"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
...
> 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.
Troll. The bunting post was a troll post, period.
So it upset Emma, that's what you wanted, right?
To upset people.
Ass.