pdxrailtransit Wrote:
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> Alvah Crocker Wrote:
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> > pdxrailtransit Wrote:
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> > > Oh puhleeezze Bill! I totally agree with this
> > > article:
> > >
> >
> [synalia.com]
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> > > h-morans-bill/ The vast majority of us will
> > only
> > > see animals such as elephants and lions in
> zoos
> > > and circuses. These animals have enriched our
> > > lives immensely. I grew up with the Portland
> > Zoo,
> > > which is renowned for its pioneering elephant
> > > breeding program.
> > >
> > > Back in 1976, I went to a RB&B performance in
> > > Albuquerque at the NM State Fairgrounds.
> > Gunther
> > > Gebel Williams put on an incredible show with
> > both
> > > his elephants and his big cats. The
> faigrounds
> > are
> > > a considerable distance from the Santa Fe
> yard
> > > where the train was parked. As we drove home
> > down
> > > Central Ave (Rte 66,) we passed the
> procession
> > of
> > > elephants walking down the street. There was
> > > Gunther leading the elephants with his head
> > heald
> > > high and an exultant look on his face,
> something
> > I
> > > will never forget.
> >
> > Well, cool for Gunther. How about the
> elephants?
> > Did they look happy? Knowing that they were
> going
> > back to a cage, rather than the Serengeti?
>
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> Like they get to walk down Rte.66 in Africa? They
> were certainly safe from ivory poachers and
> farmers with rifles.
Go ahead, try to pretend that living in a cage with no room to move is "better" than living in the open of their natural habitat.
Your statement is pretty much the same as saying that a GI who died in Vietnam did so to "protect our freedom".
As long as it isn't your life involved, you are pretty much good to go.