Well I guess in some of the eyes in here that would have been a lot better. It wasn’t a real bright thing to do but some people are over reacting big time. I like dogs. Heck I like cats too. But I have also dealt with a local animal control Nazi as well where some whackjob called in for leaving a dog in a well ventilated vehicle. It’s amazing how some Freepers support Liberal Causes.
Good thing the one that was in the video was just a fake.
People are freaking out over a hoax.
You never quite become inured to death, but you do learn to put in perspective. All living creatures come to an end and it is measured in millions, billions, trillions. Each is individual but collectively it is the natural cycle of life.
Unfortunately three things have happened. First, we have become urbanised and insulated form the pervasiveness of death. Few have seen on a steady basis the utter violence of a coyote attack on a cornered cat, or a cow with its guts ripped out and partially eaten by a mountain lion while the cow was still alive or a hawk snatching a rabbit. Secondly, pets have changed. They are now purebred and pervasively cute. Finally, our relationship to pets has changed, they have moved into the home and become companions on an emotional level. All this leads to a loss of perspective.
The guy was an a-hole for doing this but it's a blip, a blink of an eye, a insignificance in the eternal order. It is not going to make him a serial killer or a psychotic, it is going to make him an a-hole.
When I was a kid people would bring their unwanted dogs out to the country and dump them, just knowing that some farmer or rancher would take them in. Well, we didn't take them in, we killed them by the dozens and hundreds. They would turn feral and rip livestock to pieces, just for fun. Every morning as we went out for chores we carried a gun in the hope that we would get a shot at one of the packs. Yes, we killed the pups first. Without the mother they were sure to die a miserable death. When the packs got too large or too many, the youngsters would get together and hunt them down for a day or two or three. None of it was enjoyable (other than the hunt) but you can damn well blame the gutless wonders who shifted their problem to us.
I suspect that if some of the same folks who are criticising this young marine were to go to one or our Indian Reservations they would be chucking pups into ravines as fast as they could catch them. Starved, abused, mange and worm ridden those animals' lives are a daily torture. No decent human being would allow them to live one minute more than is necessary.