Angry Ducks and Other Problems

Apparently, someone came across this site by googling "Duck Rage".

Duck Rage. I am intrigued. What do you think it can possibly mean? Rage between warring ducks? Or is it the anger of the pedestrian trying to pick their way around Emmanuel College duckpond?

When I was little I used to feed the ducks. Perfectly normal behaviour. Except I wasn't keen on giving the bread to them so much as feeding it to myself. One day a member of that wildfoul genus lost its cool and grabbed the entire bag off me. I was furious. Perhaps that's Duck Rage.

My sister, on the other hand, was so generous with the bread that she not only threw that in, but herself in behind it. "I forgot to let go," she told an appaled and drenched Mum, who had dived in to save her.

ABRUPT CHANGE OF SUBJECT

Well back to earth with a bump and, on a slightly down note, I've been thinking a lot about people who use the internet to get at other people.

Now, on the subject of comments, despite some lively and colourful debate on many occasions, I have only ever had to delete comments from this blog twice - from the same individual both times. Both times it was for the same reason: slagging off friends of mine. I am not talking rational reasonable debate here. I am talking simple childish name-calling.

If it had been slagging me off, I wouldn't mind so much -  but slagging off friends makes me very angry indeed - the nasty twisted feeling of my site being used to sneer at a friend, as though my site and my friendship are being manipulated to voice someone else's anger. As far as I am concerned, leaving those mean remarks there and not saying anything is tantamount to being complicit in it. So I won't leave them there and I won't not say anything.

I'm not having it and I'm not putting up with it.

 

Comments

[Poppy]

I think that's more than reasonable, Snowy (re the 2nd bit)

Hope you and the duck made it up!!
x

[NaomiM]

Love your blog Rosy.

As for ducks, I witnessed duck rape the other day, driving past the duck pond. Poor thing was jumped on by two drakes, one held its head down while the other took liberties. I'm still in shock.

[ireneintheworld]

go girl rosy.

i once witnessed duck-rape! this poor little woman duck (well i assume it was a female) flew screaming across the park lake with another duck fastened to her back, biting her neck. i was outraged and astonished. never seen anything like it. isn't nature wild? x