Man Sentenced For Starving His Dog

Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) ^ | June 19, 2002

[ned]

Noble admitted last month in court that he starved his dog earlier this year.

Capital offense in my opinion.

[Drew68]

Even President Bush hasn't done jack squat to stop the genocide!

Jeez Tabby, post 50?!? What took you so long? I'd have expected you to chime in by at least post 4 or 5. You must be getting slow in your old age.

[Bella_Bru]

I have reason to suspect thatTS is another FReepers second ID. Could you find out and post the name of the pussy that is too afraid to post under their usual handle?

[sinkspur]

And yet, you still apparanty desire to be taken seriously around here. Hmmm....

As compared to somebody who thinks "apparanty" is a word?

[Sungirl]

I've been in threads for 600 posts or more defending animals against the cast of Deliverance (and I ain't talking about Jon Voight or Burt)!

[southern rock]

Cruelty just to be cruel? That I have a big problem with and I think when it comes down to brass tacks, so do you.

Well of course I have a problem with it. I wouldn't harm an animal myself. People who do are usually a danger to humans in the long run. But there is such a thing as objectivity. Animals are NOT people. They are property, like it or not. I could not sentence someone to prison for cruelty to animals, unless the animal was owned by someone else.

[another cricket]

You think he is not unusually cruel? Do you have any idea how long it would take a dog to lose 2/3 of its body weight? You compare starving a helpless animal to death to HOUSEWORK?

They could have turned the dogs loose, that requires no contact with other people. And do both of them have such mental problems that they couldn't go out a dump a can of dogfood in a bowl?

Sorry, don't buy it.

a.cricket

[sinkspur]

I think they simply have trouble coping with the day to day stress and life in general.

The neighbor said the dogs were in agony, howling for days.

Shoot 'em.

[southern rock]

Do you live in a trailer park?

Worse, much much worse. I'm in New York City right now. God, I wish I was in a trailor park. Better class of people, you know.

[general_re]

I have reason to suspect thatTS is another FReepers second ID.

Hmmmmmm, somebody's got a little sockpuppet routine going on, eh? Interesting...

[riley1992]

This guy wasn't sentenced to prison. He was ordered to pay a fine and put on probation.

[mamelukesabre]

I have a 14 year old boston terrier that is perfectly healthy, thin and trim, still extremely active, excellent teeth, and lives OUTSIDE IN THE BACK YARD WHERE DOGS BELONG.

[StoneColdGOP]

I want to hear Tabitha squeal like a pig.

[southern rock]

As compared to somebody who thinks "apparanty" is a word?

Ohh.. pointing out typos. I guess you have really won the argument on sheer merit alone.

[Sungirl]

Well why are telling me about it??

[riley1992]

Why do you have him, other than to give the fleas a comfortable home?

[southern rock]

This guy wasn't sentenced to prison. He was ordered to pay a fine and put on probation.

I know. I don't think a judge can tell someone what legal property they can own for something that really isn't a crime anyway.

[dighton]

Agreed.

Animals may become property, but God save us from those who insist they're nothing more than property, to be tortured as one pleases.