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God placed man and the animals in their proper place, and called it “good”. All this PETA-speak demeans both us and them.

And MAN's PLACE is deciding whether he thinks the euthanasia is JUST or UNJUST.

If these dogs cannot be 'reassigned' to a new master, that is one justification.

If they cannot be 'retrained' as pets and adopted, that is another justification.

What is more disconcerting to me is that while we EUTHANIZE the dogs, we just let humans like TERRI SCHIAVO die painfully overs weeks deprived of the things we normally provide to dogs.... food and water.

But neither irresponsible treatment of animals nor appreciation for them justifies elevating them to the status of human beings.

True. However, go shoot a police dog. See what reality does for you when you are charged with murder.

There's the way things should be, and there's the way things are. And the gap between the two is getting wider all the time.

Although I get the gist of your comment, I think it only fair to say that FR has always had moral and just people who have families, and pets, and care about the treatment of pets. That they would want to post on a thread about killing trained military dogs for no good reason just makes sense.

I'm glad someone understands. Thanks for saying so, and for not merely trying to shut me up.

I, too, care about the treatment of my dogs. But I realize that it's best for them - and for me - if I bear in mind that God made me in His image, and placed them beneath me. When I forget that, both I and my pets suffer for it.

There's the way things should be, and there's the way things are. And the gap between the two is getting wider all the time.

You make a good point. When we elevate dogs to equality with human beings, we get exactly what you describe here:

while we EUTHANIZE the dogs, we just let humans like TERRI SCHIAVO die painfully overs weeks deprived of the things we normally provide to dogs.... food and water.

Why some FReepers can't connect the dots puzzles me. Though they don't realize it, they're following the lead of PETA and other Darwinist enterprises, with no idea where it leads.

Judging by the responses in this discussion, some simply don't care to see where it leads: to Terri Schiavo's grave.