To Serve Animals...Hmmm....just might work...
Posted on 09/14/2009 3:24:03 PM PDT by nuconvert
THIMISTER-CLERMONT, Belgium -- Many war monuments grace the Belgian landscape. In cities and small villages, near border points and sleepy country crossroads, they mostly honor the successes and sacrifices of World War II.
Another monument was unveiled the other day, and this one doesn't commemorate a great battle or an opportunistic unit. Instead, it pays tribute to what some people believe is an often overlooked war asset -- animals.
(Excerpt) Read more at military.com ...
London has such a monument as well.
They left off the cow (hamburger) and chicken.
Well deserved.........
Beat me to it.
I was going to ask:
Does that include animals that were served?
And, I forgot the pig.
Streamwood, Illinois (a village run by a smart Republican woman) has seen fit to put up one of these for about a decade now
What I really feel bad about are the Soviet dogs that were trained to seek their meals under German tanks.
ya know I was watching this maudlin show on Animal Planet...it was ‘Animal Miracles’, narrated by Alan Thicke, and whenever they showed a police or military animal, or a family pet, giving some or all for a human, I get misty eyed.
What wonderful creatures these animals are. I support the idea of this memorial...
I won’t turn down a juicy steak, but then there are very few security or attack cows I can think of.
ya gotta love the beard with no mustache on this guy...kind of like an Alpha centuri, Maynard G. Krebs.
I suppose there is some emotional twinge that goes off for sending these dogs to certain death (with mines strapped to them), but if we correctly recognize that these soulish animals are not sentient, and are not human-like, then the use of them gets in perspective. The memorial for the dog handlers is fine, since it commemorates the soldiers. But, if this thing is for dogs, my bet is not one dog will save his allowance and ask his owner to go down and pay to view it.
One of Hollywood’s terrible legacies is that it tries to teach us and our children that animals are thougthful, spiritual beings. Cartoons have had an awful influence on rightful thinking about the use of animals and PETA is around because too many folks have bought into these lies.
Don’t read this as advocating cruelty, but come on, people, these are animals. We are supposed to eat them!
The Inscription on the front reads as follows:
25 Marine War Dogs gave their lives liberating Guam in 1944. They served as sentries, messengers, scouts. They explored caves, detected mines and booby traps.
SEMPER FIDELIS
Kurt Yonnie Koko Bunkie
Skipper Poncho Tubby Hobo
Nig Prince Fritz Emmy
Missy Cappy Duke Max
Blitz Arno Silver Brockie
Bursch Pepper Ludwig Rickey
Tam (buried at sea off Asan Point)
Given in their memory and on behalf of the surviving men of the 2nd and 3rd marine war dogs platoons, many of whom owe their lives to the bravery and sacrifice of these gallant animals.
By William W. Putney DVM C.O. 3rd Marine WarDog Platoon
Dedicated this day 21 July 1994.
Well, I had a black lab that was clearly not sentient; but none the less he was a good soul. I miss him.
Listen up you dumbass! If you would buy your meat at the supermarket rather than hunting and killing animals then no animals would be harmed!
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