Ducks on the field!

[mikester]

Okay, kids at his ball game and something unusual happens.

Two ducks, a male and female land in the middle of right field where he's playing.

He does his best to ignore them, we get the last out and retires to take their last at bat.

As the other team takes the field, the ducks are still there of course...the players start to warm up.

The kid playing center field takes the ball and beans the female duck. She flops over and basically continues to flop over until one of the dads from our team (wish I had done it myself actually) runs out there and picks it up carefully and moves it off the field. I get over to the other side and the duck's neck is clearly not straight, it can't walk straight and is clearly in bad shape.

Oh my god folks were shocked and horrified, they finished the game and all that.

We called local animal control and they came and got her to see what they could do for the duck.

oh man. Terrible thing...

[Bill Douglas]

Sounds like a cricket game where someone bowls a duck.

[widgeon13]

Did the kid do it intentionally? If so, he should have his ass kicked.

[wdfifteen]

What do you tell the kids?
Adults kill birds just for the he 11 of it all the time. In Indiana you can legally shoot 15 mourning doves a day. So how do you tell your kid it's OK for adults to shoot birds for fun but kids shouldn't throw baseballs at them?

[widgeon13]

If a dog from the neighborhood came on the field would you throw the ball at it? Lets have a little common sense, try and scare them off before killing them at least.

There are options here, most much better than throwing the ball at the animals.

And we wonder why kids bully and kill each other??

[ckelly78z]

We have ducks and chickens all over our farm, generally all you have to do is to start walking towards them and they will move. We do have one nasty rooster that is going to find it's way into a stew pot real soon if he continues to attack our legs as we walk away.

[berettafan]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

What do you tell the kids?
Adults kill birds just for the he 11 of it all the time. In Indiana you can legally shoot 15 mourning doves a day. So how do you tell your kid it's OK for adults to shoot birds for fun but kids shouldn't throw baseballs at them?

my goodness liberals can be simple at times.

I think you know better than this.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by berettafan

my goodness liberals can be simple at times.

I think you know better than this.

I don't. What is the answer?

[tabs]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

I don't. What is the answer?

Show the poor dumb animal the same kindness you would for your poor old and tired Granny....

Otherwise you are just another in a long line of barbaric little tree dwelling creatures that have pretensions of being civilized.

Exactly what it takes is a good long look in the mirror to realize that in your heart of darkness you have a propensity to kill wantonly and capriciously. From that realization and ownership of that darkness of the human spirit you can amend your behavior by exercising your freedom of choice.

Does that make it crystal for you all?

[widgeon13]

It's called common sense, sadly lacking in the world today.

[tabs]

Originally Posted by widgeon13

It's called common sense, sadly lacking in the world today.

No it is more than "common sense." Coming in out of the rain is common sense. The propensity for barbarism goes straight to the human heart of darkness which each of has.

[widgeon13]

But common sense usually overshadows barbarism, at least in the ones who are mentally stable.

[stomachmonkey]

Did the kid show any remorse?

[tabs]

Originally Posted by widgeon13

But common sense usually overshadows barbarism, at least in the ones who are mentally stable.

No it doesn't...the Germans were quite rational in their organizational abilities to efficiently commit genocide. They progressed from using bullets, to carbon monoxide to Zyklon B.

It is quite a convenient thing for you to think that rational common sense will prevail over barbarism.

[JavaBrewer]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

Did the kid show any remorse?

Exactly. Kids are kids and mistakes will be made. If the kid laughed it off I would be genuinely concerned. Might as well go around kicking puppies.

[bivenator]

Context is important, did the kid throw the ball from 30 yards and hit the duck in a fluke accident or did he stand over the animal and spike it? If he killed the duck from 30 yards, =pro player potential, execution style=serial killer.

[Gretch]

I bet the kid feels bad about it and WILL feel bad about it for a loooooooong time. His action is something he cannot "take back" yet he prolly never thought he would accomplish any more than scaring the ducks away.......

Kids don't think through consequences very well, he ll, adults generally don't do a good job on that front.

Any of you guys have regrets for stupid stunts like this???????? there but for the instant of opportunity and a flicker of poor judgement, goes all of us.

[JavaBrewer]

Originally Posted by Gretch

I bet the kid feels bad about it and WILL feel bad about it for a loooooooong time. His action is something he cannot "take back" yet he prolly never thought he would accomplish any more than scaring the ducks away.......

Kids don't think through consequences very well, he ll, adults generally don't do a good job on that front.

Any of you guys have regrets for stupid stunts like this???????? there but for the instant of opportunity and a flicker of poor judgement, goes all of us.

Absolutely. I am guilty of doing pretty dumb things as a kid. I was throwing stones with some friends at birds sitting on a wire. I was thinking if I hit one it would just fly away. I hit one, and it did NOT fly away. I was devastated but held back the tears till I got home. Maybe this little leaguer with the ace arm did the same...who knows.

[Baz]

I think that kid should have balls thrown at him......until his neck is not straight....

SMH....

[Baz]

Originally Posted by widgeon13

It's called common sense, sadly lacking in the world today.

Well I would call it RESPECT......sadly lacking in today's society.