How about changing the laws to agree with that...
At 01:31 PM 5/24/2005, you wrote:
In MY mind animals and kids are one and the same and SHOULD be thought of
EQUALLY, but I know this will never be, it is just how I put certain
scenerios in perspective.
Cherie
"Gloria B. Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If you put "kids" in place of "animals', well - you wouldn't have
"breeders" (uh in the way that we do for cats), they wouldn't have a city
organization devoted to euthanizing (sometimes inhumainely), or they
wouldn't be running loose on the street clawing thru the garbage - well not
as much. And people might care more.
Gloria
At 12:30 PM 5/24/2005, you wrote:
>Cherie A Gabbert wrote:Put kids in place of the
>animals and think about it that way, would you want her not going to jail,
>but instead working with other kids?
>
>Ah...no..you'll get the more emotional response from me if you leave
>"animals" just where it is...
>
>I love kids too, but at least they can speak up in the same language.
>
>Trust me....people who delibertly or through ignorance hurt animals &
>children...well, they are the lowest of the low.
>
>I DO believe she should be punished...and it never occured to me that she
>had done something delibertly to hasten their deaths, but fixing a
>problem, or trying too does more in the long run than just punishing for
>the acts... This woman is prob. a "collector" who got in over her
>head...then who do you go too? Your friends and family think you're
>nuts...just "get rid of them, they're ONLY animals..." but it would break
>your heart to do so, no one understands so you'll just do it all
>yourself..you'll show them....
>
>I believe she needs therapy first...then it can be decided HOW to
>proceed...were the acts intentional...out of frustration....or the
>by-product of over empathy that turned into a logic & reality breakdown?
>
>The road to Hell is paved with good intentions. God help us all.
Have a purrfect day
Cherie