"chico chupacabra" > wrote in message ...

> pearl correctly wrote:
>
> > > I lived with a cockatiel who regularly masturbated on my hand.
> > > Poor little guy, he was never going to have another bird as a mate,
> > > he was quite old when I adopted him, and he was definitely oriented
> > > toward humans. Why should I make his last few years less pleasant
> > > for him by denying him this release, when it did him no harm, and it
> > > did me no harm?
> >
> > Good grief, Karen Winter! The OBVIOUS and CORRECT thing to
> > do would have been to adopt a FEMALE cockatiel! *That* would
> > have been the *respectful* thing to do.
>
> Since when has Karen been respectful of anyone or anything?

Since always. I think she was/is mistaken, but we're all learning.

> > Wrongly thinking that it was
> > just ok to enable the aberrant behaviour resulted in him missing out,
>
> Yeah, but she got some...

How very respectful of you .. not. A fine example you are .. not!

> > not only the opportunity to engage in their natural courtship, etc., but
> > every other facet of meaningful association with one of his own kind!
>
> That's irrelevant to a navel-gazing perv like Karen.

It is certainly irrelevant to a factory 'farming' supporter like you.