Found this gem on the BBC

[Septih]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4450958.stm

Not since Cock Robin has the death of a tiny bird caused such emotion.

The shooting of a sparrow on the set of a Dutch world record domino-toppling attempt sparked outrage among animal lovers and led to threats to staff.

A special website received thousands of messages of condolence, but some say the bird didn't do itself any favours by knocking over 23,000 dominoes.

 

[Muffin Man]

omg...

 

[Solaris]

Bastard bird!

 

[Ikerous]

I can't imagine how pissed i'd be...

 

[Ennui]

LOL

I'd have done more than shot it.

 

[Ren.182]

Haha, i would be pretty pissed too... you set up a few million dominoes... and some bird comes and knocks half of them over

 

[theGreenBunny]

There has been quite a large fuss about this. You'd think there were more important things happening in the world, but hey.

The reactions can roughly be divided into two sides: one says "who cares about some bird", other says "why was an animal killed for sitting on some stupid bits of plastic?".

Being dutch, I get to have an opinion too, and I tend to agree with the second, especially because the whole domino fest is a retarded commercialized event. I don't think it's right to kill animals just to save your inane domino pieces and more money is made.

 

[Ennui]

I don't know if it's morally right, but I sure would have killed it anyway...

Seems equivalent to the country making a fuss about someone hitting a squirrel with their car. Kind of silly.

 

[Ikerous]

It just seems like such a waste of energy. If they're against birds being killed, then look at the poultry industry.

 

[Ennui]

Fo shizzle.

 

[theGreenBunny]

You could argue that killing animals for food is more justified than killing them because they sat on your plastic bits, but meh. As I said the fuss is silly. There are far more important things to be angry about, but those aren't on the news so no one cares.

 

[Gray Fox]

Wacht even groen konijntje, jij leeft in nederland?
Anyway, if they ate it afterwards or fed it to their dogs it's fine by me, otherwise it's a waist.

 

[ríomhaire]

I couldn't help but laugh at that.

 

[short recoil]

Christ it's only a sparrow.

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

Oh good God..

People need to get a grip on reality.

 

[Nat Turner]

It's not morally wrong to kill a bird.

 

[Ikerous]

It's not morally wrong to kill a bird.

It is if someone owns the bird; that's stealing. Or vandelism.. or something. :/

 

[CyberPitz]

OMG A BIRD DIED...wait, thousands die every day! Why and I bitching about this ONE? Oh well...*grumble off into the distance*

 

[Sulkdodds]

ololololoololol

Damn birds. :hmph:

 

[kirovman]

I would like to take the bird's side, since I disagree with using dominoes for this frivolous purpose.

 

[Sulkdodds]

Bird-lover.

 

[kirovman]

Racist!

 

[Sulkdodds]

You hate dominoes!

 

[kirovman]

I don't! I just hate them being used for such trivial purposes! D:

Dominoes have little spots on, and stuff. They aren't meant to be toppled! You'll anger God! D:

 

[Link]

Grah. Fecking activists. Here is a small bird. I have a gun. I am able to kill said bird, as it is less important than me. If you have a problem with it, get a pair and breed them to make up for it. Do not complain at me. I will not feel sorry for it, I will not apologize for it (Becuase I don't feel sorry) and it will not change the fact that I shot it.

If you feel the need to punish me by being irritating, threatening me, or otherwise nagging me to feel sorry/say sorry/turn back time, you will become less important than me. And I still have a gun.

 

[Insano]

The guy that shot the bird got death treaths...