Posted on 12/16/2011 7:29:56 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Anti-hunting, anti-farming, liberal BS!
sez you. Do you think it better to have people living in tent cities. I think Christian values would help. Where is your Christian concern for others? hating the poor is not appropriate. It is really a matter of “there but for the grace of God go I.” In a bad economy, hating the poor is especially hard hearted.
I certainly recognize it, my point is there are others who expand their definition of it, as with a lot of other things, to infringe on our rights.
Should liberals?
Ryan
I hate zoos for reasons like you have stated. Separating elephants after 30 years together, sick, cruel. Sending elephants to a hideous place like Chicago so they can freeze? sick, cruel.
I have concern for others, in fact, by making Government the conduit for human compassion, takes away that responsibility from the rest of us....most people consider paying their taxes as “giving at the office” as far as helping the poor.
“Should conservatives care about animal suffering?”
Only if it makes them more tender.
The more you love, the more you can love — and the more intensely you love. Nor is there any limit on how many you can love. If a person had time enough, he could love all of that majority who are decent and just.
Heinlein
Caring for the welfare of animals does not imply a lack of care for humans, but nor should it lead one to presume the opposite. Up to the moment he tested his cyanide capsules on the poor beast Adolph Hitler absolutely loved his dog.
And one noticeable theme of today's watermelon Green movement is that while adoring (in a pagan religious sense) nature they openly advocate the elimination of mankind (except, of course, their enlightened selves) from the face of Mother Gaia. Show me a radical Green and I'll show you the perfect little Fascist.
- Mohandas Gandhi””
That cornball quote doesn't quite fit in with Nazi Germany. Hitler was a vegan, animal nut who even sent out instructions to German farmers calling for more humane ways to slaughter animals. Part of his mindset dovetails nicely with the PETA nuts who are all in for animals, but could care less about the murder of babies via abortion.
That wasn't done for humane reasons, it was a way to stop Jews from slaughtering animals in the Kosher tradition.
To infer that animals will go to Heaven is spreading wives tales to people too lazy to find out for themselves. It's sorta like saying "God helps those that help themselves." It not in the Bible. In fact, reading the Bible could infer that God is more likely to help those that cannot help themselves.
Over the years, this fallacy of animals going to heaven has gotten under my skin because it fosters people doing stupid things like running into a burning building to save a cat or killing a human for killing a dog. This is where the eco freaks come up with wanting humans dead to save animals. We have people in California suffering 40% unemployment and loosing a lifetime of wealth over a minnow.
In my mind, to put a dog as equal to humans is an abomination. You will most likely end up like the woman living with a chimp that tears the face off her best friend. I personally know people that had their child attacked by their dogs because they failed to recognize the dogs couldn't be trusted. The dogs are not equal to their child. Do these dogs go to hell because they got jealous of the child? They are just dumb animals that have no soul to be judged.
Well, luckily Gandhi wasn’t from Nazi Germany. Otherwise, it’s something of a non sequitur.
I care about animal suffering. But, I absolutely hate, HATE that commercial(can’t remember even who puts the ad out but, I see it on FOX every now and again). There will always be animal suffering. The only thing we can do about it, is to treat our own animals well and report any abuse we see.
Gandi wasn’t from the USA either; therefore, my statement is logical.
He also came from a country that never learned the emotional value of a delicious steak sitting alongside corn on the cob and mashed potates. :)
Gandhi was also a supporter of Hitler.
How do you know it’s stupid? You didn’t read it.
One thing that makes this sort of a thread humorous is the argument that people cannot walk and chew gum at the same time.
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