2: Quote:Oh hell, I'm just surprised Geezer didn't just go ahead and accuse Obama of selling illegal dogs to Mexican cartels. Excellent. That about sums up this thread.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 9:13 AM
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 9:53 AM
Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: Quote:Originally posted by Geezer: In pretty much every other fatality-causing situation, the response is to educate, control, or prosecute the person involved. Only in gun-related crimes is there so vocal a call to ban the tool. Ever wonder why? It's easier to try and ban stuff not everybody uses than stuff literally everybody uses. Like in school, when there is a fight, it's easier to suspend both kids than to try and find out who actually started the fight. The response to anything is usually the easiest response. Because thinking is so difficult.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 9:55 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Storymark: Quote:Originally posted by Niki2: Quote:Oh hell, I'm just surprised Geezer didn't just go ahead and accuse Obama of selling illegal dogs to Mexican cartels. Excellent. That about sums up this thread. Or any post from our resident senile old man, really.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 10:09 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: Ask yourself why you can't have a nuclear device or a Claymore shaped charge for home defense.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 10:12 AM
KPO
Sometimes you own the libs. Sometimes, the libs own you.
Quote:BTW, in England, they've effectively banned firearms and knives, so now the crooks are getting million volt stunguns, which can be deadly, to use in robberies and assaults. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20929987
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 10:18 AM
Quote:Originally posted by kpo: But this must sound like Utopia to you Americans - drug dealers fighting each other with stun guns...
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 10:22 AM
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 10:28 AM
Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: A gun can be used to defend your life, so you can live.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 10:30 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Niki2: Beyond that, is there any possibility this thread can return to its original topic, or any other, rather than becoming yet another gun thread???
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 10:32 AM
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 10:35 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: A gun can be used to defend your life, so you can live. And as I've pointed out before, ad nauseum, an assault rifle is singularly useless for a home-defense weapon. Why? Because you're firing primarily copper-jacketed bullets at several thousand feet per second - these rounds don't hit the wall and stop. They go through walls - yours AND your neighbor's - and they go through people - your family, your attacker, AND your neighbors. There is no need at all for such weaponry in the home. Shotguns and average handguns are more than sufficient. And if you think you're trying to protect yourself from the big, bad, tyrannical government, start by cutting off the funding for the military. Duh, idiots. You keep modernizing the military while claiming to fear your government taking over, and you can't figure out how fucking stupid that really makes you look to anyone with a brain. But then again, we're dealing with the same moronic right-wingers here who swore up and down - and still do - that Saddam had WMD when we invaded Iraq. "I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero "I was wrong" - Hero, 2012 Mitt Romney, introducing his running mate: "Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States, Paul Ryan!" Rappy's response? "You're lying, gullible ( believing in some BS you heard on msnbc ) or hard of hearing."
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 10:40 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Niki2: is there any possibility this thread can return to its original topic
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 10:43 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: A gun can be used to defend your life, so you can live. And as I've pointed out before, ad nauseum, an assault rifle is singularly useless for a home-defense weapon.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 11:03 AM
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 11:30 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Niki2: Chris, given what you said about the precinct check, I would check it off to a bad cop--perhaps an over-zealous one, or just ignorant in the laws he was supposed to enforce.
Quote: most people can't out-pedal dogs, by the way, so congrats! German shepherds top out at about 32 mph; The average human on a bicycle is about 20 mph.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 11:40 AM
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 11:49 AM
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 12:07 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Niki2: It's only what is commonly understood as "assault weapons" which I firmly believe have no use in self-defense and are NOT purchased as such.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 12:12 PM
Quote:Originally posted by BYTEMITE: Well... Frankly, chris, I suspect that your cop who took your knife wasn't really interested in enforcing any laws or protecting the public so much as getting a cool looking new knife without much possibility for recrimination.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 4:28 PM
Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: A gun can be used to defend your life, so you can live. And as I've pointed out before, ad nauseum, an assault rifle is singularly useless for a home-defense weapon. I was advocating only hammers, knives, and a small PPK....
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 4:33 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: All of which I'm totally down with.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 9:02 PM
FREMDFIRMA
Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: No one but GW uses "Assault weapons" for 'self-defence' purposes.
Thursday, January 10, 2013 4:27 AM
Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: All of which I'm totally down with. Even the PPK?! Kind of like a girl's gun though....
Thursday, January 10, 2013 11:02 AM
Quote:Originally posted by BYTEMITE: Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: All of which I'm totally down with. Even the PPK?! Kind of like a girl's gun though.... James Bond walks into the room...
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