Rats !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Gilbert_O'Sullivan]

Sorry, no, nothing more than a rat being a pest and a dirty little beggar.

[schrodingers cat]

hi
it appears my comment about the need to inflict pain on things being an illness was deemed as an insult and has been edited out for those of you that read it i was just offering advice and if any insult was taken i apologise for that.
it was me that started this post and its sole purpose was to find out the law relating to the killing of vermin as i was not happy with the drown them in boiling water method as i ,and as it turns out the law find it cruel.
it seems that a minority seem to take pleasure in inflicting as much pain as possible in carrying out what is i`m sad to say is a necessary task there is no doubt in my mind that this is the wrong attitude and for the life of me i cannot see how someone finds causing pain (sadism)to be pleasurable but each to their own
i do however find it hard to understand how blatantly antagonistic and unhelpful comments where missed by the moderators or allowed to go through unchallenged.
This post is over now as far as i`m concerned thank you to those who helped i`m glad to see the majority of people have a concience

Feel free to tip my scales
Schrodingers cat

[robin9342]

You didnt read it properly then obviously. Just to give a couple of examples:

rats have been used in many experimental studies, which have added to our understanding of genetics, diseases, the effects of drugs, and other topics that have provided a great benefit for the health and wellbeing of humankind.

Rats, like all mammals, are edible by humans and are sometimes captured and eaten in emergency situations. For some cultures, rats are considered a staple. Bandicoot Rats are an important food source among some peoples in India and Southeast Asia.

rats in general play important roles in laboratory research, ecological food chains, and as pets.

[schrodingers cat]

sept this Sadistic Personality Disorder and Comorbid Mental Illness in Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatients -- Myers et al. 34 (1): 61 -- Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
enjoy

[389shell]

Originally Posted by Gogivit

With regards to the diseases caused by them, I am still 41 years later looking to find a human that has been infected by them!

I can give you an example of rats spreading diseases. The Black Death killed more than 100 million people, this was the second pandemic, the first killed many more than 100 million, halving Europe's population.

Also many people have died after inhaling a Hanta like disease that is present in dried rat droppings, this happens when the droppings turn to dust and are disturbed, you have about 3 days to live because your body starts to shut down after 2. Many other examples.

Before you all decide that rats are baddies, don't forget one little hero who wanted to be seen as a bad rat, but can put in his claim to saving a life. Templeton from Charlotte's web, we salute you sir

[Gilbert_O'Sullivan]

Originally Posted by robin9342

You didnt read it properly then obviously. Just to give a couple of examples:

Oh cmon, you say it is cruel to kill rats but now you say they are useful to be tested on in laboratory research!

Just think of the painful deaths they would get there!

[Gilbert_O'Sullivan]

Originally Posted by schrodingers cat

hi
it appears my comment about the need to inflict pain on things being an illness was deemed as an insult and has been edited out for those of you that read it i was just offering advice and if any insult was taken i apologise for that.
it was me that started this post and its sole purpose was to find out the law relating to the killing of vermin as i was not happy with the drown them in boiling water method as i ,and as it turns out the law find it cruel.
it seems that a minority seem to take pleasure in inflicting as much pain as possible in carrying out what is i`m sad to say is a necessary task there is no doubt in my mind that this is the wrong attitude and for the life of me i cannot see how someone finds causing pain (sadism)to be pleasurable but each to their own
i do however find it hard to understand how blatantly antagonistic and unhelpful comments where missed by the moderators or allowed to go through unchallenged.
This post is over now as far as i`m concerned thank you to those who helped i`m glad to see the majority of people have a concience

Feel free to tip my scales
Schrodingers cat

Nobody has said they take pleasure in inflicting pain, I've said I kill rats very quickly by splattering them with a shovel, this is what everybody who is responsible should do.

If we all left Mr Ratty Rat go about his business unchallenged then we will all die of disease.

Why won't you accept this?

[tiglet]

Possibly because no one is disputing this - from what I have read, people really only want to see them killed humanely and not subject to unnecessary cruelty.

[Gilbert_O'Sullivan]

Originally Posted by tiglet

Possibly because no one is disputing this - from what I have read, people really only want to see them killed humanely and not subject to unnecessary cruelty.

Neither do I! But some members seem to think I do.

One member says rats should be treated humanely then says they are useful for laboratory experiments!

And he says they are part of the food chain but you can't go to a takeaway and have a roasted rat inbetween some pitta bread in the UK!

[schrodingers cat]

Originally Posted by Gilbert_O'Sullivan

If somebody poured boiling water over one to kill it and it agonised to death I wouldn't have a problem with it.

so whats this

[schrodingers cat]

Originally Posted by schrodingers cat

i`m sad to say is a necessary task
Feel free to tip my scales
Schrodingers cat

and this

[schrodingers cat]

your out of your depth stick to your old brush or your missing clothes

[tiglet]

Try to be nice, peeps

[Gilbert_O'Sullivan]

Originally Posted by schrodingers cat

so whats this

Somebody which is a person other than me!

I don't have a problem with rats in labs suffering, which is legal, I don't have a problem with rats dying a very painful lingering death from poisin pellets which is also legal.

I don't do these things but others do and its legal. I don't go and watch the suffering but I don't lose sleep over it either.

Why don't you pick on them instead?

[Gilbert_O'Sullivan]

Originally Posted by schrodingers cat

your out of your depth stick to your old brush or your missing clothes

I'm complaining about you because your rude and insulting.

[42man]

I'm closing this thread as all it seems to attract is insults....