To: freedumb2003
Would he have been convicted for splattering a mouse with a trap? For swatting a mosquito? For eating an oyster? For crushing nematodes unwittingly under heel?
Is the penalty given for what he did to the animal, or for what he did to the animal's owner?
8 posted on
09/21/2006 7:19:22 AM PDT by
swain_forkbeard
(Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
To: swain_forkbeard
20 posted on
09/21/2006 7:27:25 AM PDT by
Fawn
(http://www.jokaroo.com/funnyvideos/toilet_obsession.html)
To: swain_forkbeard
Nah, it's a penalty for being a total insensitive and uncaring assh*ole, not unlike some of those who have commented in this thread.
To: swain_forkbeard
Is the penalty given for what he did to the animal, or for what he did to the animal's owner? A kitten isn't a mouse or a fly. Dogs and cats have an approximate mentality of a 3 year old (mice don't have reasoning ability). So hurting or killing a pet (something about interacting with humans enhances part of their brains) is the same as hurting or killing a 3 year old child.
Also, torturing animals almost always leads to doing the same to humans.
And yes, hurting a pet hurts the owner. If someone was to hurt my cat (see my profile), I would end their life it at all possible.
31 posted on
09/21/2006 7:43:57 AM PDT by
freedumb2003
(Insultification is the polar opposite of Niceosity)
To: swain_forkbeard
Would he have been convicted for splattering a mouse with a trap? For swatting a mosquito? For eating an oyster? For crushing nematodes unwittingly under heel? The aforementioned creatures are not normally considered to be Companion Animals. Dogs and Cats are.
35 posted on
09/21/2006 7:49:48 AM PDT by
Sarajevo
(AAAh! Baghdad-dust, heat, more heat and more dust. I wish I had a beer.)
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