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From: Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
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Subject: Re: OT: Don't let Peanut Die For Nothing
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2024 17:32:38 +1100
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On 9/11/2024 5:10 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Nov 2024 10:18:09 -0500, Ralph Mowery
> <rmowery42@charter.net> wrote:
> 
>> In article <sa0oij1ka6s1pfpghsar1hse7c2s7d7s54@4ax.com>, jl@glen--
>> canyon.com says...
>>>
>>> There are lots of people here, and in other countries, who think that
>>> we have too much government. Killing the squirrel was an example.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Of all the major crime going on in the city they go after one pet
>> squirrel.  Seems about right for the mentaliy of this country.  The
>> squirrel was easy to find.  Trapped in just a few rooms.  Maybe they
>> should give the man harboring the squirrel a few years in prison for
>> doing something so serious of a crime.Don't worry about the thousands of
>> illeagal people in the city.
> 
> Ignorant people like Bill Sloman think that squirrels are just rats
> with a bushy tail, but they are *way* more intelligent and social.

Squirrels and rats are both rodents, and both are moderately social 
animals - rats more so than squirrels.

https://critterstop.com/post/can-rats-and-squirrels-live-together-understanding-their-coexistence-in-urban-environments/

Cursitor Doom is remarkably ignorant, and doesn't seem to have any idea 
quite how ignorant he really is.

> They're easy to tame and enjoy human company. And they care about each
> other more than a lot of humans do.This short clip is very touching
> and shows this not untypical behaviour:

Snipped the usual sentimental nonsense.

-- 
Bill Sloman, Sydney