Not killing animals would lead to massive runs of starvation and environmental collapse as species we currently control run amok and destroy their ecosystems in the absence of predators.

Because that's what we are. We are apex predators. Incredibly efficient and adaptable ones. If we remove ourselves from that equation, we do just as much damage to the environment as we would by removing any other predators from their ecosystem.

It's an incredibly stupid idea from an environmental point of view, as any biologist could tell them.

And fark gives free press to PETA... again.

I for one saw this coming the second I saw a clip of it on ESPN. PETA are farking loons.

I think they should give him an award for protecting people from a potentially rabid bat just as a screw you to PETA.

Sgt Otter: Are they even sure he killed it? It looked like he just stunned it.

I doubt you could smack a bat like that without breaking its wings, and then it's as good as dead.

That said, fark PETA. I like bats, when they're outside eating mosquitoes. But they're some ugly motherfarkers.

I was wondering how long it would take for the PETA people to go all crazy about this. It was one bat that someone probably brought into the arena to be a smartaleck. That being said bats are fragile creatures and i am not sure how you would ever "humanely" capture one without injuring it.

That and it was one hell of a move to swat a bat out of the air. I have only ever seen it done by my cat before.

vygramul: To bludgeon a 4-ounce animal to death, it takes either a small man or a totally unthinking one-with no respect or consideration for lives humbler than his own.

So he's no better than the animals Peta says are our equals. What's their point?

haha seriously. Animal rights activists have never been able to explain away the paradox that animals kill other animals. Unless you are gonna put them in animal jail for doing so, what you are talking about is not "rights" for animals. You don't know what that word means.

BunkoSquad: 2009-11-03 11:30:18 AM
Rapmaster2000: And fark gives free press to PETA... again.

This. I wonder if they'll shrivel up and go away if nobody pays them any attention. I think it's worth a try.

They will but they will gradually get louder and louder before they give up so we'll have to deal with that crying brat for a while.

utsagrad123: PETA is bat shiat crazy

PETA are to animals what Orly Taitz is to birthers. Just different levels of crazy.

PETA is a terrorist organization.

I fear PETA more than Al'Queda.

We can't stop here!

I pride myself on being able to catch fruit flies at my job with bare hands, but damn, Ginobili has some serious skill.

/obligatory

I'm a bit surprised it took Peta this long to weigh in on this. I figured they'd have issued a statement before the game ended. When they were replaying it over and over I could just see and hear the Peta folks having popping a collective blood vessel.

If Manu had picked it up off the floor and started ripping its wings off and then start practicing freethrows with it, then you can toss in the Vick Vick comparisons. Vick gave Peta a boost and they are going to run with it at every opportunity they can.

We used to get them in our building section at work...bats not Peta members. They'd come in through the truck loading bays. They can freak you out a bit but they really won't hurt you. They'd fly around a bit and eventually find their way out. If not, you'd find them darwinated in a corner a few days later. I doubt the Manu bat could have found its way out nearly as easy.

Rapmaster2000
And fark gives free press to PETA... again.

^ this
if we just ignore peta maybe they will go away. you know, kinda like the herp?

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I'm fairly certain that PETA is attempting to break into the top 5 of "Best Trolls Ever IRL"

They biatch about everything. I'm surprised they haven't shown up at my doorstep for that goldfish that I killed because I gave it too much food when I was 6 years old.

We need a countering group to PETA.
Like PHAT. "People are Hungry and Animals are Tasty"
Our mission statement shall be to BBQ every piece of meat we can.

you have pee hands: I doubt you could smack a bat like that without breaking its wings, and then it's as good as dead.

he apparently had to get a rabies shot because it flew away when they took it outside (read it on deadspin i think, but i'm not 100% sure)

so, the bat was at least able to fly to some extent...

Jsc810: /obligatory

PETA is full of shiat, but i like them more than those mouth-breathing cousin-humpers.

and this...

I used to throw rocks in the air and watch bats fly into them during the summer as a kid. I dunno where I was going with this story, but PETA sucks.

Pineapple S. Fusion: I used to throw rocks in the air and watch bats fly into them during the summer as a kid. I dunno where I was going with this story, but PETA sucks.

Same. I just thought it was neat.

If this had happened in Cleveland, every Cavs player would have stood around and waited for LeBron to smack it down.

what_now: You know, I donate monthly to the ASPCA. I cry at every single one of those damn Sarah McLaughlin commercials. I can't watch "Animal Cops" without alternating between sobbing and rage.

PETA, I'm the girl you want to work on, but you've alienated me so completely, I may grill some steaks tonight JUST to piss you off.

I change the channel when that commercial comes on and everytime the radio plays that same song it reminds me of all the sad animals :(

I don't know how those Animal Cops reign in the rage when dealing with those people... /hulk smash

what_now: You know, I donate monthly to the ASPCA. I cry at every single one of those damn Sarah McLaughlin commercials. I can't watch "Animal Cops" without alternating between sobbing and rage.

PETA, I'm the girl you want to work on, but you've alienated me so completely, I may grill some steaks tonight JUST to piss you off.

I farky'd you months ago with PETA makes me want to eat a baby seal steak with bald eagle sauce

IAmRight: On the one hand, I hate PETA. On the other hand, I hate bats. On the other other hand, I hate Manu Ginobili.

So I guess I hope that the bat dies, Manu gets rabies, and PETA's cause is destroyed by public support for Manu against his rabies.

Haha. Can't they just all die?

Sgt Otter: Are they even sure he killed it? It looked like he just stunned it.

'E's stunned!

/pinin' for the fjords.
//lovely plumage!

PolarBoy: Pineapple S. Fusion: I used to throw rocks in the air and watch bats fly into them during the summer as a kid. I dunno where I was going with this story, but PETA sucks.

Same. I just thought it was neat.

I was fishing at dusk/dark this summer in a narrow channel. Thought I was getting decent bites/hits on my lure, but after a while realized it was the bats that were tearing around a foot above the water hitting my line.

/Cool story, I know

More related to the incident, Manu and the security guard should've kept the bat, killed it, and checked its brain for rabies, thus avoiding the precautionary shots.

lolz peta

IAmRight: On the one hand, I hate PETA. On the other hand, I hate bats. On the other other hand, I hate Manu Ginobili.

So I guess I hope that the bat dies, Manu gets rabies, and PETA's cause is destroyed by public support for Manu against his rabies.

I'd be more concerned about having 3 hands if I were you. Ah, who am I kidding I'd be fapping.

The_Sponge: Just because:

Randy Johnson vs. Bird (new window)

Love that clip. No debate about whether it lived or not.

Its stories like this that always make me wonder how people take PETA seriously. Reminds me of the Mike Birbigs joke about rappers.

/You crashed into my car, mofo
//But you were mad that it was 2005
///You gotta pick your battles

I Said:
Killing animals is wrong, unless PETA does it. During 2008 PETA killed 95% of the dogs and cats it took in.

Nyeeeehh...I hate PETA, but I actually agree with their shelter policy. No-Kill shelters are a pie-in-the-sky way to feel good, but they do very little to actually help animals. There is a shortage of shelter space as it is, which is part of the reason why euthanasia rates at normal shelters are so high. By refusing to put down any of their animals, No-Kill shelters are really just acting as larger versions of foster homes. No new animals can come in, because animals rarely go out. Foster homes are nice, but they aren't as needed as shelters.

As out of touch with reality as they typically are, I've always given PETA begrudging respect for being able to see the reality of the shelter situation.

drew46n2: there's an underpass you have to walk through to get from one of the Alamodome parking lots to the dome, and there's a bat colony that lives there. It reeks of piss and shiat, and the sidewalk is completely covered in guano.

I know the exact underpass you're talking about. Even if Manu killed the bat- which, by all reports, he didn't- it's not like he took out the one Mexican free-tail bat in San Antonio.

I donate money to Bat Conservation International. My driver's headcover is a bat. I think bats rock. I have no problem with Manu swatting a bat out of the air.

As close as that bat flew next to him, I'm surprised Manu didn't flop to the ground and writhe in agony trying to draw a foul.