Posted on 08/19/2013 10:52:30 AM PDT by JoeProBono
A bus is speeding toward a dog and a human. Which do you save?
If you're like the 500 respondents in the George Regents University study, you might ask, "what kind of human and what kind of dog?"
When the human in the hypothetical scenario is a sibling, grandparent or close friend, everyone would rather save the human than a strange dog.
But when given the choice of saving their own pet pooch over a distant cousin or local stranger, votes to save the dog began to increase.
When given the choice between saving their own dog versus a saving a foreign tourist, 40 percent overall chose to save their pet, and a whopping 46 percent of women chose Fido over a foreign human.
The study, conducted by Richard Topolski, is one demonstration Americans' love for their pets.
Nearly three-quarters of American households own the roughly 218 million pets nationwide pets, not including millions of fish.
The American Pet Products Association estimates that Americans will spend almost $56 billion on their pets in 2013, and just $14 billion of that number goes toward veterinary care.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics even a recession won't lead Americans to cut back on pet spending, even as they cut back on other expenses. BLS says people spend more each year on pets than on alcohol or men's clothing.
Pet food alone costs the average household $183 annually -- more than chicken, cereal, bread and candy.
“you might ask, “what kind of human and what kind of dog?”
Actually I’d have only asked “what kind of human?”.
;D
maybe that’s why obama takes his dog when he travels
I love dogs but, really? Of course I’d save the human.
They mention “foreign tourist,” but not illegal alien. Also, I wonder what the response would be if it was a dog versus Treyvon Martin?
I’ll bite.
A known to you liberal wearing an Alice Cooper t shirt!
Think of it as a moral dilemma ;)
Nope...dog.
:)
A dog won’t falsify a social security number.
A dog won’t be part of a terrorist sleeper cell.
A dog won’t steal a job away from a real American.
A dog won’t kill their female puppy because she smiled at a male puppy.
A dog won’t falsify information to get a section 8, EBT card, or Free healthcare.
A dog won’t stab you in the back.
A dog won’t run for president or rig an election.
A dog won’t fly a jet airliner into an office building full of innocent people.
A dog won’t plant a bomb in his shoes or his underwear.
A dog doesn’t care what your religion is.
Just sayin’.....
How would I know that they’re a foreigner?
Dogs are not on taxpayer funded programs
The Biblical view is that is that the human is paramount. A believer needn’t be told why.
Not only would I save the dog over the human, I would also replace the dog with a second additional human for the bus to hit.
Maybe at some point in time that was true, but not so much any more.
If the “human” were obviously a muslim, the dog gets saved every time.
Family first..
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