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I really hate that being used as a reference. There was a lot more going on in the Sigfried and Roy case than the news would talk about. The tiger had no intent

I really hate that being used as a reference. There was a lot more going on in the Sigfried and Roy case than the news would talk about. The tiger had no intention of killing him or even hurting him (if the tiger did, he would have been dead). Roy himself says the Montecore, the tiger, relocated him off stage [0]; and, I've read other articles that say the tiger was stressed because of the situation and a particular way the crowd was acting. I've also read articles that said that if people hadn't responded in a panic to the Monticore's actions, that Roy would have been much better off. The people around him panicked, and Monticore went into defend-Roy mode, unfortunately harming him in the process. Monticore never turned on Roy. [0] http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20742412,00.html http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20742412,00.html

ChuckMcM 13y ago
I apologize. I note the irony though that if you replace "Sigfried & Roy" with "Foreign Intelligence Committee" and "Roy" with "Senator Feinstein" and references to "Montecore" or "tiger" to "Intelligence Community" you get this (with some artistic license I grant you :-): "There was a lot more going on in the Foreign Intelligence Committee case than the news would talk about. The intelligence community had no intention of harming them or even implicating them (if the community had they would have been dead), Senator Feinstein herself says that the NSA, the intelligence community, tried to protect her. And I've read other articles that say the intelligence community was stressed because of the situation and in particular the way the public was acting. I've als read articles that said if the public hadn't reacted to the NSA's actions, that Senator Feinstein would be much better off. The committee around her panicked and the intelligence community went into defend the Senator mode, unfortunately trouncing the constitution in the process."

ChuckMcM 13y ago

I apologize. I note the irony though that if you replace "Sigfried & Roy" with "Foreign Intelligence Committee" and "Roy" with "Senator Feinstein" and references to "Montecore" or "tiger" to "Intelligence Community" you get this (with some artistic license I grant you :-): "There was a lot more going on in the Foreign Intelligence Committee case than the news would talk about. The intelligence community had no intention of harming them or even implicating them (if the community had they would have been dead), Senator Feinstein herself says that the NSA, the intelligence community, tried to protect her. And I've read other articles that say the intelligence community was stressed because of the situation and in particular the way the public was acting. I've als read articles that said if the public hadn't reacted to the NSA's actions, that Senator Feinstein would be much better off. The committee around her panicked and the intelligence community went into defend the Senator mode, unfortunately trouncing the constitution in the process."