Monday's Question of the Day
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My new mantra, two a week, two posts a week. Good luck me keeping this one. :-)
So on Facebook and friend of mine who we differ opinions on many subjects and still remain friends for some odd reasons posted about an elk that was killed in Boulder Colorado and the neighborhood folk of which this elf decided to call home the last 2 years held a memorial service for. Now my friend thought this crossed the line bordering on the absurd and I have to admit from the short article he posted on his timeline his conclusion was easily obtained. I looked into it further and whereas the first article did not detail that the elk had been in the neighborhood for two years, many families considered the elk a sort of pet and the police officer that killed the elk of which he stated was sick and injured immediately took the animal to a meat processing plant so that part of the memorial service was also a protest against the police department, for those reasons my opinion differs from my friend. Still it brings up the question where do we draw the line in this situation and others like it and that brings us to the QOD:
How do we determine where the line is drawn and at what point does a differing opinion become foolishness instead of a differing opinion?
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By the quality of the facts supporting the opinion. There should be some, at least.
In your example, a wild elk ("wild" is an assumption!) treated as "a sort of pet" raises some issues if the animal was "sick and injured".
LOL,sounds like something my wife would say.
You filled in a few more of the blanks, ric. A good cop would have done a little CYA before acting ADDED: unless there was an immediate danger.
Thanks.
A hastily voiced opinion that is formed solely on our own inherent biases has a good chance of being "foolish" after some fact-checking. If the facts appear to match one's reflexive opinion-well...all the better!
On the flip side, all those inherent biases and reflexive opinions we all carry, well, ric, to quote a world famous blogger I follow...
"I'm Glad I'm Not You, Cus Then I Wouldn't Be Me"
Well, I think the clinic can help!
Smiley Face....... Ha, no emoticon involved here>
I hope all are well
I wouldn't call it a pet, but can see people becoming attached to an animal .. I have a Great Horned Owl that visits my property each winter and builds an addition to its nest and has three chicks. Its not my pet but I am attached to her and her mate!
Sounds like the officer should be charged for a number of offenses you listed .. would hunting without a permit, hunting out of season, hunting with a improper firearm, these all come to mind too ..
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