Morally Speaking...

[AvatarIII]

what is the best punishment for the crimes of
- Being a wasp,
- An ambush followed by stinging you on the ear,
- Making you knock over, and smash some glass.

a) Instant death
or
b) A short incarceration, and mild (not permanantly damaging) torture/aggravation

[Womble]

Transportation for life.

Or just squash the thing.

[Callista]

Kill it.

My husband once caught one and put it in the freezer. (I have no idea why.)

I found it later. That was lovely.

If it was a yellow jacket, you're not supposed to crush them:

Safe behavior around yellowjackets: Move slowly and do
not swat or crush because some crushed yellowjacket
species release chemicals that call others to attack. If a
yellow jacket lands on you or your food try to wait for it
to fly away.

My favorite is to spray wasp poison all over it and watch it squirm around in agony.....slowly suffocating or whatever the heck is happening to it.

No matter. Soon it will be dead.

[AvatarIII]

well, i just thought killing it would be mean, it's not his fault he has a defense mechanism that hurts, and for some reason decided to land behind me ear so anyway, i gave it 20 minutes in a jar to think about what it had done, and annoyed him enough, (got him a tiny bit wet/shook the jar around) so that he knows not to come back, and to tell his friends the same.

i guess that's just me though, you evil killers!!!

[TheXym]

ya should have farted in the jar first

[2ndgenerationalteran]

decapitation and disection

[Womble]

well, i just thought killing it would be mean, it's not his fault he has a defense mechanism that hurts, and for some reason decided to land behind me ear so anyway, i gave it 20 minutes in a jar to think about what it had done, and annoyed him enough, (got him a tiny bit wet/shook the jar around) so that he knows not to come back, and to tell his friends the same.

i guess that's just me though, you evil killers!!!

That's a fine recipe for getting yourself stung once more.

[Commander Jumper]

......well.... if there was a wasp near me.... I'd run around screaming bloody murder, even if it doesn't sting me... I'm like scared as hell.. I'd just leave it be to be all wasp like, mind my own business

[Womble]

......well.... if there was a wasp near me.... I'd run around screaming bloody murder, even if it doesn't sting me...

If you did that, it'd be more likely to sting you.

Wasps have no interest in stinging humans unless they perceive you as a threat. That venom of theirs isn't easy to produce. The more you swat at it or run around widly, the more you are uppping your chances of being stung. The less you move, the quicker the wasp will lose interest and fly elsewhere.

[Commander Jumper]

you see that's why you run fast, screaming, into your house .

[Callista]

If you did that, it'd be more likely to sting you.

Wasps have no interest in stinging humans unless they perceive you as a threat. That venom of theirs isn't easy to produce. The more you swat at it or run around widly, the more you are uppping your chances of being stung. The less you move, the quicker the wasp will lose interest and fly elsewhere.

Except in the Fall. Then they get really aggressive and go for you just out of spite. I think it's because they know they are just about to die and they're bitter so they want to take you down with them.

[stargate barbie]

dude, karma.

why would anyone feel the need to kill anything, especially in a cruel and violent manner. how would you feel if something did that to you?

right, everyone on this thread who has described the torture of an animal can expect a visit from me during the next week to give you all a taste your own medicine. starting with theXym. now all i need to do is find a really big jar, and eat some spicy food for the next few days.

if you could all supply me with your real names and addresses, that'd be great. thanks.

[Bragi]

Destroy the hive.

Then set up the burned-out husk outside another hive. . . . . as a warning.

[AvatarIII]

right, everyone on this thread who has described the torture of an animal can expect a visit from me during the next week to give you all a taste your own medicine.

only as an alternative to execution! i would have felt bad if i just killed it.