A Brutal End

[infernalis]

I for one agree very much with Stefan, and would like to apologize to Richard if I went too far overboard with any of my replies.

At some point the varied personalities of a group this large is going to create some form of disagreement.

The beauty of it is that one can review the many different viewpoints and possibly see thing in a different light by the time the discussion is concluded.

In a nutshell, I think the point he was trying to make is that when we see someone hacking a snake to bits is that in some instances, no amount of "educating" will "cure" that person.

They may even speak with you rationally after the fact, express remorse and even thank you for speaking with them.

Until the next snake crosses their path and the irrational fear/loathing takes over once again as they run for the nearest shovel.

As a group of snake loving people, most all of us will not find any rationale to anyone hacking up a garter snake.

That was Steve's intentions when he started this thread

[Mommy2many]

Well said. Again, no disrespect was meant and to some point I did understand your point, Cman. However, it probably could have been put across to the members in a less gruesome manner.

On to the next post.

[ConcinusMan]

I for one agree very much with Stefan, and would like to apologize to Richard if I went too far overboard with any of my replies.

In a nutshell, I think the point he was trying to make is that when we see someone hacking a snake to bits is that in some instances, no amount of "educating" will "cure" that person.

They may even speak with you rationally after the fact, express remorse and even thank you for speaking with them.

Until the next snake crosses their path and the irrational fear/loathing takes over once again as they run for the nearest shovel.

As a group of snake loving people, most all of us will not find any rationale to anyone hacking up a garter snake.

That was Steve's intentions when he started this thread

What he said ^^^. We find no rationale in hacking up a harmless snake because there is no rational reason to do so. And that's the point that I was trying to make. It's not rational at all. I think everyone got the point now. Sorry about the gruesome details.