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What about the man in Toronto who shooed away a Raccoon with a broom? He had to fight for his life to avoid jail and payed a pretty hefty fine. https://www.the

What about the man in Toronto who shooed away a Raccoon with a broom? He had to fight for his life to avoid jail and payed a pretty hefty fine. https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2013/03/12/man_who_attacked_raccoons_with_shovel_pleads_guilty_to_animal_cruelty.html https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2013/03/12/man_who_attack... Canada is very light on it's criminals. Child Molesters, Rapists and even murderers tend to spend little time behind bars with little consequence for their actions. Here is another article about how broken Canadian Law is. https://www.straight.com/blogra/canadian-justice-system-so-broken-its-criminal https://www.straight.com/blogra/canadian-justice-system-so-b... Just recently a young boy was beaten to death by a repeat offender in Winnipeg. The animal broke into the boys home and beat him to death while the child tried to protect his Grandmother. The media won't even tell you the animals name or anything about him. I will be surprised if he gets any jail time. I wouldn't be proud of Canada's punishment of criminals.

Hello71 8y ago
you use fucking shovels as brooms in America? what's wrong with you?
SketchySeaBeast 8y ago
>Nguyen, 55, pleaded guilty at Old City Hall court to beating three baby raccoons with a shovel, probably killing one and breaking another’s foreleg, because they were destroying his garden in 2011. He beat the living tar out of living creatures instead of dealing with them humanely - yeah, that should be punished. > The media won't even tell you the animals name or anything about him. Why would you need his name? Has he even been found guilty yet?
- CalRobert 8y ago
  So, not a fan of animal cruelty, but I can go to a store and purchase meat from animals raised in horrific conditions (including veal, foie gras, etc.) so if nothing else the law here seems... inconsistent.
  - SketchySeaBeast 8y ago
    The conceit here is much the same as the fact that a surgeon can legally cut you open and remove your appendix, but your neighbour who is really into medicine and knives can't. Veal and Foie Gras don't seem right either, but they have the veneer of legitimacy. Also, in this case there was the options to use traps or other methods to shoo them away - beating with a shovel doesn't seem humane, it just seems like it would have been convenient.
  - zanny 8y ago
    Systematized unethical behavior is much more generally assumed fair and reasonable than outlier behavior like bludgeoning raccoons with garden tools. The guy also probably has substantially less money to lobby congress and the FDA for special privilege than the slaughterhouse industry.
- hourislate 8y ago
  Well he was caught killing the young child. Don't you think the public deserves to know who he is? How guilty does one need to be? https://globalnews.ca/news/5018332/police-on-scene-of-serious-incident-in-winnipegs-west-end/ https://globalnews.ca/news/5018332/police-on-scene-of-seriou... > When police arrived minutes later, they found a man, 29, attacking 17-year-old Jaime Adao with a weapon. In order to stop the attack, police had to shoot the man.
  - SketchySeaBeast 8y ago
    > Well he was caught killing the young child. Don't you think the public deserves to know who he is? How guilty does one need to be? Proven guilty in a court of law. Until then he's presumed innocent.

Hello71 8y ago

you use fucking shovels as brooms in America? what's wrong with you?

SketchySeaBeast 8y ago

>Nguyen, 55, pleaded guilty at Old City Hall court to beating three baby raccoons with a shovel, probably killing one and breaking another’s foreleg, because they were destroying his garden in 2011. He beat the living tar out of living creatures instead of dealing with them humanely - yeah, that should be punished. > The media won't even tell you the animals name or anything about him. Why would you need his name? Has he even been found guilty yet?

CalRobert 8y ago
So, not a fan of animal cruelty, but I can go to a store and purchase meat from animals raised in horrific conditions (including veal, foie gras, etc.) so if nothing else the law here seems... inconsistent.
- SketchySeaBeast 8y ago
  The conceit here is much the same as the fact that a surgeon can legally cut you open and remove your appendix, but your neighbour who is really into medicine and knives can't. Veal and Foie Gras don't seem right either, but they have the veneer of legitimacy. Also, in this case there was the options to use traps or other methods to shoo them away - beating with a shovel doesn't seem humane, it just seems like it would have been convenient.
- zanny 8y ago
  Systematized unethical behavior is much more generally assumed fair and reasonable than outlier behavior like bludgeoning raccoons with garden tools. The guy also probably has substantially less money to lobby congress and the FDA for special privilege than the slaughterhouse industry.
hourislate 8y ago
Well he was caught killing the young child. Don't you think the public deserves to know who he is? How guilty does one need to be? https://globalnews.ca/news/5018332/police-on-scene-of-serious-incident-in-winnipegs-west-end/ https://globalnews.ca/news/5018332/police-on-scene-of-seriou... > When police arrived minutes later, they found a man, 29, attacking 17-year-old Jaime Adao with a weapon. In order to stop the attack, police had to shoot the man.
- SketchySeaBeast 8y ago
  > Well he was caught killing the young child. Don't you think the public deserves to know who he is? How guilty does one need to be? Proven guilty in a court of law. Until then he's presumed innocent.