[ridiculous]

Damnit this is hilarious.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/31/bob_parsons_gets_peta_gong_for_killing_elephant/

Bob Parsons, chief executive of the market-leading domain name registrar Go Daddy, has come to blows with animal-rights organisation PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), after he shot an African elephant and posted the video online.


Problem CEO Parsons on the prowl...
PETA yesterday said it had awarded Parsons its "Scummiest CEO of the Year Award" – a title it seems to have made up specially for the occasion – after it became aware of the video.

In the video, which can be viewed here, Parsons fires off two shots at a bull elephant, killing it. He then poses for photographs with the corpse.

Later, dozens of Zimbabwean villagers, many wearing Go Daddy baseball caps, butcher the beast, accompanied by an AC/DC soundtrack.

Describing his annual hunting trips as "one of the most beneficial and rewarding things I do", Parsons says the elephants he and his team hunt are "problem" animals that trample crops, risking local food supplies and farmers' livelihoods.

The video prompted a petition at Change.org, which described the video as a "gruesome elephant snuff film" and has so far attracted over 2,000 signatures.

In response, Parsons wrote on his blog that the petitioners "have no idea what they're talking about".

The non-lethal alternatives they proposed, such as beehives on poles or chili-infused string fences, are "ridiculous suggestions", he wrote.

"The people there have very little," he wrote, "many die each year from starvation and one of the problems they have is the elephants, of which there are thousands and thousands, that trash many of their fields, destroying the crops."

"Should the folks at Change.org go to Zimbabwe with their bee hives and chili pepper lines, my guess is they'll return with a tusk in their ass and some very pissed off villages and farmers in their wake."

He noted that he tries to only shoot male elephants, in order to avoid upsetting the elephants' matriarchal social structure, and that the elephant meat feeds local villagers.

This does not appear to have satisfied PETA, which is now questioning Parsons' masculinity and calling for a boycott of Go Daddy's services.

The domain peta.org appears to be currently registered with Go Daddy. ®

And the completely awesome video. http://www.video.me/ViewVideo.aspx?vid=380843

 

[stevew]

nothing funny.

 

[BurlyShirley]

A perfect storm of sensationalism and taxonomic bias.

Far crueler and more environmentally significant crimes are occurring in feedlots across the country as we speak.

 

[Pesqueeb]

nothing funny.

Far crueler and environmentally significant crimes are occurring in feedlots across the country as we speak.

 

[jonKranked]

if i were him, i would just log myself into peta's website, delete everything, and post that video.

 

[MMike]

I am totally missing the funny here

 

[Silver]

A perfect storm of sensationalism and taxonomic bias.

Far crueler and more environmentally significant crimes are occurring in feedlots across the country as we speak.

Poor blacks in Africa don't get to subjugate animals. That's OUR (white people) job, dammit!

 

[Kevin]

Killing the elephant: Yes
Put a video online of the slaughtering of above elephant: No

 

[Kevin]

Ads by google are pretty funny though

 

[Silver]

It's funny that with all the retarded statements and blatantly sexist stuff that Parsons has done, this gets people up in arms. The fat fvck probably eats the equivalent of an elephant in meat every couple of weeks...

 

[jonKranked]

Killing the elephant: Yes
Put a video online of the slaughtering of above elephant: No

there's far worse things floating around the internet.

 

[Pesqueeb]

there's far worse things floating around the internet.

Every 15 minutes or so on 4chan.

 

[Kevin]

there's far worse things floating around the internet.

Not a very good excuse imo.
Im not bothered by it at all, but if youre a public figure and slaughter an elephant and put it on the internet you shouldnt be surprised if some hippie gets a sandy vagina about it...

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Not a very good excuse imo.
Im not bothered by it at all, but if youre a public figure and slaughter an elephant and put it on the internet you shouldnt be surprised if some hippie gets a sandy vagina about it...

If anyone puts anything on the internet, somebody is going to get a sandy vagina about it. It's a law of the universe.

 

[X3pilot]

 

[jonKranked]

Not a very good excuse imo.
Im not bothered by it at all, but if youre a public figure and slaughter an elephant and put it on the internet you shouldnt be surprised if some hippie gets a sandy vagina about it...

if only Teddy Roosevelt had the internet...

 

[rockofullr]

This Rob guy really thinks a lot of himself huh?

 

[eaterofdog]

What's the black stuff between elephant's toes?

Slow natives.

 

[MMike]

If anyone puts anything on the internet, somebody is going to get a sandy vagina about it. It's a law of the universe.

that statement makes my vag sandy

 

[X3pilot]

if only Teddy Roosevelt had the internet...

And Edison...

Edison Electrocutes an Elephant



Not just Topsy the Elephant, but a rather long series of animals, all of which had shown themselves to be a danger to humans. This included horses, lions, tigers, and bears. Edison was happy to oblige the state of NY in executing these “menaces to society,” by employing alternating current, but his ulterior motive was merely to show the world the danger of alternating current, invented by Nikola Tesla, his arch-rival. Edison’s direct current didn’t have the strength to electrocute an elephant, and he considered it safer.

Wonder if he could have shocked that fat dude out of his easy chair?

 

[stevew]

And Edison...



Wonder if he could have shocked that fat dude out of his easy chair?

for a pound or ten of flesh?

 

[dante]

Every 15 minutes or so on 4chan.

Only every 15min?? Servers must have been down....

 

[valve bouncer]

Having seen wild elephants in Zimbabwe the fact that someone can shoot one boggles the mind. To shoot one and then brag about it..............

 

[drkenan]

This reminds me that the damned circus is in town right now. I hate those fvcks.

 

[eaterofdog]

This is one more reason to hate Godaddy even more. If you've ever dealt with domains, their whole business is overpriced and shady as fvck.

 

[jonKranked]

ive never had an issue with them, neither has anyone else i know

 

[eaterofdog]

You live under a rock Jon.

 

[jonKranked]

You live under a rock Jon.

I would rather live under a rock than in NJ.

 

[rockofullr]

ive never had an issue with them, neither has anyone else i know

Elephants?