Posted on 08/01/2010 10:05:29 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
BALI, Indonesia (AP) -- Putu Valentino Rosiadi should have started third grade this month.
But instead of buying a new school uniform and notebooks, his father mournfully cradles a black-and-white photo.
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What sort of culture permits this?
A rabies epidemic has gripped Bali, an island of 3 million people and one of Asia's top tourist destinations. Seventy-eight deaths have officially been logged in the past two years, including that of a 40-year-old woman a week ago...
Ones with disfunctional government run programs.....
The type of culture that thinks it is a god given right to have vicious animals run wild. Just check out the pit bull threads on Free Republic... even many so-called conservatives feel that way.
I have a feeling your comment is meant to reflect on Islam (apologies if I’m incorrect), but the vast majority of Bali is Hindu.
the kind that prevents their ‘subjects’ from having weapons and defending themselves...
....you know? like the Dhimmicrats want for America?
Really obsessed with those pit bulls, eh, Chet? Do they even have pit bulls in Bali? Maybe you should get some professional help for your phobia.
Bali dogs, often covered in a scaly mange, are a common sight across the island. They roam beaches and hang out in packs, lounging around temples and markets. Many are kept as guard dogs, but as part of the island's Hindu tradition, most are typically allowed to run and breed freely.
I'd say that local culture has got to recognize the germ theory of disease and understand that these dogs are carrying a deadly disease. Bali has apparently tried to wipe out the huge feral dog population but hasn't gotten much citizen support and, in addition, there is a vaccine shortage.
but Indonesia is mostly muzzy.....
Why does it always seem that, in the most beautiful places on Earth, the biggest idiots reside to ruin it. It’s everywhere.
No one has any guns to use on these dogs? How about some heavy pipes, boards, or tree branches? Knock them unconscious and beat them to death. Sounds brutal, but if it saves lives, so be it.
Chet, you are so full of sh!t your eyes are brown. Show me one (1)...one post by any FReeperr that has ever, at any time, EVER, indicated that the supported, advocated or even insinuated it was a God given right to "have vicious animals run wild."
Show me one or retract this comment.
a culture that is superstitious about dogs?
But not in a nurturing way...
In another place they are kept as pets and in another allowed to roam and breed freely, and carry disease.
No consistency at all!
okay, I retract that any Freeper has ever advocated having “vicious” animals run wild, since they truly believe that pits are not vicious and are cuddly wuddly love muffins that would do no harm unless provoked by bad humans.
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