Cincinatti Zoo officials shoot and kill gorilla after child falls into enclosure

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Sigh.  I guess I'll just have to wait until one of these hypotheticals comes true, then I can cross that bridge when I get to it.  Satisfied?  (Probably not.)

Duh. People are rarely "satisfied" when you dance around instead of answering a very simple question.

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I can't force you to abide by anything. I can, however, call you out for having an utterly f**ked up worldview.

Joe's renowned sassiness aside, I must say it doesn't look like you came to the table with any interest in actually debating the matter at hand.

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To parts of Joe's point, I don't think "would you kill a human or gorilla?" is the right question. The dominating questions should be "how did a kid get in there?", "why do we cage gorillas in the first place?", "are there better options in the future?", etc. Pontificating about human greatness doesn't help much from stopping this.

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Jesus. Almost 40% here would've said the very very real risk of the kid dying wasn't worth it.

It's probably for the best that many here don't/won't have kids of their own, but c'mon now.

One kid is mathematically less important than a gorilla. Not sure why it's complicated.

You're trying way too hard.

I voted yes in this poll, but no is a far more justifiable stance than yours in the other thread is...

Antonio enjoys his pulpit. The message is of less importance.