Emma Thackery wrote:
>
> In article >,
> Mark Thorson > wrote:
>
> > Emma Thackery wrote:
> > >
> > > And here I thought he only liked doing that with songbirds....
> >
> > If you don't want to be treated like a fool,
> > stop acting like one.
>
> You're the asshole who professed a desire to feast on songbirds---
> ortolan buntings to be specific. If pointing that out--- noting that
> hunting the species is banned in the EU--- makes me a fool, then I
> relish the charge.

What makes you a fool is stupid, wrong statements
like this one:

> I hope you're joking given the protected nature of this
> endangered songbird species.

You make these assertions like this one that have
absolutely no basis in fact. When asked for evidence,
your reference provides no support (even contradicts)
your assertion. That makes you dishonest or a fool.
I'm being charitable when I say that you are a fool.

In this particular case, you linked to this article
to back up your assertion that the ortolan is
"endangered":

http://www.sekj.org/PDF/anz42-free/anz42-091.pdf>

The word "endangered" does not even appear in that
article. In fact, it says that BirdLife International
has classified this species as "vulnerable" in 2000.
However, that is certainly not its present classificiation
by BirdLife International, which is given he

http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sea...sid=8 941&m=0

BirdLife International ranks it as "Least Concern",
and they are the authority used by the IUCN for
the IUCN Red List.

You most certainly are a fool for believing
foolish notions and trying to spread them
to others. And when confronted with actual facts,
you certainly won't change your mind, which is
another hallmark of a fool. If fools in cages
were major attractions at zoos, you'd have to
live in hiding from the men with nets and dart guns.