Slog - Comments on The Bad Game of Life http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_bad_game_of_life Look closely at the top of this hospital and you will see a few of its patients: Operated by Jains (pronounced "Janes") and located in New Delhi, India, this very special hospital accepts only birds (the limit is 60 a day), and is open roughly between 8 am and 8 pm. The hospital has an intensive care unit, an operating room, and a general ward. On Saturdays, its roof is opened and recovered birds (usually pigeons) fly out and back into the dangerous "urban jungle." Though all birds are welcome, "the hospital reluctantly [treats] non-vegetarian birds." (A bird doctor treating... Copyright 2008 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:13:25 -0800 Sat, 13 Jan 2007 11:02:41 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by gfish Phew, yeah, good thing there aren't more Jains in the world. Imagine what a shithole this place would be if religion led people to actually respect all forms of life!

(Seriously, Nietzsche? Do you ever quote someone from the last century, much less the current one?)

]]> gfish http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_bad_game_of_life#c588650 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_bad_game_of_life#c588650 Architecture Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:35:36 -0800 Comment by Misty Brown Cool post, Charles.

]]> Misty Brown http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_bad_game_of_life#c588662 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_bad_game_of_life#c588662 Architecture Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:45:56 -0800 Comment by sputnik That was truelly Awesome Charles . you seem like a really cool cat. metoo
I see a Spider in the House I pick it up and put it outside in the bushes and vines and all the while people around me are screaming
"why didn't you kill the spider"
"cause I don't want to"
"That spider could be poisonous"(whew never choose a word thats tricky to spell when your buzzed)

Usually I ask why didn't they get the spider and kill it if its so dangerous to them.

The answer is that they are afraid.

Why is it that people are so willing to kill but they are the ones so afraid?

And why is it that those who relish life in all its forms, yet can still snuff it, are not afraid and boldly let something live.


]]> sputnik http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_bad_game_of_life#c588666 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_bad_game_of_life#c588666 Architecture Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:50:55 -0800 Comment by Eric F Philip Roth's "American Pastoral" gives a (revolting, and I have no clue whether accurate) portrait of a Jain. Brushing your teeth kills bacteria, and bacteria, too, are living creatures.

]]> Eric F http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_bad_game_of_life#c588685 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_bad_game_of_life#c588685 Architecture Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:14:34 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale Accipiters are thugs? I'm no philosopher, but that seems like math just cuz you need some numbers to square the geometric shape up. Abstract, not real.

What's real? Animals, which with my consideration of them -- call it "friendliness", reveal themselves to be mind-blowingly arrayed with unique features that allow them to survive day to day and to make more of themselves. Just like humans! Amazing.

Too many people want all non-human animals to get out of the way, to disappear. I don't buy into the fear of anything non-Human. They're not my enemies. I took my hummingbird feeder in last night so the liquid could unfreeze. Me and the hummingbirds have something in common besides the feeder: We both know that it's fucking cold outside.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_bad_game_of_life#c588693 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_bad_game_of_life#c588693 Architecture Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:19:24 -0800 Comment by longball If this hospital did brain surgeries they would have to have a "bird brain surgeon".

worst. joke. ever. sorry

]]> longball http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_bad_game_of_life#c588825 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_bad_game_of_life#c588825 Architecture Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:06:19 -0800 Comment by Stephanie This goes to show that, as suspected, KITES ARE SATAN'S PLAYTHINGS.

]]> Stephanie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_bad_game_of_life#c588862 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_bad_game_of_life#c588862 Architecture Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:47:06 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi As if there aren't enough goddamn pigeons already.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_bad_game_of_life#c588931 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_bad_game_of_life#c588931 Architecture Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:20:24 -0800 Comment by Special K And who is responsible for so many pigeons in cities...hmmm, could it be those funny, big brained monkeys who ride around in pollution spewing metal canisters?

]]> Special K http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_bad_game_of_life#c588938 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_bad_game_of_life#c588938 Architecture Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:30:15 -0800 Comment by Raj Hey sputnik you are a cool dude. I like your high thinking. Every living being loves its life just like humans.

]]> Raj http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_bad_game_of_life#c589055 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_bad_game_of_life#c589055 Architecture Sat, 13 Jan 2007 02:22:02 -0800 Comment by D is for Dobbs The other bird hospital is called Seattle.

]]> D is for Dobbs http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_bad_game_of_life#c589099 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/the_bad_game_of_life#c589099 Architecture Sat, 13 Jan 2007 11:02:41 -0800