“But any person who causes an animal to suffer needlessly is a piece of s**t”
I have read two accounts of this: in one, the dog suffered; in the other, it did not. Have you established needless suffering?
“who should be put down for the good of society.”
I don’t think you’ll find much support among normal people for making animal cruelty a capital crime.
My middle daughter arrived here from her home in NV with her Chihuahua in hand. She could keep it no longer, she said, and unless I took it she was going to take it to the pound.
I don’t like small dogs. I have always disliked Chihuahuas in particular. I did not want a Chihuahua. I wanted a German Shepherd. I prayed for a German Shepherd, and set aside $500 for a pup. That was not enough money.
I wanted a German Shepherd, and God sent me a Chihuahua. God be dissin’ me. To add insult to injury, the dog’s name is “Cali” after California.
Cali decided that she is my youngest daughter’s dog. She has had medical problems twice, and twice I paid to take her to the vet. She is happy and healthy.
All that is by way of telling you that I am not some puppy-drowning Grinch who advocates cruelty to animals. I once drove from Miura to Yokohama in the middle of the night because a kitten had had its leg traumatically amputated by an automobile, and needed to be put down. I paid for that, too, because I could not sleep knowing that the kitten was suffering.
I take no particular joy in hunting, either, but there is a place for all God’s creatures: right next to the mashed potatoes. I do take particular pleasure in tenderloin of venison with mustard sauce and a Beaujolais Nouveau.
I think my opinions are the traditional ones.
I didn’t opine on the facts, as I wasn’t there.
I don’t give a fig if you, or anyone else does not think that animal cruelty should be a capital crime, or if you, or anyone else think me ‘normal’. And please, hunting and eating meat is a strawman.
The sort of individual who would cause an animal to suffer needlessly is no more of a human being in my book than a burglar, rapist or carjacker, they need to be executed swiftly because it is only a matter of time until they harm a human.