Keep seeing this “The gorilla was being kind!” reaction.. Are people just not seeing the part where he grabbed the child by the foot and dragged him through the water repeatedly?

I mean, sure thing, but

“People need to stop anthropomorphizing animals.”

Why are you referring to the gorilla as “he” and the boy as “it”?

If your 3yo tells you he is going to fly, do you really expect him to put on a cape and go jump off the roof? The woman had 3 other kids with her and admits she made a mistake. But as someone who has worked in a children’s museum (and I mentioned this in another post), I have personally witnessed hundreds of lost kids…

THANK YOU. I love animals. I'm vegetarian. I foster cats and dogs. But the weirdo response to this that somehow shooting the gorilla was the wrong call? That somehow this is just as sad as if that little boy had died? Nope. Nope. Nope. People need to stop anthropomorphizing animals. It's sad that this gorilla was shot…

More obnoxious than putting the life of an animal above that of a human child?

So what? Even if that’s true, so what? Is failing to hold your son’s hand every second of every day punishable by his death via gorilla? Is that the standard by which we’re judging all parenting now? Uniformly? Or just Some People (wink wink nudge nudge)?

Eye witnesses said the mom wasn’t neglectful. Parents can’t have 100% control of their kids.

BUT LIKE, when I lock someone in a cage, make them live there until they are subdued, make it need me for food, water, care and then throw something strange and weird INTO their cage, if they try to investigate what that thing is? I WILL GET A GUN, AND SHOOT THE HUMAN IN THE FACE BECAUSE, IT TOUCHED THE THING!

I get it. I’m fucking furious that the poor gorilla had to be killed. I hate zoos and their bullshit ideas of “education” and “conservation” and this is basically the perfect example of why they need to shut down. I will NEVER give them my business. But I think you’re misappropriating that anger, however justified. I…

Congratulations, Sinead O’Rebellion. What an amazing prediction that was yours, belonged to you, and you owned it, and what it is, too.

How would they “subdue” it? The zoo has weighed in on tranquilizing and concluded that doing so would have made the gorilla angry and violent and that it would have taken too long to go into effect. The boy was being dragged by his leg. The boy had already suffered injuries. Why should the zoo have risked his life and…

All Rainn Wilson said is that he’s pissed that shooting-killings of animals draw more press and sympathy than shooting-killings of people. So instead of writing faux-outrage ad hominems, understand that this zoo shooting death and human shooting deaths are both substantively but not equally tragic.

I’m confused. What are you gloating about? Did you really think it was a daring call to predict that the fantastically wealthy and powerful Hollywood player would attack and discredit the witness, along with the assistance of numerous others?

Fuck man couldn’t watch even 10 seconds of her singing. With her angelic voice and the sad but at the same time awesome moment I couldn’t fucking handle it. This is coming from a guy who last cried watching My Girl when I was 9.

Yes, they are trying to capture the last moments of their loved ones happiness. Let's cut these kiddos a break. They will appreciate the videos and pics for a long while.

She already has been. You’ve clearly never seen Twilight.

I can’t imagine booing someone’s creation while they’re in the room no matter how much I disliked it. Money not buying class and all that.

Some other movies that were booed at Cannes: Pulp Fiction, Taxi Driver, Wild At Heart, Inglourious Basterds, L’Avventura, Antichrist, The Tree of Life, etc.