(June 2, 2016 at 1:31 am)Maelstrom Wrote: The absolute major difference is that despite the gender difference, the male gorilla was still attempting to protect the child from what he perceived as a threat from above. Do you not get it? How can you not?
You cannot possibly know this with any certainty. The ease with which some dismiss the decision by professionals in the field with daily interaction with Harambe is misplaced at best. Have you not considered how agonizing it must have been for the staff at the Cincinnati Zoo to take the course of action they did? I cannot imagine that it was done flippantly or with malice.
