Really? I'm sure there are lots of omnis in your area who's appetites are responsible for untold amounts of animal suffering and death. Even if they are ignorant of the suffering they know full well an animal had to die to sate their appetites. Kill them out of hand or are only endangered species worthy of such retribution?
Indian wildlife rangers to be paid reward for every poacher they shoot
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Really? I'm sure there are lots of omnis in your area who's appetites are responsible for untold amounts of animal suffering and death. Even if they are ignorant of the suffering they know full well an animal had to die to sate their appetites. Kill them out of hand or are only endangered species worthy of such retribution?
It's a thought.
And no, it's not just endangered speciies. I'd be glad to do away with someone who chops the foot off a rabbit because they want a good luck charm. There are some motivations that are more repulsive than others, which is why you have a lot of omnis who are disgusted by the fur industry.
Sevenseas
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Poaching is never the lesser of two evils.
If it was desperation, which I don't believe it would be, then it would be the wrong kind of desperation.
Anyway, I'm not defending the policy, as I don't believe in the death penalty. I just don't think poaching has any valid excuses.
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why? you thinking of becoming a ranger?
Just pointing out the problems with this. As long as society is providing a financial incentive for people to kill individuals society wants dead, the possibility should be considered that those same individuals may kill those society doesn't want dead.
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K-II
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The article (and the one it links to) seem to suggest they would only be shooting people who are armed and inside a tiger reserve, so I don't think it's really the same thing as a punishment, or hunting down a suspected murderer. Perhaps more like... if you were to sneak into a secure area with a rifle. Only now so many people continue to do it (I guess it's hard to patrol all of it) they're implying it's less likely someone will yell 'stop!' before shooting you. Well, either that, or I guess their own people could be reluctant to engage in a firefight otherwise, and it's incentive for them to put themselves at risk.
yakherder
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I'm gonna go start poaching, and if I see some vigilante bounty hunters, I'll just kill them and say they were the ones that killed the tiger and then collect the reward on them. Double pay off, hell yeah.
Yeah I'm being a smartass, but... vigilante justice in real life doesn't work like in Batman, there is a huge margin for error. If there's gonna be a death penalty for anything, at the very least it should be under the jurisdiction of the law, not a bunch of poor poacher hunters looking for a bounty.
Even if we were to agree that the poachers deserve to die horrible deaths, this still wouldn't be a good idea.
Then again, if Dog the Bounty hunter gets in on this, that changes everything. I would not only be for it, I might actually watch TV.
Yeah I'm being a smartass, but... vigilante justice in real life doesn't work like in Batman, there is a huge margin for error. If there's gonna be a death penalty for anything, at the very least it should be under the jurisdiction of the law, not a bunch of poor poacher hunters looking for a bounty.
Even if we were to agree that the poachers deserve to die horrible deaths, this still wouldn't be a good idea.
Then again, if Dog the Bounty hunter gets in on this, that changes everything. I would not only be for it, I might actually watch TV.
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And to the gun nuts on here who are complaining about this - hey, I thought one solution to violence was supposed to be more guns. So you're FOR some (non police) person shooting a guy with a gun who is threatening to shoot people, but against someone shooting a guy with a gun who is actually shooting at animals?
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Except they're not vigilantes, this is part of their job. I suppose you could still try that though, but you wouldn't be paid.
yakherder
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I misunderstood, thinking it was more of an incentive thing for non professionals. I'm all for taking out people who are an immediate and armed threat in the name of self defense
Just not for the death penalty and vigilante incentives.
Ansciess
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Tigers don't carry guns. Neither do children. Does that self defense extend to defending others who can't carry guns, if someone has the clear intention to kill them?
Dedalus
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I am going to rob a bank to feed my family. I mean, I have to put food on the table, people! So please - don't shoot. In fact, you should feel bad for me.
Now hand over the money, bitches.
Now hand over the money, bitches.
