tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post6357022591986664735..comments2023-10-17T04:51:08.765-10:00Comments on KauaiEclectic: Musings: Why?Joan Conrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-80551439044019161192009-10-01T19:38:36.559-10:002009-10-01T19:38:36.559-10:00Funny, last time I went down to Pilaa, one local h...Funny, last time I went down to Pilaa, one local haole drove up and tried to talk us out of it. Said there was no trail (which is only half true) and some other excuse. Now that I think about it, it's probably because I was with friends in their rental car. The locals who drove down to Pilaa in their trucks (must have the keys as well) we much friendlier.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-11490386637618198522009-09-29T08:40:43.094-10:002009-09-29T08:40:43.094-10:00This guy Vidinha, who was most likely allowed into...This guy Vidinha, who was most likely allowed into the Pilaa property (and likely employed) by Jimmy Pflueger or his minions, did not need a "reason" to kill a monk seal. Feeling entitled to a Pflueger mentality ("It's my land, I'll do whatever the f#@* I like on it regardless of the consequences to others") was enough.Kauai Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17594750646479160838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-8465599066475075302009-09-28T14:14:08.015-10:002009-09-28T14:14:08.015-10:00"Actually, humans have been hunting animal sp..."Actually, humans have been hunting animal species to extinction since long before "commodification" of anything."<br /><br />Typically for eating them or using their body parts for some survival purposee (warmth, shoes, etc.) Trophy killing (sport killing) and just random slaughter seem to be more "modern" IMHOAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-28275877843316091372009-09-27T19:48:15.131-10:002009-09-27T19:48:15.131-10:00Thanks, I did find both the KITV video and its tra...Thanks, I did find both the <a href="http://www.kitv.com/video/21122126/index.html" rel="nofollow">KITV video</a> and its <a href="http://www.kitv.com/news/21121280/detail.html" rel="nofollow">transcript.</a> <br /><br />In response to Anon. 6:22 PM: I have no understanding for this man, and seeing the cockamanie story he and his attorney dreamed up really pissed me off. So tune in to tomorrow's post for a bit of outrage.Joan Conrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-55244263210789048452009-09-27T18:22:11.815-10:002009-09-27T18:22:11.815-10:00joan -- i usually agree with most of what you say ...joan -- i usually agree with most of what you say but this time i think you are betraying your prinicples. if this had been a "settler" or a "visitor" you would have hung him. this guy -- you seem to have "understanding" for. where is the outrage?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-243609749588010422009-09-27T15:48:03.754-10:002009-09-27T15:48:03.754-10:00Perhaps the commodification and objectification of...<i>Perhaps the commodification and objectification of the natural world kills the human capacity of empathy and creates an absence of the sacred.</i><br /><br />Actually, humans have been hunting animal species to extinction since long before "commodification" of anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-13311676203188501942009-09-27T15:28:08.780-10:002009-09-27T15:28:08.780-10:00Joan:
KITV (4) was the only TV station at Federal ...Joan:<br />KITV (4) was the only TV station at Federal Court. Darryl Huff did a 90 second piece on Vidinha's version and reaction from the fed's. Gotta poke around their web site to find the video but as of Sunday afternoon it was there..could shed more light on "why"...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-1723803726704699242009-09-26T16:30:24.093-10:002009-09-26T16:30:24.093-10:00Poor RK06 they've given you a number, taken aw...Poor <b>RK06</b> they've given you a number, taken away your name, and now killed you. <br /><br />Perhaps the commodification and objectification of the natural world kills the human capacity of empathy and creates an absence of the sacred. <b>RK06</b> I will remember your name! You are more than just another anonymous dead monk seal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-64534214338348165412009-09-26T14:33:37.178-10:002009-09-26T14:33:37.178-10:00But I also have to question what is your dog doing...But I also have to question what is your dog doing on the beach? <br /><br />Dogs love to play at the beach, and dogs who have their owner with them, and are well behaved have every right to play at the beach. Just like kids do.<br />Not that long ago, there were more dogs than people on the beaches. <br />too much doggy discriminationAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-55363035685228957832009-09-26T11:07:11.051-10:002009-09-26T11:07:11.051-10:00Even if he wanted to scare it a $25 fine is absolu...Even if he wanted to scare it a $25 fine is absolutely ridiculous. Something is not right about this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-37194117034480491062009-09-26T10:52:33.506-10:002009-09-26T10:52:33.506-10:00So, so horrible. But I also have to question what...So, so horrible. But I also have to question what is your dog doing on the beach? Sure the dog enjoys it, but every place on earth that protects its beaches keeps dogs off of them, and dogs and monk seals are a terrible mix (the seal sure doesn't want the dog there). I see way too many incidents where the seals leave the beach after some encounter with a dog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-10864009295489916312009-09-26T10:32:09.028-10:002009-09-26T10:32:09.028-10:00"A $25 "special assessment" — far l..."A $25 "special assessment" — far less than you’d be charged for driving without a seat belt"<br /><br />-- that would be $92, as i recently learned<br /><br />thank you for devoting an entire entry to this event and this guy<br /><br />why such a light penalty!!?? b/ of age? senility? if so -- WHAT THE F IS THIS GUY THEN DOING WITH A FIREARM? lol<br /><br /><br />a_mainland_mentailityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-61903842960483830932009-09-26T09:53:11.349-10:002009-09-26T09:53:11.349-10:00Thanks, Andy. I didn't see The Advertiser sto...Thanks, Andy. I didn't see <a href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009909260329" rel="nofollow">The Advertiser</a> story when I first looked. Not that it really sheds any more light on the WHY? As Mimi Olry so astutely observed: <br /><br /><em>"Everybody knows you can go up to a seal and go 'Boo!' and they'll go off the beach. You don't have to use a gun."</em><br /><br />Interesting, too, that Tiser isn't allowing comments on that story.Joan Conrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-86785964423319421862009-09-26T09:39:51.317-10:002009-09-26T09:39:51.317-10:00In other reports (Diana Leone's in the Adverts...In other reports (Diana Leone's in the Advertsier and one TV station) his lawyer was quopted as sayng he wanted to scare it away so he could go fishing.Andy Parxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15398587036690312685noreply@blogger.com