MT. FITZROY is the sequel to EARTHCORE. Wow, does this jackass like sequels, or what? Hellz yeah, I do. It’s the return of the Rocktopi, the Silverbugs, O’Doyle, Lybrand, and I even trick ol’ Sonny McGuiness into facing the nastiness one more time.
Since EARTHCORE won’t be re-published until Fall 2011, MT. FITZROY will be a podcast-only novel that should run February of 2012. Ish. Gimme a break, dawg, I gotta do THE STARTER, which is the sequel to THE ROOKIE (damn, there he goes again with the sequels!)
Nice idea, bet the government would have a loop hole though!
on the plus side i would make a nice payday from the government becoming the guy version of an old cat lady collecting 30 or 40 of those badboys and claiming them all as dependants…
damnit before you know it beef and chicken will be off the menue….
If rights extend to all and laws apply to all then should be start charging predators with murder? After all, Fluffy is a cold blooded killer when she stalks and kills that defenseless mouse that’s just trying to get by and find enough food to raise a family.
Tilikum… Murder? This is PETA after all, they probably view it as the first shot of the Revolution.
Nah, no overthinking…I’ve thought about it probably just as much lol. I think you are exactly right, where do you draw the line? Are roaches more equal than ants? Is it just mammals, but then what about birds? Personally if we start living in a world where you need a bill of rights just because you “happened to not be born human”…I mean, seriously that makes it sound like its a choice to be born human or not. If this is where things end up going…can I choose to stop being human?
@bigun – well said. There is a huge difference in showing respect and kindness toward animals in the world and insisting they be granted human rights.
That was a beautifully written article. When a weird thing like this happens, trying to reference it in a way that correctly represents what’s at stake without making (too) light of it, and also relating it back to the “see, I told you so!” element can be tricky.
Bella, to quote Red Foreman, “The problem with cats is you can get the smartest one out there and it still sh**s in your house.” Given the whole litter box thing though, I think you’re the one who needs to sue for liberation from bondage!
I am all for the good welfare of all living captive/beasts of burden/live stock, at the end of the day what gives us the right to be cruel, we should be thankful for the work they do, the knowledge we gain from studying them and last but not least the meat we eat so we should treat them right but to start giving them civil rights Really………Look around PETA there are worse things to focus your energy on
Jokes aside, I assume supporters of this move would sit to the left of the political spectrum… a side which is vocally opposed to discrimination of any kind. It’s easy for me to say (and wholeheartedly believe) that “All humans, regardless of race, creed, sexual preference, gender, etc should be treated equally”.
That’s right!!! You can’t keep my people down!!
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FYI… Tilikum is at the Orlando Seaworld.
Free Willy! Let’s free all the animal in all the zoos around the world. FYI I’m being sarcastic, sar-cas-tic! That lawyer probably can’t get any real human clients so he now goes after the non-human clients. Now I can’t stop thinking about fish sticks.
I think there is cause for worry. Between the whales suing for rights and the hundreds of dolphins beaching themselves in Massachusetts, I think someone forgot to tell us about the Cetacean experiments that led us to this point!
We can cure the national debt! Just force animals to report their income. No wait, that will just increase unemployment because they’ll have to be paid minimum wage, get benefits, worker’s comp, and knowing those damn horses they’ll unionize.
I saw that article yesterday and thought about the Lundy!!! You know my image of Lundy has FOREVER been changed. I’ll never see him as human again.
Think of all the new tax income from horses who win at horse racing!
Why stop at harassment, let’s just go with sexual assault!
If a deer jumps in front of a car and lives, we better send the poor suicidal creature to the psych ward for a few days.
Then can I sue every dog that’s humped my leg for sexual harassment?
LOL! Wow, this is why even the most ardent animal lovers just can’t take PETA seriously. Or as my mom’s husband calls them…People Eating Tasty Animals.
I guess I better sue those birds who keep crapping on my car for damages.
“because they happen to not have been born human.because they happen to not have been born human.” = Funniest things I have heard in a very long time
Sounds like my dog might need to get a job. Cause if he has equal rights, he has some rent to pay!
Some cats are more equal than others.
The day my cats start crying about equal rights they better have learned to clean their own damn litter boxes!