Battle against wild dogs (dingoes) how appalling?!

Not being serious, just answering to the "friends" comment from Akasha213.. Going by her profile picture, that looks like nail polish on those claws or are they fake nails?

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I might be a "friend" of mitch because I share similar sentiments, but atleast I'm not on a vegan site with a profile picture displaying nail polish or fake nails! Oh dear .

you changed my to a .
now THAT is the work of a true bully!  

This is not actually a "vegan" sight. This is an animal rights site. While the vast majority of us are vegan, there are also many vegetarians, pescetarians, people interested in vegetarian or veganism and even compassionate meat eaters.
Not every site member chooses to avoid nail polish.

and there ARE ethical nail polishes out there!

That too.

Ah, get over it. They kill "wild" dogs. They're responding how they think they should, just like you respond how you do.

Again on philosophy, it did affect you by the fact you had to say that you dont (oops, the apostrophe nazi might get me!) accept it..

Exactly that. Some people are this and others that. Your whole diatribe in that paragraph was about a good man and a bad man. What you just said is exactly the same.. and your point is people are different?

A mistake? How quaint.

Justify all you want. You were just highlight the numbing affect that people endure.. it all started with calling someone a brat then you progress to other unsavoury terms.. who knows where it will end.

AT BBQ's we try to capture flys and include them into the salads. More protein!

Haha. Limited chemicals and toxins used in my house. SHOCK! Not too keen of the thought of a fly hyperventilating for 60 seconds before it dies from lack of air. If I could kill it instantly, I would but I cant, without ruining the food, so it lives to annoy us OR we burn increase our carbon footprint and turn a fan on. Does that make it better 'cause we dont kill the fly?

I know. Derision is a method or arguing.

I agree with your comment about dingoes being here. That has happened and will happen. Animals adapt and migrate and continental drift and changing sea levels etc etc but alas, they do disrupt it. True dingoes don't predate livestock to the extent that "wild" dogs do. Its the "wild" dogs that are the problem. Don't think the article is completely correct in its scientific referencing.

Everyone wishes it wasn't the case. Managing "wild" dogs is a major pain. Go speak with any NPWS ranger.

BLAH BLAH. Everyone is doing the best they can and we are all different.

Yes you should provide a solution if you're saying that something is wrong. Just like me saying what I said about your lifestyle and beliefs. I don't know (or want to) you and I bet you dont appreciate me saying youre not doing your best. Same with these farmers.

Theyre doing as best as they can. Remember as older people they come from different thinking and a different world.

In regards to wit, read through the post and tell me how many punctuations beside apostrophes are missing. Oh and capitalisation as well. Lame call VU.

Anyway, just laugh. We're all ranting.

I am almost

Well I am a compassionate (to some things) meat eater and I guess you understand the difference between other people too.

Just because I am in favour of culling and managing animals populations doesn't mean there is a lack of concern for animal welfare.

Livestock are not wild and undergo different processes during their demise. Simple chemical differences that lead to a variety of reactions in their physical response and reaction.

A lion hunting a kangaroo is fair play. A dingo hunting a hog deer is fair play. They are all truly wild in their make-up and match-up regardless of where they are actually located.

Cows and sheep are not wild and have been domesticated. "Wild" dogs possess rather unsavoury instincts and behaviours that are a result of their human-influenced instincts that have been altered over thousands of years mixing with their wild instinct to hunt. Matching them with domestic livestock is not natural.

When was the last time you saw a labrador or german shepherd wanting to hunt? They don't within their normal domesticated lives and depend solely on humans.

Hey Valkyrie- thanks for that, I actually enjoyed reading your debate. Thanks for attempting a legitimate debate, rather than just calling me 'stoopid' for having an opinion. But here's the thing, you're just debating. Attacking my spelling (I'm trying to do this on my phone) and whether something is in inverted commas is just that: quick debating points. You didn't actually answer arguments. Let me clear this up- I'm an animal welfare advocate myself. I stop on the side of the road to help injured wildlife, call wires when a cockatoo hits my window and argue passionately for common sense solutions, but this is the thing- there is no common sense in your, or others', arguments. Wild dogs, whatever their heritage, are violent, indiscriminate and dangerous. They are not pure bred dingoes, they are dogs, and have interbred so much they barely resemble any breed known. It wouldn't matter if they were part elephant, if they're killing 65 sheep a night for no reason apart from blood thirsty violence, they have to be stopped. You say we should stop, think apply logic... Well you can say that but can you suggest a method of dealing with them? Leaving them be is not going to work, and the current solution, apart from shooting them, is to set poison so they die a long and painful death through internal bleeding. I just can't believe that anyone would defend these feral pests at the expense of native wildlife. It's nice that you know farmers but have you ever seen a pack of dogs harass, maul, chase and kill an entire mob of wallabies? I have. It's upsetting- and anyone arguing with me must have rose coloured glasses on, thinking that the dogs are the victims in all this- they're not. The victims are the native wildlife which is already hunted out of the area I work in. You're lucky to see a kangaroo these days; and it's the dogs fault, not mine. The other victims are the farmers in the area. Yes, I understand that cattle are stock, not pets, but how would it make you feel, as an animals rights advocate, to see a calf mauled halfway through birth? Its face ripped off halfway out of its mother? Mad? Sad? Farmers aren't any different. They care about their cattle for more reasons than just the financial ones. No one likes to see that. And how would you feel when you heard the bleeding heart greenies were worried about the dogs' rights? All I'm saying, just like you, is that common sense needs to be applied here. And I don't see a lot in any of the answers here- just a lot of passionate but ultimately ill informed whining. 

Mistakes are quaint? Is human error above you, is it?
Charming.
Not killing the fly would be the more ethical choice, if that's what you're getting at.
Sorry, you stopped making sense here. I'm going to assume there is a typo.
Don't assume everyone is doing the best they can. If you'll excuse a moment for being nothing short of crass, there are those out there who simply do not give a flying f**k.
Certainly, you implied that my lifestyle was flawed but I fail to see where you provided a BETTER alternative. There is more I could be doing, and I am aware of it. Every day I learn a bit more about what I can do, and I do it.
Don't compare my lifestyle to a farmer killing off wild dogs when I'm doing quite the opposite to the farmer. Of course the livestock oughtn't be slaughtered by wild dogs (completely ignoring my belief that they oughtn't be slaughtered by humankind either), killing off these animals is still not the best solution.
Many older people believe the cane should still be used on students. Does that mean that an older teacher should get away with caning a misbehaving student?

All you did there was strengthen my point. You're making continual punctuation errors while trying to belittle me. It doesn't really work in your favour to attempt to appear the less ignorant of the two and use incorrect English.
I think you'll find that on this site, this topic is more than "just a laugh". We tend to take animal rights and welfare somewhat seriously.
Kindly take your trolling elsewhere.