Infectious: The Virus of Stupidity
One supposes they're just practising. They were described by witnesses as a group of young boys. Who chased a moose calf, and then attacked it with sticks. What jolly good fun. That kind of mindless stupidity must start early. It takes practise to become a cretin. In Deer Lake, Newfoundland this week police and conservation officers received a call that a moose calf was wounded, unable to stand on its own.
When they arrived at the scene, attempting to help the calf, they found it was too badly abused, and despite their attempts, the young animal had to be destroyed.
Either scenario doesn't vouch much for their futures as upstanding members of their society. The five thousand people living in town don't think so, either. They're pretty fuming mad about the incident. Something about strapping lads strapping a helpless animal, somehow not quite appealing to their collective sense of respect for nature and the other creatures with which we share our landscape.
But then, some people do have values that don't quite square with the compassionate social compact.
Take as another shining example of character the oafish dolt whose antics posted in yet another video titled "Ucluelet July 25, 2009 MudShark Beat Down", highlighted another brave lad beating a dogfish against a ship's deck, and when he was finished brutalizing it, tossing it overboard. This bright light was an adult, an employee of a Vancouver Island sport-fishing company. In the video he was clearly identified.
The resort manager of Canadian Princess Resort in Ucluelet, was none too pleased to view the video, after seeing a television report of it, and realizing that one of their employees, on one of their boats, wearing a sweatshirt with the resort's logo was disporting himself so enthusiastically, honouring the very creatures that the company he works for makes a living on. That'll resound nicely in their advertising.
But it's all right; the man has been disciplined. And now he knows he's universally viewed as not very intelligent.
And, according to the manager of the resort "The employee himself is pretty horrified that he allowed himself to do that". Oh, that's all right then. Somewhat like the three cretinous oafs who sat in their car and had a ball shooting at ducklings, and when the wrath of the public descended, along with hefty fines, claimed not to have known what they indulged in was "illegal".
Too bad head-banging crass stupidity isn't illegal.
When they arrived at the scene, attempting to help the calf, they found it was too badly abused, and despite their attempts, the young animal had to be destroyed.
Understandably police and conservation officers are doing their best to try to understand precisely what did occur on this unfortunate occasion. That the young animal had been chased and beaten beyond exhaustion appears clear enough. That they have identified the right group of teenagers involved doesn't appear to be sufficiently clear.
There's a slight blip there, with the father of one of the boys involved claiming the boys were innocent of the offence. Since, at the time, they were vandalizing a church. Glad that's cleared up.
But then, some people do have values that don't quite square with the compassionate social compact.
Take as another shining example of character the oafish dolt whose antics posted in yet another video titled "Ucluelet July 25, 2009 MudShark Beat Down", highlighted another brave lad beating a dogfish against a ship's deck, and when he was finished brutalizing it, tossing it overboard. This bright light was an adult, an employee of a Vancouver Island sport-fishing company. In the video he was clearly identified.
The resort manager of Canadian Princess Resort in Ucluelet, was none too pleased to view the video, after seeing a television report of it, and realizing that one of their employees, on one of their boats, wearing a sweatshirt with the resort's logo was disporting himself so enthusiastically, honouring the very creatures that the company he works for makes a living on. That'll resound nicely in their advertising.
But it's all right; the man has been disciplined. And now he knows he's universally viewed as not very intelligent.
And, according to the manager of the resort "The employee himself is pretty horrified that he allowed himself to do that". Oh, that's all right then. Somewhat like the three cretinous oafs who sat in their car and had a ball shooting at ducklings, and when the wrath of the public descended, along with hefty fines, claimed not to have known what they indulged in was "illegal".
Too bad head-banging crass stupidity isn't illegal.
Labels: Animal Stories, Social-Cultural Deviations, Whoops
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