“All of you people talking about “aw you dun kno dey coulda changed!””

“The responses you see are the natural reaction to an attempt by the media to blame the cops for the girls deaths.”

“You’re the same fucking shithead who attacked a victim of racial bullying all because he was white.”

“And yes, that sounds horrible and cruel.”

“...its their job to stop criminals and protect the innocent.”

“So your only defense to rational argument is...”

“I will virtually throatpunch you.”

“No one is saying they deserved to die.”

I think you’re quite wrong about the whitening of the eyes. I’ve whitened eyes and teeth in Photoshop for professional pieces. Those whites look pretty natural for the subject, who is also nicely lit. So the lighting setup may play into what you feel isn’t natural. However, if you check other photos of her, she has…

I’m not a big racing fan (NASCAR bores me to tears, love extended rally racing, though) but that was some intense action. Thanks for that!

“This comment seems directed to someone else.”

“...Even IF conservation of individual species is a good idea MUST we fund it by exhibiting animals and charging admission?”

Slightly drunk rant:

It’s not an either/or proposition.

Hint: I have a little more experience on the subject than this story. I know that’s unfathomable to you (or else I’m sure it would have occurred to you by now) but it’s true. This ain’t my first rodeo, little feller.

“Her thesis was like 9 pages long, but aight.”

So, you believe there is nuance and variation in a complex general institution with a multitude of specific institutions over the course of centuries, comprised of a great many people with their own agendas and the shifting landscape of historical/regional cultural and economic context?

“This analogy is bad. We “need” hospitals. We don’t have hospitals to make money while exploiting humans while also engaging in some humanitarian efforts with the profits.”

“Perhaps that means there is more work to be done or perhaps it shows that this problem is far too large and complex (climate change, habitat loss, etc.) for zoos to make a significant difference.”

Did you just #notallzoos?