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Fla. man who lost hand charged with feeding gator
Associated Press ^ | July 29, 2012

Posted on 07/29/2012 11:32:22 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

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To: cubreporter

Gators that have learned to associate humans with fast food become considerably more dangerous.


21 posted on 07/29/2012 12:59:14 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: Jonty30

I must disagree.

It’s the cruel and deranged act of a government official who doesn’t have the independence of mind or spirit to resist the generalized onset of cruelty and derangement befalling our society.

More evidence that those given license to implement justice are sometimes least capable of doing so.


22 posted on 07/29/2012 1:01:50 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (Why do you seek the living among the dead? (Luke 24:5))
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To: Jonty30
Gators actually think of us AS FOOD.

It doesn't take a human being to show them where dinner is.

23 posted on 07/29/2012 1:05:35 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Free ThinkerNY

It’s truly an act of charity when someone can give of himself to help starving animals.


24 posted on 07/29/2012 1:24:32 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
I suppose the gator was unaware of the idiom “Don't bite the hand that feeds you.”
25 posted on 07/29/2012 1:50:24 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Obama "acted stupidly.")
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To: Jonty30
Sorry he lost his hand, but it’s not the within the sphere of the law to give consideration to given consequences as proper punishment.

It sure as hell is in the common law.

Corporate administrative "law" is another story - they bill your family for the bullet they kill you with, and fine them for air pollution when they burn down your house.

26 posted on 07/29/2012 2:45:42 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Okay, put the cuffs on him...Oh, wait...


27 posted on 07/29/2012 4:41:53 PM PDT by Lucas McCain
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Hmmm! “FOOD” for thought


28 posted on 07/30/2012 7:08:35 AM PDT by capt B
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He is (or was) an airboat captain. He traveled into the Everglades and fed the gator and received his Darwin award for doing so. Charging him with a crime and spending the money to administer the charges is ridiculous especially when you consider that had he been an Indian on the reservation within the Everglades, no charges would have been filed.

We're beyond the point where we should be resisting the government's control over everything. We've got some catching up to do.

29 posted on 07/30/2012 7:22:47 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (If Barack has a memory like a steel trap, why can't he remember what the Constitution says?)
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To: null and void
Yep, OTOH, he was dangling a fish in the water to attract the gator for the tourists in his boat.

No, I think it was with the same hand.

30 posted on 07/30/2012 7:25:54 AM PDT by Sawdring
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I bet the $1,000 fine will make the man think twice before trying to give an alligator a hand next time................/s


31 posted on 07/30/2012 7:32:54 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. - Prov 22:3)
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To: Sawdring

Nicely played!


32 posted on 07/30/2012 8:42:22 AM PDT by null and void (Day 1287 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Heroes aren't made Frank, they're cornered...)
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