Random Rants LXIV: Who's Acting Like a Child Now?

[Rashiminos]

A gorilla was shot; people complained about a gorilla getting shot.

 

[Sommerswerd]

A gorilla was shot; people complained about a gorilla getting shot.

I heard that there are some environmentalist(?) protesters calling for the family of the boy who fell into the gorilla enclosure to be investigated and/or prosecuted for causing the death of the gorilla.

 

[gay_Aleks]

Well, if the boy died, I'm sure that another fringe would have blamed those crazy Green tree...huggers who would rather let a boy die than to chop down a tree or harm a living creature...

 

[Rashiminos]

I heard that there are some environmentalist(?) protesters calling for the family of the boy who fell into the gorilla enclosure to be investigated and/or prosecuted for causing the death of the gorilla.

That isn't an absurd punishment which could mentally and economically cripple the boy for life, is it? (The cynic in me would dare them to pursue it).

One destroyed life calls for another?

Spoiler :

On a more abstract note: Trolley Problem- Gorilla vs Toddler Edition

 

[Daw]

Rant: Poplars, their wool, and the crazy/evil dudes who decided it'd be fun to have both in the city. I hate them. Argh!

 

[Takhisis]

Adopt a bear, Mr. Daw!

 

[Daw]

No, I don't think it's what I should do.

 

[Takhisis]

Why not? It would surely make the poplar trees be a secondary problem.

 

[Daw]

Yeah, but the bear problem has a clear solution: get rid of it. Once that's done the poplar trees problem becomes #1 again and I still have no idea on what to do with it.

 

[Takhisis]

The bear need not be a problem. Especially if it can be trained to pull down poplar trees and/or hunt down the planters.

 

[Daw]

Nah, in this case the planers are very old guys already (given the size of the trees), and guys that aged should not be hunted down with bears, I'm certain about that.

Also, given the size of the trees I think a bear will not suffice to pull them out. An elephant could try, but it eats too much and is a one season solution because of the winter thing we have here each year. Imagine an elephant that caught bad cold and got rhinitis?

No, I'm going to just wait. It shall be over in a couple of weeks, after which I'll have to have my car served to get that crap out of the radiator.

 

[Takhisis]

Eurggghhhh. Having to pay for car service. That is a rant.

I wouldn't worry about elephants that much. One of them even survived the crossing of the Alps in Hannibal's time.

 

[Daw]

No surprise it survived! Alps are famous for resorts after all. Moscow is not that much. Ever heard of any elephant survived it in Hannibal's times? No? That's what.

 

[Borachio]

Didn't Hannibal start out with 38 elephants and scarcely any arrived in Italy?

 

[Sommerswerd]

Rant: Poplars, their wool, and the crazy/evil dudes who decided it'd be fun to have both in the city. I hate them. Argh!

WTH Right!?!?? It looked like it was snowing today outside... I was like "That can't possibly all be dandelion fuzz"

 

[Takhisis]

One survived, Borachio. Also, a film emphatically named ‘Слон’ I've watched a couple months ago appears to indicate that elephants can survive in Russia.

@Sommerswerd: The plague is spreading?

 

[Dachs]

One survived, Borachio.

One died; 37 survived the march and fought at the Trebia.

 

[Takhisis]

Yes, well, only one survived after the Trebia (I've been rereading on that). I usually count Trebia as part of the winter, before the following year which saw the massacre at Cannæ.

 

[Dachs]

Yes, well, only one survived after the Trebia (I've been rereading on that). I usually count Trebia as part of the winter, before the following year which saw the massacre at Cannæ.

More than a year. After the Trebia (12/218), Hannibal moved south into Etruria, won the Battle of Lake Trasimene (6/217), and was confronted by the dictator Fabius and moved into Campania and Apulia (fall 217). He fought the Battle of Cannae in the following year (8/216).

But yeah, at the Trebia the elephants apparently stampeded and had to be driven off or killed in the middle of the fighting. Props on actually getting them to the fight - elephant logistics were horribly complicated in classical warfare - but they didn't end up being super useful.

 

[Ajidica]

More than a year. After the Trebia (12/218), Hannibal moved south into Etruria, won the Battle of Lake Trasimene (6/217), and was confronted by the dictator Fabius and moved into Campania and Apulia (fall 217). He fought the Battle of Cannae in the following year (8/216).

But yeah, at the Trebia the elephants apparently stampeded and had to be driven off or killed in the middle of the fighting. Props on actually getting them to the fight - elephant logistics were horribly complicated in classical warfare - but they didn't end up being super useful.

What made elephant logistics horribly complicated, especially compared to the large amount of stuff that had to be brought along for the horses and men.