[M0sby]

re: post 52 & 139.

Oh, and no, I won't keep my mouth shut. The time most definitely is "now." That's why this thread is here, silly.

Sorry for my tardiness in replying.
I guess the big questions are:
#1 If you care so little about the kitten (as you say) then why read the post to begin with? It was “just a kitten”, after all.
After reading people’s comments and seeing how upsetting this story was to many:
#2 Why would you purposely decide to (fill in the blank here) degrade or belittle folks at this time?
It was surely an opportunist thing to do. You KNEW that you would be further upsetting folks who were responding to what they read. Why not just move along, wait for another time or start your own opinion thread.
Oh, I know you will try and defend your actions by saying that you are just stating what you believe to be are facts (BTW, please don’t call me silly again).

But if your purpose was to try and make people think, then you purpose is understandable. It’s your timing that is terrible.
Sometimes is a GREAT idea to interject controversial comments just for the sake of, as you say, stirring things up. However, you remind me of the “intellectual” kids in high school who thought they could say anything they wanted at any time and defend themselves with, “but it is a fact”.
No, of course you don’t have to sugar coat you’re your words to keep from hurting people’s feelings. Perhaps though, you could learn some respect for people (since it is people you claim to care so much about)or show some respect to people by learning when to speak and when to wait.

Oh, BTW, my grandparents had us to their farm in Cumberland, WA all of the time. We thought it was gross yet funny to watch the chickens flop around after they chopped off their heads. We watched grandma snap the neck of a little chick who had been mangled by a cat. However, when my cousin threw a firecracker into the henhouse my grandma spanked his a$$! And it wasn’t because she was concerned with her “property”.

In my opinion, most people are upset with this story because of the TORTURE aspect. Most people are upset with you because of your timing. If you had started an opinion thread on the value of animals vs. people I doubt you would see the volume of emotion you are seeing here.

Oh… maybe that’s what you wanted

[RobRoy]

Hey, we're practically neighbors! (I just checked your profile) Maybe I'll see you at one of the meets and you can slap my face if you think I deserve it.

Regarding your post:

#1 If you care so little about the kitten (as you say) then why read the post to begin with? It was “just a kitten”, after all.

Because to me the real story here is that so called conservatives even on free republic want to expand the role of government even to the protection of ANIMALS, a massive constitutional leap.

After reading people’s comments and seeing how upsetting this story was to many: #2 Why would you purposely decide to (fill in the blank here) degrade or belittle folks at this time?

First, my goal was to show people they were exibiting unbridled emotion in their decisions - not a healthy thing for anyone! Second, it's what this forum is for, except I was degrading or belittling nobody. Quite to the contrary, I was the one being directly and personally attacked. At no time did I come back in like kind however. I don't do that