Remember they are in a war zone. Hell, they don't treat PEOPLE much better.
There are different rules there and now. If the Iraqis had _options_ to otherwise control the situation, I too would be moaning. This would not be acceptable in Georgia. Or England. Or Israel. It happens, sure. Just reread the Vick testimony if you doubt that. Or go to a garbage dump in FL on a saturday night. But societally it just isnt done. But remember that Iraq cannot often feed its own people. Homeless people still struggle and starve. There are places without roofs. Without running water. Without electricity. Worrying about the humane treatment of stray dog packs is not high on the list for them. Not, truthfully, should it be at the moment. But, it _needs_ to be. It is a good indicator of civilization. On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Ray Champagne <[email protected]> wrote: > > I get that, and I should make that clear. It's just hard to separate the > two in my mind. > Controlling a population in a humane way and shooting animals, no matter > what the breed, in sport and out of spite and anger, just rubs me wrong. > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:05 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:294429 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
