Reporter Convicted For Killing Fish With Shampoo

[AlphaCentauri]

A TV reporter in Denmark wanted to prove the danger of shampoo. She said some hair-care products contain toxic chemicals. So she poured them into a fish tank. A dozen guppies proved her point by dying in front of the TV cameras. A veterinarian turned her in for animal cruelty. The reporter has been convicted in the incident from 2004. But the trial took so long, the judge decided not to punish her.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104335974

[the other one]

1. Eating meat is murder.

Our whole society is guilty.

[Mythsaje]

3. So are those damn lions, wolves, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, cougars, panthers, tigers, and warthogs

Damn murdering carnivores and omnivores. We should throw them ALL in cages.

[AlphaCentauri]

6. not so long ago men used to be hunters n/t

[Fla_Democrat]

22. some of us still are

:hi:

[Subdivisions]

8. Yea, how dare us omnivores actually eat meat. We're such animals! n/t

[montanto]

5. What's your point?

[mitchum]

7. Just like the anti-choicers, you are playing fast and loose with the precisely defined...

legal term "murder"
Emotionalism in the service of an agenda

[NeedleCast]

9. Delicious, Delicious murder

with a chipotle marinade.

[Occam Bandage]

11. Does that include all non-herbivorous animals?

Must we imprison wolves? Execute panthers? Place raptors under house arrest?

[Mythsaje]

12. That's my new response to PETA crap... works well, don't you think? n/t

[Occam Bandage]

13. Why do they oppose wolf hunts? Are they just trying to protect murderers?

Aren't they concerned about the thousands of deer victimized by wolves every year? Hypocritical bastards.

[Mythsaje]

15. LOL.. Good point.

How long do you think it would take for this argument to tie them in knots?

[sharp_stick]

17. Tasty Tasty Murder

Damn! I was clearly beaten to this punchline!

;-)

Time to light up the bbq?

:hide:

[paulsby]

27. if meat is murder

are eggs rape?

(not my quote)

[Deja Q]

2. Given a fish's ecosystem is rather different, she's an empty-headed dunderhead.

[Mythsaje]

16. Not to mention that a fishtank is a delicately balanced ecosystem

in the first place. Pouring anything--even something non-toxic--in the water could kill them.

[paulsby]

28. assuming the fish were freshwater fish

even a fair bit of salt would have killed them.

it's a stupid demonstration for that reason

[napoleon_in_rags]

4. Yeah, that one sounds pretty brain dead.

She could have also "demonstrated the presence of toxins" by putting fish in a really hot bowl of soup, wine, or she could have simply demonstrated the "toxins" in the air by taking the fish out of the fish tank.

[rucky]

10. Where do you think the water goes after you rinse your hair?

come to think of it, I'm not really sure where it goes.

[MercutioATC]

21. To a waste water treatment plant where they filter out stuff like shampoo.

[Kaleva]

23. Doesn't apply to rural areas

[MercutioATC]

31. True, in rural areas, it goes through a septic system that breaks down the shampoo.

[rucky]

24. So the lesson to be learned from this reporter is don't shampoo your fish. n/t

[MercutioATC]

32. ...or don't breathe shampoo n/t

[AlphaCentauri]

25. Not all chemicals are removed from waste water

Study finds human medicines altering marine biology
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/feb/17/local/me-pollute17

[paulsby]

30. sports scientists known this for decades

estrogen is amongst the worst culprits.

unlike most hormones it's bioavailable through the digestive system and is partially excreted in urine

so, women taking birth control are actually increasing the levels of estrogen in our drinking water.

(checks chest nervously for signs of perkiness)

[Mojo_electro]

14. Well...

Let's hope that at least the fish died with extra body and shine.

(oh, come on.. I know I know... :P)

That was a dumb thing to do.

Mojo

[valerief]

18. War is murder. nt

[Ian David]

19. Finally, justice for The Great Guppycaust of 2004. n/t

[SalmonChantedEvening]

20. Dial VO5 for murder.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

26. Tune in for the 11 o'clock news

when we'll test the toxicity of claw hammers on bunnies.

[Bucky]

29. You know what else is dangerous to fish? Hammers. Let me show you.

Oh my God, the cruelty!!

http://heinztools.com/resources/_wsb_636x400_Mini+Hammers+sm.jpg