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turtle777 · 02:12 AM

Nepalese airline sacrifices goats to please gods, help repair airplane.

Should they be sued for animal cruelty ?

Nepalese airline sacrifices goats to please gods, help repair airplane - International Herald Tribune

KATMANDU, Nepal: Nepal's state run airline sacrificed two goats earlier this week, hoping it would please the gods and resolve technical problems with a troubled jet, officials said Thursday.

One of the airline's two Boeing 757 aircraft has been grounded for maintenance since last month. The other jet has suffered technical problems that forced the airline to cancel several flights, stranding passengers.

Hoping to end those problems, the airline sacrificed the goats earlier this week, according to an airline official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters.

It is common in predominantly Hindu Nepal to sacrifice animals hoping for good luck and blessings.

A photograph published in the Kantipur newspaper earlier this week showed the two goats sacrificed in front of the plane Sunday. The photographer was detained for hours for taking photographs in a restricted area.

Seriously though, I always wanted to start an "abe" thread

-t

P.S. Darn, I failed. I didn't make it a poll.

design219 · Sep 9, 2007, 07:47 AM

This is the frickin problem with our American airline system. We spend soooooo much time worrying about silly stuff like statistical component life spans and theoretical metal fatigue when we should be asking for a little help from higher powers. I know I would feel a bit better about flying with a little blood shed before take off.

irunat2am · Sep 9, 2007, 08:09 AM

Originally Posted by turtle777

Seriously though, I always wanted to start an "abe" thread

P.S. Darn, I failed. I didn't make it a poll.

I honestly clicked this and didn't realize it WASN'T an abe thread until I saw the mark of the turtle. Haha. Crazy.

Sherman Homan · Sep 9, 2007, 08:12 AM

So, did it work? Are the two jets fixed? Or do they need more goats?

design219 · Sep 9, 2007, 08:12 AM

Well, Abe will chime in soon. What will he say?

What will he say?

design219 · Sep 9, 2007, 08:17 AM

Originally Posted by Sherman Homan

So, did it work? Are the two jets fixed? Or do they need more goats?

For a 757, I highly doubt two goats will suffice.

They should probably consider cattle. I'm sure their maintenance people are considering all options at this point.

macdude · Sep 9, 2007, 08:20 AM

I guess if that is their religion and that's the way they believe they will have success, we should let them be. Not that I hardly agree with it or condone it, but it's usually pretty hard to get people already set in their ways to change.

'Course, Michael Vick could have claimed it was his religion... ah, let's not go there.

zro · Sep 9, 2007, 11:33 AM

They should be sued (by whom I have no idea. Ask the OP) for not fixing the plane.

OldManMac · Sep 9, 2007, 12:12 PM

I would think that sacrificing goats to fix an airplane isn't any more ridiculous than sacrificing a human, so that humanity can be given an excuse to screw the neighbor, as long we pray for redemption and absolution of "sins."

turtle777 · Sep 9, 2007, 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by OldManMac

I would think that sacrificing goats to fix an airplane isn't any more ridiculous than sacrificing a human, so that humanity can be given an excuse to screw the neighbor, as long we pray for redemption and absolution of "sins."

Are you saying that the goats voluntarily laid their lives down, or are you just making an apples to oranges comparison ?

-t

OldManMac · Sep 9, 2007, 12:56 PM

If you believe in the myth of Jesus sacrificing his life, so that others could "live" eternally, then your question is indeed a fair one, and my comparison was incorrect.

Railroader · Sep 9, 2007, 01:02 PM

Originally Posted by OldManMac

I would think that sacrificing goats to fix an airplane isn't any more ridiculous than sacrificing a human, so that humanity can be given an excuse to screw the neighbor, as long we pray for redemption and absolution of "sins."

Huh?!?

irunat2am · Sep 9, 2007, 03:23 PM

Originally Posted by OldManMac

If you believe in the myth of Jesus sacrificing his life, so that others could "live" eternally, then your question is indeed a fair one, and my comparison was incorrect.

Wonder where this thread is headed!!

Railroader · Sep 9, 2007, 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by OldManMac

If you believe in the myth of Jesus sacrificing his life, so that others could "live" eternally, then your question is indeed a fair one, and my comparison was incorrect.

So, what did you teach when you were a Sunday school teacher?

Cipher13 · Sep 9, 2007, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by macdude

I guess if that is their religion and that's the way they believe they will have success, we should let them be. Not that I hardly agree with it or condone it, but it's usually pretty hard to get people already set in their ways to change.

'Course, Michael Vick could have claimed it was his religion... ah, let's not go there.

Ignorance must be met with either illumination or destruction.

Anything else is irresponsible.

OldManMac · Sep 9, 2007, 06:00 PM

Originally Posted by Railroader

So, what did you teach when you were a Sunday school teacher?

I taught the myths that I was taught as a child. Fortunately, I still have time to undo that damage.

turtle777 · Sep 9, 2007, 06:01 PM

Originally Posted by OldManMac

I taught the myths that I was taught as a child. Fortunately, I still have time to undo that damage.

You poor lost soul.

I'm gonna sacrifice some goats for you tonight.

-t

nonhuman · Sep 9, 2007, 06:10 PM

Originally Posted by turtle777

You poor lost soul.

I'm gonna sacrifice some goats for you tonight.

-t

Give me a call, we can make curry afterwards.

turtle777 · Sep 9, 2007, 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by nonhuman

Give me a call, we can make curry afterwards.

You bet.

-t

irunat2am · Sep 9, 2007, 08:29 PM

Originally Posted by OldManMac

I taught the myths that I was taught as a child. Fortunately, I still have time to undo that damage.

Did you have some major event in your life that made you rethink everything? I ask only because you sound a little hostile when talking about it.

OldManMac · Sep 9, 2007, 09:26 PM

Originally Posted by irunat2am

Did you have some major event in your life that made you rethink everything? I ask only because you sound a little hostile when talking about it.

Not at all. It's hard to convey one's feelings and emotions on the internet, and they're often misinterpreted. I just gradually came to the realization that a routine acceptance of beliefs that were just taken at face value didn't make any sense. I was more or less going through motions, but there wasn't anything to back up the beliefs.

loki74 · Sep 9, 2007, 10:42 PM

Originally Posted by OldManMac

I would think that sacrificing goats to fix an airplane isn't any more ridiculous than sacrificing a human, so that humanity can be given an excuse to screw the neighbor, as long we pray for redemption and absolution of "sins."

well don't you feel smart? You should, cause you're soooooo clever!

"Abe thread" or not, what would ANY thread be without the gratuitous bashing of Christianity? Thank God for people like you.

...wait...

OldManMac · Sep 9, 2007, 10:56 PM

You're welcome! What's the matter; feel threatened?

loki74 · Sep 9, 2007, 11:19 PM

Originally Posted by OldManMac

feel threatened?

XD

don't you wish?

No, I'm merely pointing out how very immature you are. Hey, I might be wrong, but it seems to me that the person who takes an unrelated or only tangentially related topic and uses it to take a jab at a religion they happen dislike is the one who feels threatened. Or, at the very least is a hateful opportunist. Grow up...

JoshuaZ · Sep 9, 2007, 11:36 PM

Don't they know! Goats for boats, chickens for airplanes. Simple deity logic. No wonder they're having so many problems.

Railroader · Sep 9, 2007, 11:47 PM

Originally Posted by loki74

XD

don't you wish?

No, I'm merely pointing out how very immature you are. Hey, I might be wrong, but it seems to me that the person who takes an unrelated or only tangentially related topic and uses it to take a jab at a religion they happen dislike is the one who feels threatened. Or, at the very least is a hateful opportunist. Grow up...

[insert abe's "audience applause" image]**CLAP CLAP** [/insert abe's "audience applause" image]

You nailed it exactly.

OldManMac · Sep 9, 2007, 11:50 PM

Originally Posted by loki74

XD

don't you wish?

No, I'm merely pointing out how very immature you are. Hey, I might be wrong, but it seems to me that the person who takes an unrelated or only tangentially related topic and uses it to take a jab at a religion they happen dislike is the one who feels threatened. Or, at the very least is a hateful opportunist. Grow up...

You're certainly entitled to your opinion.

loki74 · Sep 10, 2007, 12:17 AM

Railroader: thank you sir.

OldManMac: good to know.

turtle777 · Sep 10, 2007, 12:18 AM

Is this the time where the OP would complain about derailing ?

[Man, I'm so lost. Abe, please help me to keep this thread alive]

-t

reader50 · Sep 10, 2007, 12:51 AM

It might be best not to fly on this airline. If they had a problem in flight, they probably wouldn't have any goats handy. They'd have to settle for a couple passengers.

It could prove tricky to obtain travel insurance for this kind of thing.

turtle777 · Sep 10, 2007, 01:17 AM

Originally Posted by reader50

It might be best not to fly on this airline. If they had a problem in flight, they probably wouldn't have any goats handy. They'd have to settle for a couple passengers.

It could prove tricky to obtain travel insurance for this kind of thing.

Oh, come on, don't insult their ~~intelligence / tradition / religious beliefs /~~ craftiness.

I'm sure they always fly with spare goats

-t