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pearl[_1_]

It's just dh@ (david harrison) having a troll, frlpwr.

> wrote in message oups.com...
>
> wrote:
> > __________________________________________________ __________
> > From: diderot >
> > Subject: dead-frog numbers [was: faq collateral included deaths in organic rice production]
> > NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 02:28:51 EDT
> > Newsgroups: alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian,talk.politics.animal s,rec.food.veg
> > Message-ID: >
> >
> > > frlpwr wrote:
> > >
> > > > > Maybe you would like to explain why, when I counter claims of feral
> > > > > cat depradation with observations gathered over twelve+ years of
> > > > > daily interaction with feral cats, the members of the peanut gallery
> > > > > boo, hiss and throw rotten tomatoes?
> >
> > actually, feral, your thrown-away cat dissertation(s) was the catalyst
> > (intended) for this faq. it is no secret i think you have the reasoning
> > ability of a juvenile turnip, and your philosophy is dumber still, but:
> > you are consistent, your philosophy is coherent if silly, and what you
> > wrote had the ring of truth - you knew your subject and it was pretty
> > obvious you were not cooking the books with your observations and
> > anecdotes.
> >
> Unlike you and your "green waterfall" evidence, I did not rely on
> anecdotes alone to convince anyone of my claim that cat predation plays
> a very minor role in the decimation of avian populations. I have
> repeated posted the findings of global studies on the stomach contents
> of feral cats, (US: Nillson, Sperry, McMurray. New Zealand: Hubbs,
> Conan. Australia: Brunner. Europe: Leyerhaussen. Pac. Islds: Van
> Aarke. Africa: App. and others). These studies showed that birds
> constitue less than 8% of feral cats' diets. Further, the average is
> skewed by study results from Pacific Islands where there are no rodent
> populations and cats, by necessity, must hone their bird catching
> skills or die.
>
> As for your opinion of my philosophy, I think it's fair to let others
> here know that you first appeared in this newsgroup as a trophy hunter,
> bragging about the thrill of killing African big game on safari. Your
> description of death in the rice fields was meant to force vegans to
> share in the bloodletting that you so clearly enjoy.
>