yeah, like we are the grand decision makers to what is HUMANE to an animal. wtf. we dont read into their minds and see what they are thinking while they are getting injected, or whatever.
i hate it, i just hate it. On 8/28/07, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 2:32 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: So Vick.... > > > > > I'm coming in late on this thread but you do know that his > > > dog-euthanasia methods were far from humane? > > According to published reports, they included drowning, electrocution, > > hanging and slamming dogs into the ground. I'll leave it to your > > judgment on which of those could be considered humane or not. > > Well... all of them seem pretty human to me - certainly no other animal > (well... maybe a chimp) would be so creative in how they screw around with > another creatures life. > > It reminds me of that bit from "WaterShip Down" where Strawberry tries to > convince Woundwort: > > "Animals don't behave like men," he said. "If they have to fight, they > fight; and if they have to kill they kill. But they don't sit down and set > their wits to work to devise ways of spoiling other creature's lives and > hurting them. They have dignity and animality." > > It's always stunned me that we use "humane" to describe that particular kind > of behavior... > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:241488 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
