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To: RSteyn

>>So, we're fools.<<

Me thinks thou doth protest too much. Where did I say anything about fools? Nope. Didn't happen.

I've ridden horses. Never really enjoyed it though. I suppose if it was all I had to get around, other than my own two feet, I'd feel differently about it though.

You can become more attached to a horse than a car or bicycle though. Heck, I've seen people become attached to goldfish. It does not mean the person was a fool.

Human beings are less predictable than most animals because we have a free will and are self aware. Ranchers call animals "dumb animals" for a reason. They don't mean "dumb" the way a schoolyard bully means "dumb".

I really didn't mean to touch a nerve here. I really was just wondering about the "shooting horses with broken legs" thing. That was the reason for my initial post. I am ignorant on the issue and was hoping to get educated. Instead I got insults and hyper-sensitivity.

Never mind. I'll google it.


60 posted on 07/10/2006 5:03:06 PM PDT by RobRoy (The Internet is doing to Evolution what it did to Dan Rather. Information is power.)
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To: RobRoy

>I really didn't mean to touch a nerve here. I really was just wondering about the "shooting horses with broken legs" thing. That was the reason for my initial post. I am ignorant on the issue and was hoping<

O the Victimhood. Where is the emoticon playing the violin when it is needed?

People with any experience with animals know that they are given an overdose of barbiturates.


62 posted on 07/10/2006 5:07:04 PM PDT by RSteyn
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