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Is this cruelty to animals?

Drunk commies deleted
30-09-2006, 20:15
In China a boxing match was arranged between a kangaroo and a clown. Some folks say it's cruelty to animals, but I think it's just wholesome family entertainment. What do you folks think? Also check out the photos in the article.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=407435&in_page_id=1770
Ifreann
30-09-2006, 20:16
The real question is, is it cruelty to clowns?
*in before LG*
Philosopy
30-09-2006, 20:16
Looks more like cruelty to clowns to me. That roo had better watch out for LG when he sees this...

EDIT: :D at the comment:

That's why you should always tie your kangaroo down, sport.

- The Walrus, Melbourne
Congo--Kinshasa
30-09-2006, 20:19
Maybe the clown was LG? ;)
Zilam
30-09-2006, 20:19
The real question is, is it cruelty to clowns?
*in before LG*


This seriously sounds like a childhood dream for LG or something :P
Ifreann
30-09-2006, 20:28
This seriously sounds like a childhood dream for LG or something :P

This thread has to be kept alive until he sees it. It has LG written all over it!
Wanderjar
30-09-2006, 20:29
I wanna see the Roo kick the clowns ass.
Congo--Kinshasa
30-09-2006, 20:30
I wanna see the Roo kick the clowns ass.

*runs off to tell LG*

:D
New Domici
30-09-2006, 20:43
In China a boxing match was arranged between a kangaroo and a clown. Some folks say it's cruelty to animals, but I think it's just wholesome family entertainment. What do you folks think? Also check out the photos in the article.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=407435&in_page_id=1770

Well, subjecting people to clowns is cruel, but I don't know if animals are bothered by clowns the same way that people are.

As for the boxing? I don't think a human being is capable of punching hard enough to hurt a kangaroo. They're surprisingly tough. They can disembowel a man with a kick and they eachother in the face as part of their mating rituals. So if you have a clown who can literally punch your guts out, then it could be argued to be cruelty. But even then, a kangaroo could probably take it.
Trotskylvania
30-09-2006, 20:45
In China a boxing match was arranged between a kangaroo and a clown. Some folks say it's cruelty to animals, but I think it's just wholesome family entertainment. What do you folks think? Also check out the photos in the article.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=407435&in_page_id=1770

That clown's getting his ass kicked...

It's not cruelty to animals, that is cruelty to clowns.
Minaris
30-09-2006, 20:47
The clown chose...

it is cruelty to noone.
Desperate Measures
30-09-2006, 20:47
That clown's getting his ass kicked...

It's not cruelty to animals, that is cruelty to clowns.

No such thing. I'm against torture of humans and animals; clowns are a different story.
Congo--Kinshasa
30-09-2006, 20:48
They can disembowel a man with a kick

I gotta see this. :D

Any pics, or better yet, videos?
Trotskylvania
30-09-2006, 20:48
No such thing. I'm against torture of humans and animals; clowns are a different story.

By all means, torture the clowns.
Desperate Measures
30-09-2006, 20:52
By all means, torture the clowns.

If a clown isn't crying, somebody isn't doing their job.
New Domici
30-09-2006, 20:59
If a clown isn't crying, somebody isn't doing their job.

Yeah. The Clown. (http://www.mchooii.net/images/WKeaneSadClown_mc.gif)
Utracia
30-09-2006, 20:59
That clown sure isn't making me laugh. I hope the kangaroo kicked his ass.
BackwoodsSquatches
30-09-2006, 21:01
That clown's getting his ass kicked...

It's not cruelty to animals, that is cruelty to clowns.

Actually theres no such thing.
Desperate Measures
30-09-2006, 21:04
Yeah. The Clown. (http://www.mchooii.net/images/WKeaneSadClown_mc.gif)

Clown children... this is getting out of hand.
Trotskylvania
30-09-2006, 21:04
Actually theres no such thing.

There is such a thing as an ironic joke.
Swilatia
30-09-2006, 21:07
no. it's cruelty to clowns. :p
Sel Appa
30-09-2006, 21:17
Meh...maybe cruelty to clowns...maybe
Lunatic Goofballs
30-09-2006, 21:24
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/img/galleries/kangaroobox/kangaroo4G_253x350.jpg

Poor clown. :(

Won't someone please think about the clowns? :(
Naturality
30-09-2006, 21:29
As long as the kangaroo was winning.. no. And I've seen kangaroos box. I feel for the clown.

Jokes aside. It's ridiculous, but it's going to keep happening. Man will bet on almost anything. As long as the animal isn't getting hurt (like putting a broken spirited kangaroo up against hard hitting anything or something) or sexually violated .. I feel it's not neccessarily abuse .. It is most certainly the misuse(for $$). Some consider hunting an abuse to dogs .. I do not. There are different breeds for a reason and most of them pertain to the hunt, a certain hunt.

Basically if they (the fighters) are on a level playing field .. The animal still has its natural instincts and isn't afraid of using them.. then go at it. I hope the kangaroo or whatever kicks their ass.
Zilam
30-09-2006, 21:31
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/img/galleries/kangaroobox/kangaroo4G_253x350.jpg

Poor clown. :(

Won't someone please think about the clowns? :(

HE SPEAKS!!!
Congo--Kinshasa
01-10-2006, 14:21
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/img/galleries/kangaroobox/kangaroo4G_253x350.jpg

Poor clown. :(

Won't someone please think about the clowns? :(

*comforts LG, all the while stifling laughter*


:p
Swilatia
01-10-2006, 15:22
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/img/galleries/kangaroobox/kangaroo4G_253x350.jpg

Poor clown. :(

Won't someone please think about the clowns? :(

no. the sooner those pesky critters become extinct, the better.
LiberationFrequency
01-10-2006, 15:24
Why didn't kaneroo kick him? They could quiete easily kill a man with their legs.
Lunatic Goofballs
01-10-2006, 15:26
Why didn't kaneroo kick him? They could quiete easily kill a man with their legs.

In the picture I posted, I think it did. Consider what you just said when you look at where it kicked him. :(
LiberationFrequency
01-10-2006, 15:29
OUCH! He'll probably never have any little clowns now
Lunatic Goofballs
01-10-2006, 15:30
OUCH! He'll probably never have any little clowns now

Winner: Kangaroo!
Infinite Revolution
01-10-2006, 15:32
Why didn't kaneroo kick him? They could quiete easily kill a man with their legs.

maybe they have restraint?...
SHAOLIN9
01-10-2006, 15:38
There is such a thing as an ironic joke.

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/matthewthirlwell/irony2mv6.jpg

Personally I hope the clown got the ass-whupping he deserved. The Chinese have a long way to go on animal-cruelty issues.
Swilatia
01-10-2006, 15:40
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/matthewthirlwell/irony2mv6.jpg

Personally I hope the clown got the ass-whupping he deserved. The Chinese have a long way to go on animal-cruelty issues.

you win the thread.
SHAOLIN9
01-10-2006, 15:42
you win the thread.

WOO-HOO!
Sen Surround
01-10-2006, 15:56
If the kangaroo is put in a position where it has more than a 75% chance of surviving without harm (which, as you can see, it did), it's not torture.

Think. If that clown had actually punched the kangaroo, what would the international uproar be?
Demented Hamsters
01-10-2006, 15:57
In the picture I posted, I think it did. Consider what you just said when you look at where it kicked him. :(
Now, is the :( you posted because you feel for the clown, or is it because it's not you there getting your nuts kicked by a 'roo?

(gwan - admit it: It's always been a secret fantsy of yours to be kicked in the nuts by an enraged boxing kangaroo)
Clanbrassil Street
01-10-2006, 15:59
How is some guy beating up a kangaroo not animal abuse?

It's cruel, because they're unequal opponents. The Kangaroo doesn't know what's happening nor did it have a choice to participate.
Lunatic Goofballs
01-10-2006, 16:00
Now, is the :( you posted because you feel for the clown, or is it because it's not you there getting your nuts kicked by a 'roo?

(gwan - admit it: It's always been a secret fantsy of yours to be kicked in the nuts by an enraged boxing kangaroo)

The :( is because under a different set of circumstances, it could have very easily been me. It would make one hell of a story though. :)
Sen Surround
01-10-2006, 16:01
How is some guy beating up a kangaroo not animal abuse?

It's cruel, because they're unequal opponents. The Kangaroo doesn't know what's happening nor did it have a choice to participate.

You're right they're unequal. That clown didn't stand a snowball's chance.
Horstradamia
01-10-2006, 16:11
If the kangaroo is put in a position where it has more than a 75% chance of surviving without harm (which, as you can see, it did), it's not torture.

Think. If that clown had actually punched the kangaroo, what would the international uproar be?

Right buddy. I believe the clown DID punch the kangaroo. Put knives on the kangaroo's feet and maybe it would be just, but never fair.
Demented Hamsters
01-10-2006, 16:13
How is some guy beating up a kangaroo not animal abuse?

It's cruel, because they're unequal opponents. The Kangaroo doesn't know what's happening nor did it have a choice to participate.
Let alone the fact that 'roos aren't native to China, so it would have been taken from it's natural habitat.
Also, it would have had to be trained to fight without injuring the clown. Considering China's extremely poor attitudes towards animal welfare, I'd say said training (and indeed the 'roo's living conditions) would be very dreadful.
SHAOLIN9
01-10-2006, 16:14
If the kangaroo is put in a position where it has more than a 75% chance of surviving without harm (which, as you can see, it did), it's not torture.

Think. If that clown had actually punched the kangaroo, what would the international uproar be?

Right buddy. I believe the clown DID punch the kangaroo. Put knives on the kangaroo's feet and maybe it would be just, but never fair.

Yes indeed the clown DID hit the kangaroo

In the fight, the Australian kangaroo appears to reel backwards after receiving a right hook from its garishly attired opponent.
Not bad
01-10-2006, 17:01
In communist China clown fights roo

In soviet Russia clown fights you
Deep Kimchi
01-10-2006, 17:53
In China a boxing match was arranged between a kangaroo and a clown. Some folks say it's cruelty to animals, but I think it's just wholesome family entertainment. What do you folks think? Also check out the photos in the article.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=407435&in_page_id=1770

There's a whole circus of cruelty going on there, with chained animals being forced to fight each other, etc.

But, since it's not the US doing it, it's perfectly fine. After all, we can't expect China to live up to any standard, since they don't share our culture.

Right up there with that video of them beating dogs half-dead, and skinning them alive. Not cruelty, because the Chinese think it's perfectly normal behavior and they like it.

Only cruelty if Americans are doing it. I mean, it's ok for Romanians to make dogs into sausages, and have a yearly festival about it, but we're not allowed to do anything like that.
Laerod
01-10-2006, 17:55
In China a boxing match was arranged between a kangaroo and a clown. Some folks say it's cruelty to animals, but I think it's just wholesome family entertainment. What do you folks think? Also check out the photos in the article.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=407435&in_page_id=1770
It is. Entering in a boxing match or other form of extreme sport is engaging in an activity in which you will likely be hurt. You give your consent when entering one of these, often legally by signing a waiver. An animal cannot give consent.
Laerod
01-10-2006, 18:02
*snip*

Personally I hope the clown got the ass-whupping he deserved. The Chinese have a long way to go on animal-cruelty issues.My irony poster! :D
SHAOLIN9
01-10-2006, 18:04
My irony poster! :D

Ah that's where it came from! It works well every time! ;)
Laerod
01-10-2006, 18:08
Ah that's where it came from! It works well every time! ;)Yeah. I'm so glad I found that picture. :)
Demented Hamsters
01-10-2006, 18:20
What would skippy think?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/images/173/skippy.jpg
He must be rolling in his grave at this.


Assuming dingos haven't dug him up and eaten him, of course.
SHAOLIN9
01-10-2006, 18:30
What would skippy think?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/images/173/skippy.jpg
He must be rolling in his grave at this.


Assuming dingos haven't dug him up and eaten him, of course.

Skippy would'a pwned that clown good an' proper!
New Xero Seven
01-10-2006, 18:42
Well we eat animals, thats animal abuse right there. Don't need an animal circus to make it any worse.