Police won't say whether evidence shows tiger was taunted

CNN ^ | 1/17/2008 | AP

[TigersEye]

Thank you! I didn’t think it was that complicated. It’s not my fault difficult choices occur. Judging by the popularity of it; pretending various things must be easier than dealing with reality. Or seems like it is.

[pandoraou812]

A simple case in point is the virus. A hepatitis C virus is "alive," and yet I doubt anyone would say their children are "made up of the same life form" as the hepatitis C virus.

Is their a reason you would use this virus? Out of all the different examples you could use, why this one? I find it to be in very bad taste. I have it & thankfully my children don't although there was a chance that I could have passed it during childbirth. Through no fault of my own I have it & many other people have it from blood transfusions also.We live with it & have to deal with it. Its a poor example of getting your point across IMHO.

For those of us who want to believe we will someday be united with our animals we can believe what we chose. For you that don't that is fine by me. ~Pandora~

[Dr. Eckleburg]

I'll pray for your good health. It's a difficult disease. I have a friend who seems to have beaten it, but only after 10 months of a very grueling regime.

I have it & thankfully my children don't

That was my point. No one wants to think their children are of the same life force as a virus.

And they're not.

Human beings are different from all other life forms in that they were made in the image of God.

Viruses, fleas and even my sweet schnauzer were not.

If it makes you happier to think you will be in heaven with your pets, fine by me. The important part is you being in heaven where all time and effort will be spent glorifying God.

[pandoraou812]

Thank you for your prayers. I have had since I tried to give blood in 1982 & they were calling back then Non A Non B Hep. Who knows how many years before that I could have had it. We do know I had a blood transfusion in my teens. Interferon didn’t work for me. Maybe it will if I try it again but I have an 8 yr old to care for. Going on that stuff again would be very hard for me. Prayers for your friend. It is a difficult virus to fight & my prayers go to anyone who suffers from it & their families.