Destroying artwork

VANDOO · 21st June 2016, 03:04 PM

Next we will ban and destroy all types of wood to save the endangered trees. Stupid is as Stupid does is the reason why. It's not about saving anything its more about destroying things.

drac2k · 28th June 2016, 02:13 PM

Ironic that you should mention wood, in light of the fines that the despicable corporate giant Gibson Guitars had leveled against them.A $300,000 fine, a forced donation of $50,000 to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the forfeiture of wood valued at $261,844; I guess they needed tinder to get the fire started on all of the confiscated ivory.
Gibson Guitar Co. CEO Henry Juszkiewicz stated that they settled because it would have cost millions and taken years to resolve in court.
I wonder how easy it would be for an American to get his name off of a "No Fly List ?"

Rick · 28th June 2016, 03:24 PM

Thank God I ripped up the Brazilian Mahogany covering my decks and replaced the wood with Azek plastic decking!

drac2k · 28th June 2016, 04:09 PM

That may be worse.Isn't that an oil based product, thus contributing to corporate greed, global warming and stealing the life force from Mother Gaia !

Rick · 30th June 2016, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by drac2k

That may be worse.Isn't that an oil based product, thus contributing to corporate greed, global warming and stealing the life force from Mother Gaia !

Yes, but I can sleep easy every night safe in the knowledge it will never biodegrade.

drac2k · 30th June 2016, 05:13 PM

Sounds like a fair trade off to me.

kronckew · 30th June 2016, 06:00 PM

i suspect a well meaning herd of touchy-feely 'ecologists' got together with a similar flock of politicians in order to share the one brain cell they possessed in order to 'save the ellyfants'. they decided that a massive deployement of nucular level force was required, and being bird-brains (sorry to insult all the birds out there who are much smarter than politicians) they picked the simplist approach. ban the trade in ivory and destroy any they come across being traded. there, problem solved. we are lucky they did not decide the best way to end the trade in elly ivory was to wipe out all the ellyfants. that'd do it.

reminds me of a tale i was told in my USCG days about an expedition one of our icebreakers took to the south polar seas to support a scientific expedition to study a small group of a species of seal going extinct so they could find out why. there apparently were only five left a male and 4 females. they found them, darted them, took their measurements and sadly two of the seals had died from overdoses of anaesthesia. included the male. the study of course sadly noted that the three females were the last of their species and the seals had no hope of recovery. i concluded that scientific studies cause extinctions.

21st June 2016, 03:04 PM	#1
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	Next we will ban and destroy all types of wood to save the endangered trees. Stupid is as Stupid does is the reason why. It's not about saving anything its more about destroying things.

28th June 2016, 02:13 PM	#2
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,269	Ironic that you should mention wood, in light of the fines that the despicable corporate giant Gibson Guitars had leveled against them.A $300,000 fine, a forced donation of $50,000 to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the forfeiture of wood valued at $261,844; I guess they needed tinder to get the fire started on all of the confiscated ivory. Gibson Guitar Co. CEO Henry Juszkiewicz stated that they settled because it would have cost millions and taken years to resolve in court. I wonder how easy it would be for an American to get his name off of a "No Fly List ?"

28th June 2016, 03:24 PM	#3
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,347	Thank God I ripped up the Brazilian Mahogany covering my decks and replaced the wood with Azek plastic decking!

28th June 2016, 04:09 PM	#4
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,269	That may be worse.Isn't that an oil based product, thus contributing to corporate greed, global warming and stealing the life force from Mother Gaia !

30th June 2016, 05:13 PM	#6
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,269	Sounds like a fair trade off to me.

30th June 2016, 06:00 PM	#7
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,238	i suspect a well meaning herd of touchy-feely 'ecologists' got together with a similar flock of politicians in order to share the one brain cell they possessed in order to 'save the ellyfants'. they decided that a massive deployement of nucular level force was required, and being bird-brains (sorry to insult all the birds out there who are much smarter than politicians) they picked the simplist approach. ban the trade in ivory and destroy any they come across being traded. there, problem solved. we are lucky they did not decide the best way to end the trade in elly ivory was to wipe out all the ellyfants. that'd do it. reminds me of a tale i was told in my USCG days about an expedition one of our icebreakers took to the south polar seas to support a scientific expedition to study a small group of a species of seal going extinct so they could find out why. there apparently were only five left a male and 4 females. they found them, darted them, took their measurements and sadly two of the seals had died from overdoses of anaesthesia. included the male. the study of course sadly noted that the three females were the last of their species and the seals had no hope of recovery. i concluded that scientific studies cause extinctions.