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Are Dogs Taking the Place of Children? (an alarming reality)
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| June 30, 2011
| Jennessa Durney
Posted on 06/30/2011 3:29:04 PM PDT by NYer
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To: 9YearLurker
Everyone likes murder movies or war movies or cowboys and indians. No problem seeing people die, it’s an everyday occurence in real life. Who would want to watch a movie where pets get killed? What would be the plot?
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posted on
07/01/2011 6:37:44 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
("Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different.")
To: kearnyirish2
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posted on
07/01/2011 6:38:39 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
("Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different.")
To: kearnyirish2
Ever been to Britain? Pets all over the place, same in Japan.
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posted on
07/01/2011 6:41:38 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
("Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different.")
To: livius
Besides, when they come to America, they get like Americans.
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posted on
07/01/2011 6:45:18 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
("Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different.")
To: surroundedbyblue
I haven’t seen anything in these threads, or anywhere else, that shows animals being elevated to a level above human life. How exactly would that be done? By people loving them and being responsible for their health? By people calling them human names, or feeding them well or buying them toys? None of that looks to me, as elevating them above human life? Are people dying for their pets? Are they having abortions because of their dogs?
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posted on
07/01/2011 6:53:06 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
("Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different.")
To: Mountain Bike Vomit Carnage
You’re very understanding.
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posted on
07/01/2011 6:55:00 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
("Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different.")
To: NYer
THANK YOU! That piece of information fits perfectly into the puzzle that was presented to me in the late 60s by an Italian immigrant. He had received a classical education which, at the time, was the trend in Italy. Essentially, children were introduced to their heritage through studying the Roman Empire. This was accompanied with a study of the Latin language. As they progressed in their studies, they were then introduced to the Greek Empire and its language.
This friend assessed the american landscape at that time and made a pronouncement I will never forget. Seeing the rise of feminism in the US, he described how the same phenomenon occurred in both Rome and Greece. It was soon followed by a rise in homosexuality, after which, those societies collapsed under the weight of moral decay and the destruction of the human family unit. He then predicted I would witness this in my lifetime.
At that time, the US was still viewed as the most powerful country in the world. The notion of these events manifesting themselves in my lifetime was laughable. I stopped laughing decades ago as I watched his predictions manifest themselves. Now, you have added yet one more element to that picture.
Post of the day. Amazing when people predict stuff that comes true decades later. I won’t bore you with the details but this has happened to me at least twice. You don’t forget.
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posted on
07/01/2011 6:55:20 AM PDT
by
2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
(Welcome to the USA - where every day is Backwards Day!)
To: stuartcr
To: stuartcr
"Who would want to watch a movie where pets get killed? What would be the plot?"
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posted on
07/01/2011 7:04:06 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
Just goes to show that people are people, no matter when or where.
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posted on
07/01/2011 7:11:29 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
("Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different.")
To: Joe 6-pack
Not a lot of sequels or similar plots.
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posted on
07/01/2011 7:13:04 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
("Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different.")
To: stuartcr
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posted on
07/01/2011 7:18:43 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Joe 6-pack
Like I said, not a lot, especially compared to movies with people killing and getting killed.
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posted on
07/01/2011 7:21:54 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
("Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different.")
To: stuartcr
Think how much human suffering could have been prevented across history if only those 13 words you wrote were studied, understood, and taken to heart! In some ways, this is “Tell me what is conservatism while standing on one foot”.
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posted on
07/01/2011 7:23:54 AM PDT
by
2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
(Welcome to the USA - where every day is Backwards Day!)
To: NYer
My dogs are better behaved than most people’s children.
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posted on
07/01/2011 7:28:41 AM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
To: CodeToad
"My dogs are better behaved than most peoples children."
I have no doubt!
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posted on
07/01/2011 7:32:45 AM PDT
by
verity
(The Obama Administration is a Criminal Enterprise.)
To: NYer
Everyone should read Juvenal's "Satires". I swear it is a mirror of our society: the Non-Roman alien, the homosexual, the liberated woman, the actor(mime for Romans) and the gladiator, poor morals, wealth seeking etc. It is all there in slightly different form.
One of my favorites is from Livy's introduction to his history of the Roman people: ... I would then have him trace the process of our moral decline, to watch, first, the sinking of the foundations of morality as the old teaching was allowed to lapse, then the rapidly increasing disintegration, then the final collapse of the whole edifice, and the dark dawning of our modern day when we can neither endure our vices nor face the remedies needed to cure them.....of late years wealth has made us greedy, and self-indulgence has brought us, through every form of sensual excess, to be, if I may so put it, in love with death both individual and collective... TITUS LIVIUS 59 B.C. TO 17 A.D.
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posted on
07/01/2011 10:27:18 AM PDT
by
AEMILIUS PAULUS
(It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
To: Mr Rogers
One of my spoiled fur "babies". I already raised a human family and don't see anything sick about adopting an animal if it amuses me. Dogs do some disgusting doggy things, so you just have to keep some perspective.
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posted on
07/01/2011 10:49:35 AM PDT
by
TexasRepublic
(Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
To: LibertarianLiz
Well, I’m guilty too and I refuse to see it as all that horrible. We all wanted grandchildren but it didn’t happen. Now I have two precious granddogs and they are adorable.
So sue me, or whatever .
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posted on
07/01/2011 11:47:29 AM PDT
by
altura
( Palin/Ryan---or Palin/Perry (for the best looking ticket ever))
To: Joe 6-pack
When the dog died in that movie, the movie died too.
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posted on
07/01/2011 11:50:43 AM PDT
by
altura
( Palin/Ryan---or Palin/Perry (for the best looking ticket ever))
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