every dog has buddha nature. every dog can be rescued. every dog can be trained correctly.
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Charlie Griefer <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Ray Champagne <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I'm trying to lay off the judgment, trying to understand what it is like to >> be in his shoes. >> But Erika, re-read the post. The dogs are not being shot for any purpose >> other than displacing anger and frustration. Not for any useful purpose >> like thinning the herd or making life safer for anyone. >> >> I'm finding it hard to condone this myself, no matter what it is done "in >> the name of". >> >> What if soldiers were killing Iraqi babies because they were stressed out? >> Would that be condonable? >> > > As Jerry pointed out, these aren't dogs where the soldiers either have the > option of going, "here, doggie doggie doggie", and giving them a treat, or > shooting them. > > Yes, biologically they're the same dogs that we have here in the US as pets. > But they've not been raised as pets and they do not have the disposition of > pets. > > There may be more "humane" ways of thinning the population, and it does > bother me to think of dogs being shot just as much as it bothers any of you. > But it's a conscious effort to make the distinction that this is not Fido > from next door. > > -- > I have failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my life. I love my > wife. And I wish you my kind of success. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:294422 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
