Comments on: Obama Kills House Fly on One Try!!!!!

By: JN

JN — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:20:55 +0000

I know, I'm late to this party. But here is more information more information on PETA's actual position. So, the media try to make a story out PETA's non-position, and the "scientists" fall for it. Great.

By: george.w

george.w — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:10:25 +0000

Actually, the way I kill flies is by not killing spiders.

Well that, and a flyswatter. I’m afraid I wouldn’t make a very good PETA member.

Once I had a 25Â¢ piece-sized hunting spider that kept walking across my desk, and I’d shoo it away. A grad assistant (who was from Bangladesh) asked; “What is that?” When I showed him the spider, he became very agitated and wanted to kill it.

Only later it occurred to me that where the grad assistant came from, maybe there were spiders you shouldn’t let walk around on your desk.

By: DDeden

DDeden — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:24:09 +0000

That probably wasn’t a real fly, but an airborne microbot.

By: Stephanie Z

Stephanie Z — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:07:28 +0000

Probably not a spider, real. Leaving the centipedes alive helps keep down the other bugs, too.

By: the real meme

the real meme — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:22:51 +0000

Serious question: then how do you keep the spiders from biting YOU when you sleep?

By: JThompson

JThompson — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:49:53 +0000

Actually, the way I kill flies is by not killing spiders.

Same here Greg. That’s the best way to do it.
It keeps down every other disease spreading insect, too.

By: dguy

dguy — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:13:05 +0000

Maybe now people will stop accusing him of being a secret Muscan.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:23:35 +0000

Actually, the way I kill flies is by not killing spiders.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:21:42 +0000

It seems to be a popular hobby to bash PETA, but in this case I think Greg is being unfair. PETA was asked and the response that if you have the choice it is better not killing is perfectly reasonable for someone who cares about all animals. I suppose under similar circumstances I’d have killed it too, but at home when I’m close to a window I prefer to open it and shoo even a humble fly outside without harming it. If nothing else a bit of kindness makes you feel better.

Besides, everyone knows that killing flies only counts if you do it with chopsticks 🙂

By: marilove

marilove — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:59:43 +0000

Sure, Chris R, but instead of saying, “Whatever, it’s a fly.” They basically said, “use this, don’t kill a FLY!”

Or, you know, they could have just not said anything at all. It was a FLY.