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Re: How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy

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Post by shiftpgdn » Sat, Apr 02, 2011, 6:33 PM UTC

jhancock wrote: post #94

run4yourlives wrote: post #25

Wow. Just wow. Having been to Africa and seen elephants in the wild up close, among other animals, I simply can't stomach that I'm supporting a bunch of fat white Americans flying half way around the world to destroy a magnificent animal simply because they can. I'll be moving my domains away from GoDaddy asap.

>> I'll be moving my domains away from GoDaddy asap. I moved all my domains, ~30, from GoDaddy about 18 months ago. It was a slog. There was no "asap" to it. It took about 2 months to get them all moved over to namecheap. Transfers gets curtailed for various reasons and the current registrar is usually little help in solving the mysteries. I'm telling you this not to take the wind from your sails but to prep you for…

I just got done moving 100 domains over to ResellerClub from GoDaddy. The API really sold it for me and it makes it was easier to manage them all.

Re: How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy

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Post by Untitled » Sat, Apr 02, 2011, 8:51 PM UTC

d2 wrote: post #257

Untitled wrote: post #235

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> PS: I spent my childhood and early 20's in South Africa and we hate this great-white-hunter tourist shit, but it sure pays the bills if you're the driver guide or booking agent. Uhm... no. Do you know how much money hunters bring into rural areas? Do you know what a big shitload of game farms they fund? I would argue that American hunters are the biggest boon for animal conservation. I see many farms being turned i…

There is no hunting in the Serengeti just north of Zimbabwe and consequently it's the only place in Africa you can see a full wilderbeest migration. Game farms have fences and are basically zoos that let you shoot the animals. They are not a form of conservation.

> Zimbabwe and consequently it's the only place in Africa you can see a full wilderbeest migration.

The biggest problem is space (for wildebeest migration for example). You need large places - in many countries it is not possible.

Some private game farms can get quite big (easily over 20,000 hectares). And yeah, it may be small when compared to large parks but it still fulfills quite a few functions.

One example is ensuring genetic diversity - more space for animals, more genetic diversity.

Another is breeding programmes - a good example is breeding of buffalo that is free of Bovine TB (Bovine TB is dangerous for humans, spreads to domestic cattle and threaten buffalo populations.

Re: How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy

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Post by Untitled » Sat, Apr 02, 2011, 8:58 PM UTC

alinajaf wrote: post #322

epochwolf wrote: post #277

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry if I actually subscribe to that belief. Neither did God give humans a free pass on torturing less valued species. Animals are given as a resource much like trees and oil. Animals also happen to have some capacity for emotion and intelligence. Since they are similar to us in some way we should respect them, lest we become callus with the taking of intelligent life. As for pets, it's a cultural thing that we don'…

> I would hope you will have some respect for other peoples' beliefs in the future. Some beliefs don't deserve respect.

Look, you can be a smartass and try to criticize other's beliefs. But at least know what the beliefs of others are.

Criticizing a group of people based on your own naivety of their beliefs is both ignorant and arrogant.

Read this:

http://www.all-creatures.org/articles/an-tpr-are-10.html

Many passages in the Bible explain that humans are stewards of nature.

Re: How to damage your brand in one smooth shot - Way to GoDaddy

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Post by GrandMasterBirt » Sun, Apr 03, 2011, 4:30 PM UTC

c2 wrote: post #50

I guess I'll be the lone discenting voice and say I don't think it's that bad. Bob Parsons has always run his company the way he wants, and he has particular freedom to do so since he has zero investors and is the sole owner. He does certain things for shock value, such as the super bowl commercials, which by the way caused outage with a completely different demographic of people. Slaughtering an elephant might offen…

1) Read the OP 2) He could have donated money he spent on the expedition to feed that village. 3) He could have relocated the elephants. They are called tranqs, it won't take one, but it'll take a few and get the elephant down.

This is just an excuse for a rich person to brag about killing an endangered specie with a gun. OOOO SKILL. If he did it with his bare hands, then I would applaud.