Comments on: And The Zookeeper Is Very Fond of Dumb http://www.popehat.com/2010/03/04/and-the-zookeeper-is-very-fond-of-dumb/ A Group Complaint about Law, Liberty, and Leisure Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:39:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dwight Brown http://www.popehat.com/2010/03/04/and-the-zookeeper-is-very-fond-of-dumb/comment-page-1/#comment-71885 Dwight Brown Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:21:51 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=7506#comment-71885 According to <a href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/bizarre/6915046.html" rel="nofollow">this version of the story</a>, not only did the judge strike down the TRO, she also ordered Global Wildlife to pay Hammond Action News $500 "in attorney fees and court costs". According to this version of the story, not only did the judge strike down the TRO, she also ordered Global Wildlife to pay Hammond Action News $500 "in attorney fees and court costs".

]]> By: bw http://www.popehat.com/2010/03/04/and-the-zookeeper-is-very-fond-of-dumb/comment-page-1/#comment-70835 bw Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:21:19 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=7506#comment-70835 "Anyone who thinks that article is real is too stupid to have a driver’s license to drive to Global Wildlife Center." Apparently you haven't kept abreast of current drivers' licensing requirements. Packing drivers' licenses as prizes in Cracker Jack boxes would represent raising the bar. Look, we all know that places like this make their profit not off the gate, but on selling overpriced crap in the gift shop, and therefore, while they may not be patronized exclusively by morons, their business model depends upon some minimum percentage of their customers being morons. It's sad, but true - we've dumbed down our society to the point that it's not safe for satire. "Anyone who thinks that article is real is too stupid to have a driver’s license to drive to Global Wildlife Center."

Apparently you haven't kept abreast of current drivers' licensing requirements. Packing drivers' licenses as prizes in Cracker Jack boxes would represent raising the bar.

Look, we all know that places like this make their profit not off the gate, but on selling overpriced crap in the gift shop, and therefore, while they may not be patronized exclusively by morons, their business model depends upon some minimum percentage of their customers being morons.

It's sad, but true – we've dumbed down our society to the point that it's not safe for satire.

]]> By: Nancy http://www.popehat.com/2010/03/04/and-the-zookeeper-is-very-fond-of-dumb/comment-page-1/#comment-70519 Nancy Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:49:28 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=7506#comment-70519 Dear Ken Matherne, Welcome to the Streisand Effect. Dear Ken Matherne,

Welcome to the Streisand Effect.

]]> By: mojo http://www.popehat.com/2010/03/04/and-the-zookeeper-is-very-fond-of-dumb/comment-page-1/#comment-70303 mojo Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:55:49 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=7506#comment-70303 "Send him to feed the giraffes..." "Send him to feed the giraffes…"

]]> By: Chris http://www.popehat.com/2010/03/04/and-the-zookeeper-is-very-fond-of-dumb/comment-page-1/#comment-70219 Chris Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:48:43 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=7506#comment-70219 I hear that Matherne actually was devoured by a giraffe years ago. What walks as a man is merely what was pulled back across the void by ancient voodoo practioners - a strange bundling of dark animal spirits, malice and giraffe bile. Anything that draws a watchful eye to the mysterious rituals in the Global Wildlife Center's giraffe pyramid is a threat to his ongoing existance. I hear that Matherne actually was devoured by a giraffe years ago. What walks as a man is merely what was pulled back across the void by ancient voodoo practioners – a strange bundling of dark animal spirits, malice and giraffe bile. Anything that draws a watchful eye to the mysterious rituals in the Global Wildlife Center's giraffe pyramid is a threat to his ongoing existance.

]]> By: Judge orders website to yank “giraffe attack” story http://www.popehat.com/2010/03/04/and-the-zookeeper-is-very-fond-of-dumb/comment-page-1/#comment-70218 Judge orders website to yank “giraffe attack” story Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:38:04 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=7506#comment-70218 [...] Commentary on the story from Ken at Popehat, who links another local story reporting that president of wildlife park threatened college-student [...] [...] Commentary on the story from Ken at Popehat, who links another local story reporting that president of wildlife park threatened college-student [...]

]]> By: Random notes: March 5, 2010. « Whipped Cream Difficulties http://www.popehat.com/2010/03/04/and-the-zookeeper-is-very-fond-of-dumb/comment-page-1/#comment-70215 Random notes: March 5, 2010. « Whipped Cream Difficulties Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:14:03 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=7506#comment-70215 [...] Edited to add: Popehat is on a roll. Go here for more Armenian genocide commentary. Meanwhile, Ken has what I’ll go ahead and call the quote of the day: Perhaps there is some equivalent in Louisiana law, which is cobbled together from the legal traditio... [...] [...] Edited to add: Popehat is on a roll. Go here for more Armenian genocide commentary. Meanwhile, Ken has what I'll go ahead and call the quote of the day: Perhaps there is some equivalent in Louisiana law, which is cobbled together from the legal traditio… [...]

]]> By: Chief Rocka http://www.popehat.com/2010/03/04/and-the-zookeeper-is-very-fond-of-dumb/comment-page-1/#comment-70192 Chief Rocka Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:25:05 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=7506#comment-70192 Ken, Your assesment of Matherne is right on. He is an ego maniac who tries to bully people around with money and threats of expensive legal wranglings. I am glad to see that Hammond Action News did not bend to the whims and threats of a bully. I wonder if Matherne's other threats to the college student are considered extorsion or blackmail. I have a sneaking suspicion that there are deeper darker secrets about things that have happened at the Global Zoo and to their animals over the years. Things that would curl your hair...... Ken,

Your assesment of Matherne is right on. He is an ego maniac who tries to bully people around with money and threats of expensive legal wranglings. I am glad to see that Hammond Action News did not bend to the whims and threats of a bully.

I wonder if Matherne's other threats to the college student are considered extorsion or blackmail.

I have a sneaking suspicion that there are deeper darker secrets about things that have happened at the Global Zoo and to their animals over the years. Things that would curl your hair……

]]> By: Ken http://www.popehat.com/2010/03/04/and-the-zookeeper-is-very-fond-of-dumb/comment-page-1/#comment-70138 Ken Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:39:04 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=7506#comment-70138 Also, it's Louisiana state court, so no Rule 11 sanctions. Perhaps there is some equivalent in Louisiana law, which is cobbled together from the legal traditions of the French, the Deep South, riverboat gamblers, corrupt cops, bead-and-tit based economies, and people who clean up vomit for a living. Also, it's Louisiana state court, so no Rule 11 sanctions. Perhaps there is some equivalent in Louisiana law, which is cobbled together from the legal traditions of the French, the Deep South, riverboat gamblers, corrupt cops, bead-and-tit based economies, and people who clean up vomit for a living.

]]> By: Ken http://www.popehat.com/2010/03/04/and-the-zookeeper-is-very-fond-of-dumb/comment-page-1/#comment-70137 Ken Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:37:59 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=7506#comment-70137 It's only a TRO, Tom, but TROs requiring takedowns of web content are (properly) pretty rare. Because web content is persistent, it's arguably equivalent to prior restraint. It's only a TRO, Tom, but TROs requiring takedowns of web content are (properly) pretty rare. Because web content is persistent, it's arguably equivalent to prior restraint.

]]> By: TomH http://www.popehat.com/2010/03/04/and-the-zookeeper-is-very-fond-of-dumb/comment-page-1/#comment-70136 TomH Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:32:36 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=7506#comment-70136 Eh, it's a TRO. the judge probably felt she was giving the hyperventilating zoo folk the benefit of the doubt. The real question is, upon looking at the merits will there be Rule 11 sanctions? Anyway, I get all my news from the ONN. Eh, it's a TRO. the judge probably felt she was giving the hyperventilating zoo folk the benefit of the doubt. The real question is, upon looking at the merits will there be Rule 11 sanctions?

Anyway, I get all my news from the ONN.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.popehat.com/2010/03/04/and-the-zookeeper-is-very-fond-of-dumb/comment-page-1/#comment-70122 Andrew Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:13:59 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=7506#comment-70122 I'm not surprised that some people are stupid enough to think that such obvious satire is real. I'm mildly surprised that the Wildlife Center is so think-skinned that it sued. I'm stunned that a judge actually forced the site to take the story down. (Naïve of me, I know.) I'm not surprised that some people are stupid enough to think that such obvious satire is real.

I'm mildly surprised that the Wildlife Center is so think-skinned that it sued.

I'm stunned that a judge actually forced the site to take the story down. (Naïve of me, I know.)

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