So this Orca whale killed his trainer at Sea World, in front of a crowd of guests, while performing a show. So let’s say an audience member was armed, and unloaded his weapon into the whale, killing it, sparing the life of the trainer.
Would said guest be charged with a crime?
Tags: Death, Gun Rights, Orca, Sea World
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February 25th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
Honestly, why didn’t someone jump in the pool and punch the killer whale or something? Or hit it with something?
February 25th, 2010 at 8:56 pm
The crime is that photo of her hugging the whale, in a rapturous pose of love and friendship.
It’s an improper understanding of the world and its animals that killed her. The anthropomorphization of killer whales just flies in the face of centuries of knowledge about them. Sure, we didn’t dissect them or analyze them long ago, we just called them “killer” based on their behavior.
They are magnificent creatures, and just watching them swim in the large tanks at Sea World is enough to thrill a soul for a lifetime. Having them jump through hoops and interact with humans as though they were “friends” is a now-obvious disservice to both.
I’ve watched dolphins killing their young in the most frivolous and violent way, tossing them back and forth through the air. Not funny. Not cute. Not human.
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