"You can kill things and still like them" (not in MY world)

[kpete]

I’ve voted to kill Big Bird in the past. So I have a record there that I have to disclose. That doesn’t mean I don’t like Big Bird, I mean, you can kill things and still like them, maybe to eat them, I don’t know. But, uh, that’s probably that. Can we, can we go back on that one?

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[Bucky]

1. I like venison

Whoops, wrong thread... Sorry.

[Brickbat]

4. Bwaa, first thing that crossed my mind, too.

[Initech]

2. What about the companies that Romney butchered - er "liquidated" during his time at Bain?

Does he still like those???

[Hydra]

3. He certainly did when he was sucking their blood out!

*mmm...tasty!*

[Initech]

7. If corporations are people - equity firms are serial killers.

[Hydra]

10. Yes, but somehow when businesses gained citizenship

They somehow kept all of their previous immunities.

...But why should that be a surprise? Laws are for little people.

[Igel]

5. My SIL had her dog put down.

She cried for days.

In student government I shunted money away from things that I personally liked. In more than one case the "thing" died. The money was needed for something more in line with programming demands and the organization's mission statement and charter. Some previous officers had decided that the charter didn't matter and some purposes suited his tastes more.

I also fired an employee I liked. Nice person, friendly and agreeable, but with the work ethic of a fungus-ridden turnip. Couldn't show up on time. Couldn't stop talking on the phone.

As a teacher I fail students I personally like or send them to the office for a stiff talking to. I've also given really good grades to students who did the work and learned the material but whose personalities rubbed me so totally the wrong way that to this day I wince if I see them in school or on the street.

This isn't a personal or social "thing." It's just looking at what I thought the organization's purpose was, what the job requirements were, or what professional and ethical guidelines require. I don't let my personal likes and dislikes determine my professional duties. And, if my pet needs to be put down, I'll do so because it's a moral duty, whatever the emotional consequences are for me.

[marions ghost]

6. and so killing Big Bird is OK?

When an animal is suffering you have them euthanized. As far as I can see, Big Bird was not suffering.

[Nevernose]

9. I don't know

Big Bird was pretty sad when Mr. Looper ("Hooper! "Hooper!&quot died. I'm still a little verklempt over it.

[Starry Messenger]

8. "It puts the lotion on its skin"

What a sociopath.