You said — If it wasn’t Chet99 then it ws probably Star Traveler, after all, setting a dog on fire is no worse than seting a piece of sheet rock on fire, according to him.
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Well, I wouldn’t say that for myself. I’ve got four little weenie dogs (not vicious or anything, but dogs nonetheless...). You would never find me doing anything like that...
But, I think what you’re referring to, is that I was saying that criminal sentences are out of whack, when someone can murder a person and be in jail for 7 - 10 years, and then another person get life in prison for killing a dog.
I pointed out that a dog (or any animal) is anything close to being worth anywhere the same as murdering a human being. That’s basically “devaluing” the murder of a human being to put a dog on that same level.
And also, I believe I was saying that I believed in killing animals since I belonged to “PETA” — which is for me “People for Eating Tasty Animals”...
And actually, in that light, I believe there are a lot of other people who likewise believe in killing animals, since I think there are a lot of “meat-eaters” around here... LOL...
Perhaps that’s what you’re talking about...
In regards to a dog being tortured and beaten to death with a hammer, Star Traveler:
“And, as for dogs — and cats or any animals — no, I wouldn’t count them any more than I would count beating a hole in the sheetrock at a house, or busting out the car windows or breaking up a piece of equipment as being equated to something on the level of a “person”...
If I was on a jury, and that’s what came before me, and I knew that pizza or a dog or whatever like that would lead to life in prison — that would generate a “not guilty” verdict from me... “if” they are going to maintain that kind of law...”
Setting fire to a dog, setting fire to sheetrock, no big deal.