My parents have bats in their airing cupboard

Ditzy_Mitzy

Pollycat said:

avoidtheupsidedownbottles said:

That's the difference between an enlightened, civilized society and a backward, superstitious dictatorship.

I can't argue with that.

And I don't think even sarahandme could fail to get it to add up.

At least Sarahandme has learned that things aren't always fair.

I think Sarahandme might be a little bit on the batty side, to be honest.  

Pollycat

KxMx said:

Oh I agree, it baffles me how such a technologically advanced society prefers folklore and superstition to science! 

I guess that's why they are referred to as 'inscrutable Chinese'.

sarahandme

The other way to look at it, is laws make otherwise decent people look really bad, when really all they are doing is protecting their family from in this case bats. 
Yet in another country its common to eat the very thing you could go to jail for harming in this country. 
Its a very crazy world we live in. 

Pollycat

sarahandme said:

The other way to look at it, is laws make otherwise decent people look really bad, when really all they are doing is protecting their family from in this case bats. 
Yet in another country its common to eat the very thing you could go to jail for harming in this country. 
Its a very crazy world we live in. 

No.

The correct way to look at it is that the law in the UK protects whatever species is deemed to need protection.

You've been told several times that laws in different countries can and do differ.

onwards&upwards

sarahandme said:

Well its not fair how one country can eat bats. 

You want to be able to eat bats?

sarahandme

onwards&upwards said:

sarahandme said:

Well its not fair how one country can eat bats. 

You want to be able to eat bats?

Absolutely not,  its a species we could do without like the dinosaurs in my opinion. 

sarahandme

Pollycat said:

sarahandme said:

The other way to look at it, is laws make otherwise decent people look really bad, when really all they are doing is protecting their family from in this case bats. 
Yet in another country its common to eat the very thing you could go to jail for harming in this country. 
Its a very crazy world we live in. 

No.

The correct way to look at it is that the law in the UK protects whatever species is deemed to need protection.

You've been told several times that laws in different countries can and do differ.

But they not only differ, the extremes are quite stark. 
Who on earth decides bats need to be protected anyway? They are horrid creatures, what purpous do they have?
As far as I can see they don't serve a purpose in the chain of life. 
Only this country is soft enough to put species like bats and seagulls on the protection list,  two of most biggest pests to humans that I can think of.  
Lots of species have come and gone since the world began, we will be extinct one day like everything else. 

onwards&upwards

sarahandme said:

onwards&upwards said:

sarahandme said:

Well its not fair how one country can eat bats. 

You want to be able to eat bats?

Absolutely not,  its a species we could do without like the dinosaurs in my opinion. 

Haha very good! 

Pollycat

sarahandme said:

Pollycat said:

sarahandme said:

The other way to look at it, is laws make otherwise decent people look really bad, when really all they are doing is protecting their family from in this case bats. 
Yet in another country its common to eat the very thing you could go to jail for harming in this country. 
Its a very crazy world we live in. 

No.

The correct way to look at it is that the law in the UK protects whatever species is deemed to need protection.

You've been told several times that laws in different countries can and do differ.

But they not only differ, the extremes are quite stark. 
Who on earth decides bats need to be protected anyway? They are horrid creatures, what purpous do they have?
As far as I can see they don't serve a purpose in the chain of life. 
Only this country is soft enough to put species like bats and seagulls on the protection list,  two of most biggest pests to humans that I can think of.  
Lots of species have come and gone since the world began, we will be extinct one day like everything else. 

It really doesn't matter how stark the differences are.
The differences are as they are.
Banging on about it on a public forum is not going to change anything.
I suggest you research how you can maybe make a difference to things that you disagree with.
As things stand, you don't have a say in whether any being 'serves a purpose in the chain of life'. 
I said in an earlier post:
if you don't like the laws in this country, you are free to live elsewhere - assuming you have the necessary documentation.

Mojisola

sarahandme said:

Who on earth decides bats need to be protected anyway? They are horrid creatures, what purpous do they have?

As far as I can see they don't serve a purpose in the chain of life.

They eat thousands of insects.

In the tropics, they pollinate plants that we enjoy consuming, including cocoa.  Imagine a life without chocolate.