Even A Cockroach Has Rights (Animal rights in the UK)

Human Events ^ | 1/14/2009 | James Delingpole

[Nea Wood]

You use your hands or feet when playing with your cat

How the heck do you play with a cat without using your hands? Hold a ball of yarn in your teeth?

[samtheman]

Don’t worry about any of this. Once Sharia is established in the UK, the socialists and Peta-people will all be skewered on the same sticks the muzzies roast their goats on, the women will all be circumcised, burka’d and slapped into submission (with maybe one or two — won’t take more — stoned to death in the public square as a lesson to all).

After that, there will be no more silliness. All will be Allah.

[Greysard]

Releasing a domesticated animal to fend for itself is a cruel thing to do.

That hamster was anything but domesticated, that's why the author had to get rid of him. I am also unsure if killing the animal outright is better than letting it live as it was meant to be:

"In the wild, they burrow underground in the daylight to avoid being caught by predators. Their diet contains a variety of foods, including dried food, berries, nuts, fresh fruits and vegetables." (here).

This means that the hamster will be in his new burrow before you walk away, and will have a good chance of survival. It's not like parks in London are full of foxes.

[goldfinch]

This means that the hamster will be in his new burrow before you walk away, and will have a good chance of survival. It's not like parks in London are full of foxes.

The hamster was purchased in a pet store. It has no idea how to forage for food. The author purchased the animal and was, therefore, responsible for it. If he could not keep it, he should have had it euthanized instead of condemning it to a painful death. His action was irresponsible and cruel. I cannot see why any conservative would condone his action.

[pray4liberty]

This is unbelievable...my dogs and my cat have a better life than I do!

[Fresh Wind]

Let me out of he-e-e-e-e-e-e-re!

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Dude, how OLD are you? Well I'm glad somebody got my amoeba joke :D Here is another shot of ol' Zach. Who is still among the undead last I heard.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

And I am told that Zacherle is a veteran of WW2, my dear...

[Fresh Wind]

Gasport, is that you?

[RipSawyer]

“The Brits have gone fully ‘round the bend, I fear.”
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America is pounding down the stretch, trying desperately to catch up with them!

[RipSawyer]

How about when the dog attacks my feet, like mine does.(playfully)

Send him to doggie prison?
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No, dogs have rights, people don’t.

[CholeraJoe]

I killed a mouse yesterday with a brick. It was stupid enough to walk into plain sight in my family room. I just happened to have a brick on an end table nearby. (It’s a decorative item from a now defunct brickyard.)

Lobbed it underhand right on top of him from about 10 feet. No damage to the brick or the tile floor. Mickey was crushed, though.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Lobbed it underhand right on top of him from about 10 feet.

Now that's is some skill. Too bad rat smasher isn't a paying gig.

[CholeraJoe]

Too bad rat smasher isn't a paying gig.

It might be in a year or so. Who knows?

[Dr.Zoidberg]

It might be in a year or so. Who knows?

You have a very good point.

It might pay off to stockpile bricks before the next election.