They may not be rats, but they are definitely Nazis…I see them Goose Stepping all the time.

Come and boycott the annual Running of the Geese, where all men prove they’re macho and run with wild geese, risking getting goosed from the front and rear, men are not allowed to wear cups.

“Rats have a symbiotic relationship with humans. If the humans disappeared, the rats would, if not disappear, certainly diminish in numbers. The geese are independent. If the humans disappeared, the geese would barely notice, except for the park ones who wait to be fed. They’d have to go looking for their own food.”

THIS IS EXACTLY THE PROBLEM! And why the Canada Geese in New York City *ARE* just like rats! They have (against their nature) become non-migratory because they have found a source of food and no predators! Like rats! If there were no humans, the geese, like the rats, would move on… errr… migrate!

I am not arguing with you that we shouldn’t feed the geese. I am just saying they aren’t the same thing. Geese have wings. Deb was saying that rats spread disease. There are plenty of differences.

Personally i think we will never be able to stop people from feeding the geese. I think in the city people are so ignorant of how to interact with nature, the novelty of being able to interact with it by feeding the geese fulfills a part of the psyche of urbanites that is so underfulfilled that they can’t resist.

As a result of not being able to get people to stop feeding the geese, people should understand that every once in a while we are going to have to get rid of the geese.

Down with humans! We cause more problems than any other species. Leave the damn pooping geese alone.

I do, however, really want someone to do something about the cockroaches in my basement.