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Man Arrested For Burning Kitten on Grill
AP/CNN | 7-16-02 | my favorite headache

Posted on 07/16/2002 3:21:27 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache

Man arrested for burning kitten on grill July 16, 2002 Posted: 4:03 PM EDT (2003 GMT)

A neighborhood friend of Sherry Scott holds the kitten they named 'Lucky,' in a recent handout photo.

LIBERTY, Missouri (AP) -- A man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly burning a kitten on a barbecue grill as several other people stood around and watched in amusement.

A witness pulled the scorched, 7-week-old tabby from the hot coals, but it was severely injured and had to be put to death, police said.

"They kept saying, `Meow, meow,' and they were poking at it with a stick," said Sherry Scott, who burned her hand grabbing the kitten.

Charles C. Benoit, 24, was charged with animal abuse, punishable by up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine. He was jailed on $10,000 bail.

Jim Roberts, spokesman for the Clay County prosecutor's office, said he does not expect anyone else to be charged, because no witnesses could identify the others.

Scott said that on Friday night, she saw 10 or 12 people at the barbecue grill in the courtyard of the apartment complex where she lives. Scott said she asked what they were cooking, and they said it was a cat. She said the group taunted her, daring her to rescue the cat.

She said the group scattered when she threatened to call police. She said she pulled the kitten from where it had been shoved into the coals at the back of the grill. Its tail, whiskers, fur, eyes and throat were scorched.

"I called him Lucky because I thought I got him out of there just in time," she said.

Scott said she and other residents stayed up Friday night trying to nurse the kitten with an eye dropper of milk. But animal control officers decided that because of its respiratory injuries and inability to swallow food, it had to be destroyed.

"If you would have seen him, you would have cried," said Sheri Simpson, one of the residents who helped care for the kitten.

Copyright 2002 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: 1myegossobig; 2icalledthisb; 3breakingnews; burning; kitten; sickbastard
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To: LasVegasMac
Then you should have noticed that RobRoy isn't spouting liberal nonsense.
621 posted on 07/19/2002 7:27:34 PM PDT by Terriergal
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To: LasVegasMac
Unless you responded to him by mistake and intended to respond to Sungirl.
622 posted on 07/19/2002 7:29:39 PM PDT by Terriergal
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To: Dark Mirage; RobRoy
If I don't understand something, it's either poorly written, intentionally obfuscating, or internally contradictory. Or all three.

My we have a high opinion of ourselves today don't we? "If I don't understand something, it's someone *else's* fault..."

RobRoy you must have some real insight (as well as intellect) to have so graciously bowed out when this guy is just begging to have his ego deflated.

623 posted on 07/19/2002 7:34:16 PM PDT by Terriergal
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To: Dark Mirage
RobRoy: "...Mere Christianity"

Dark Mirage "If you understood it, then it must be garbled froth. "

Are you admitting to not understanding it? Geez, it was the easiest dissertation on theology I've read by Lewis.
624 posted on 07/19/2002 7:36:50 PM PDT by Terriergal
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To: Dark Mirage; Diamond; RobRoy
I have no idea what you are rambling about.

I would respectfully suggest that you read Diamond's post #607 again, more slowly. It's a little thick, but then most metaphysics and ethics are (C.S. Lewis and Peter Kreeft are among the few that can make the topics accessible). I thought the piece did a pretty good job explaining the problem it addressed.

I read an article once from a philosophy prof who said one of his greatest chores was to get students who were used to speed-reading their texts to slow down enough to understand what they were reading.

Cyrano

628 posted on 07/19/2002 7:59:33 PM PDT by Cyrano
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To: Dark Mirage
I agree most are not taught to write well.

However that you are the objective standard just because someone pays you is really... kind of a silly thing to say. Everyone knows that people pay for a lot of nonsense in this world, so what kind definitive proof is it that you are any good at what you do?

Keep in mind that people on FR write as they would speak, for the most part. I find it very easy to understand someone speaking even if the grammar is atrocious. Analogies and metaphors often make me slow down, and Diamond's post made use of the sawing the branch on which you sit... once you get that in your head (the branch being your assertion implied by his "So if you say that persons do not transcend animals in this regard" - I'm assuming from this statement that that humans aren't morally superior to animals), it makes sense.

As to whether or not we are taught morals - yes to an extent we have them reinforced by social structure. However, since someone brought up Mere Christianity, I will say that Christians believe that moral laws are also hard coded into each human being. The motivation to follow them, however, is corrupt, and needs nurturing. More so in some, less in others.

Since you are an expert in the area of writing, why don't you try helping Diamond rephrase his point more clearly? You *can* do that, even if you don't agree with his point of view. If you wish people to respect your ability to write and to edit their writing, that would be the way to do it, not by poking fun at theirs. I would imagine if you did that to your coworkers your yearly review would be kind of lacking in the "plays well with others" column.
629 posted on 07/19/2002 8:21:21 PM PDT by Terriergal
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To: Dark Mirage
By the way... if your server times out when you hit "post," the post usually does go through. No need to hit "post" multiple times. ;-)
630 posted on 07/19/2002 8:22:30 PM PDT by Terriergal
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LOL notice the keyword added "My ego's so big"

How did that get there? I never use them so I have no idea.

631 posted on 07/19/2002 8:30:45 PM PDT by Terriergal
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To: Dark Mirage
"I'm assuming from this statement that that humans aren't morally superior to animals"

Oops. Typo. Should say "you asserted" in between the first "THAT" and the second "THAT."
632 posted on 07/19/2002 8:32:33 PM PDT by Terriergal
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To: Dark Mirage
That's for me to know and you to find out... ;-)
636 posted on 07/20/2002 8:48:58 AM PDT by Terriergal
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To: Dark Mirage
Third paragraph of my post, last line. Cyrano did tell you to read slower didn't he? < G >
637 posted on 07/20/2002 8:50:10 AM PDT by Terriergal
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To: Dark Mirage
So? Sloppiness in speech and writing is commonly indicative of fuzzy thought.

I did not see sloppiness in Diamond's post. I saw complex sentences speaking of metaphors, the two of which take more time to process than your normal newspaper story prose which I could read and comprehend before Kindergarten (with the exception of a few vocabulary words or concepts with which I was as yet unfamiliar).

638 posted on 07/20/2002 8:53:03 AM PDT by Terriergal
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To: Dark Mirage; Terriergal; Cyrano; RobRoy
We're apes with a scarcity of hair, large brains, and speech

Thank you for your direct answer. I'll keep my reply simple, because this is a matter of simple logic. By reducing human beings to the level of animals, you destroy the foundation of your own moral condemnation of savagery. Consequently, your own moral condemnations of the boiling of a lobster and the torturing of a cat over live coals are self-refuting. To use another lazy cliche, your philisophical feet are firmly planted in mid-air. No personal animosity intended here. That's just what I see.

Cordially,

639 posted on 07/20/2002 8:54:10 AM PDT by Diamond
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