Woman attacked driver that hit, killed chicken that was crossing the road, per police
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Sometimes, animals just don't understand how cars works. I was going to work one morning, and a jackrabbit was in my lane...it ran away, but in a way that would ensure it would get crushed if I sped up. It was only after about quarter of an mile that it decided to leave my lane...only to u-turn back into it.
THUMP
Sometimes, life is fleeting, without reason.
Had a similar thing 30 years ago when I worked 2nd shift, heading home at night. 5 miles from home, empty 2-lane road 55 mph. Little bunny hopping in my lane towards me. I veered left, it followed. I veered right, it followed. No time left to avoid, THUMP! Sad, but I did what I could in the moment…
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And then you wonder, "Why was the chicken crossing the road in the first place?"
And what was it wearing?
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Go to Wendy's
You would prefer that animals are raised in horrendous conditions without ever seeing sunlight only to be slaughtered over shooting an animal that has grown up in it's natural habitat?
Like, vegetarians I can get, because they argue that we shouldn't be eating meat at all. Arguing that industrial farming is better for animal welfare than hunting is just absurd though.
There is a correlative link between the willingness to hurt animals and psychopathy. You start out hiring animals and you are more likely to be okay hurting humans.
If people are going to choose to eat meat, then I would prefer that they are protected from the trauma that comes with animal killing.
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The driver was a first time Skyrim player
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We dont know the whole story. The second driver might not have seen the chicken until it was too late. Nothing in the story indicates that the second driver purposely hit the chicken, but bear mace in an enclosed environment is no joke and can lead to permanent damage. Nothing about this story is "right".
I could excuse this as entirely accidental had the person running over the chicken been the lead car, and the chicken suddenly leapt out into the road. Someone else had stopped to let the chicken cross, and this person either presumed they knew better than the stopped driver and whipped around them, or they simply didn't care. I doubt people would be looking to excuse the driver's actions had the first lady been stopped for a little kid who ran out into the the road that our chicken killer wouldn't have been able to see through an entire car obstructing their vision. At the very least, the second driver acted irresponsibly, if not with wanton disregard for the potential hazards.
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There is a correlative link between the willingness to hurt animals and psychopathy. You start out hiring animals and you are more likely to be okay hurting humans.
If people are going to choose to eat meat, then I would prefer that they are protected from the trauma that comes with animal killing.
If that's the side you're coming from then I guess I can understand your argument. I was thinking from an animal welfare perspective, and the argument (which I've seen made before) that hunting is inhumane and that people should get their meat at the store instead.
As a side-note, I would really like a link to something backing up that people who hunt for food are more likely to be psychopaths.
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I have butchered livestock
I'm sorry you had to do that. It sounds traumatic.
Animals, especially mammals, have complex inner lives, families, and friends. They experience emotion. They play.
I don't understand how people can look at that and be ok with killing it, and then not think the same thing about the stupider parts of humanity.
I guess people are just less delicious or something. No idea how else it's justified.
If you start out raising an animal for food you accept that you will have to kill it or pay someone else to do it.
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Deserved... It could be a child instead of chicken.
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Hmmmm... Suspicious amount of people caring about chickens in these comments
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Deserved... It could be a child instead of chicken.
Yeah you want to avoid hitting children if you can help it. They are really big and make a mess.
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Deserved... It could be a child instead of chicken.
I was taught by my driving instructor to not try and avoid smaller animals because swerving or sudden breaking would be more likely to result in a major accident than simply plowing through it. Whereas larger animals medium sized dog for example could lead to a wider accident if you hit them.
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There is a correlative link between the willingness to hurt animals and psychopathy. You start out hiring animals and you are more likely to be okay hurting humans.
If people are going to choose to eat meat, then I would prefer that they are protected from the trauma that comes with animal killing.
From the totally opposite side of this. I think that people should be required to kill and butcher an animal at least once if they're going to eat meat.
That would quickly end factory farming, which needs to be abolished anyhow. We'd have a lot more vegans.
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The driver was a first time Skyrim player
AND STAY THE FUCK OUT OF RIVERWOOD!
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But... Why was the chicken crossing the road?
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I'm sorry, but what?!
Do you know of people that intentionally kill animals with their cars? I've never once hard of this. That's serial killer shit.
No, 99.99% of roadkill is accidental.
They unfortunately do.
You've never seen animals flattened way onto the shoulder, well outside the lines or in the middle of the lane where the car should have gone right over it?
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I was taught by my driving instructor to not try and avoid smaller animals because swerving or sudden breaking would be more likely to result in a major accident than simply plowing through it. Whereas larger animals medium sized dog for example could lead to a wider accident if you hit them.
You should be aware enough of traffic around you to know if slamming the brakes on presents a significant hazard. (And if you can't react to an animal appearing in the road you're likely driving too fast for the visibility and conditions)
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I have butchered livestock
I'm sorry you had to do that. It sounds traumatic.
Animals, especially mammals, have complex inner lives, families, and friends. They experience emotion. They play.
I don't understand how people can look at that and be ok with killing it, and then not think the same thing about the stupider parts of humanity.
I guess people are just less delicious or something. No idea how else it's justified.
I just don't see something intrinsically immoral with killing an animal for food. Circle of life and all that. I don't think anything should suffer unduly so factory farms are a real problem, and there's an arbitrary line of intelligence/sociality that decides whether an animal is close enough to "personhood" that other principles are involved for me, but taking from nature with reverence and respect does not preclude hunting in my opinion.
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i cannot put into words how much i despise people who don't see anything wrong with crushing animals with their car, it's so fucking gross and IMO should disqualify them from handling a heavy vehicle.
It's no different than shooting animals with a gun (proper or airsoft or whatever), which i think any sensible person would agree should bar you from owning guns.
wrote last edited by [email protected]That's a really weird comment coming from (I assume) a Swede, given the popularity of hunting there.
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I don't think I would be a very impartial juror if I were on this case
You'd have to cross the road to get to court though.
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Deserved... It could be a child instead of chicken.
the first time i read the sentence i thought it said children.
Buk buk.
