Citizens outraged by dog starvation case
People angry about man underfeeding dogs
As easy as it is to pick holes in the beliefs of animal rights activists, I haven’t seemed to have tired of it yet. At any rate – I think one of the biggest problems with these sort of cases is that it’s hard to know where to draw the line. What animals are included in this ban? Why do animal rights activists not push harder for the rights of cows or sheep (well, I guess the super hardcore ones (Vegans) do, but they’re completely batshit insane)? Would people be just as outraged over cows being improperly slaughtered? Obviously, “love for animals” is reserved only for cats, dogs, and perhaps seals and whales depending on the sort of animal rights quack who you happen to talk to.
Animals are animals – until it’s illegal to eat a steak or go duck hunting, it should be legal to do whatever you want to a dog or cat (assuming it’s yours). Enough of this pointless, selective, and often hypocritical animal rights nonsense already! I’ve been meaning to get a picture of myself at a dog restaurant eating meat that is visibly from a dog – I guess I’ll have to get going on that – will post pictures!
For those who would argue that many serial killers and such get their start by torturing animals – I have a counterargument: why not set them up in slaughterhouses or allot them a monthly supply of baby kittens or puppies with which to torture? Maybe all this prohibition on “violence” against animals in our society is what drove these guys to become what they became. I mean, maybe all they really needed was some encouragement, along the lines of “yes – those are animals, we can do what we like with them, because they’re not human.” When we start to treat animals the same as humans, then we blur the bounds of morality, and suddenly, a boy who is reprimanded for torturing a kitten thinks “well – I guess torturing a kitten is the same or worse than torturing a baby.” Maybe, just maybe, animal rights activism is one of the root causes of much of the sadistic homicide that is prevalent in our society.
September 24th, 2009 at 10:26 am
You fail to make a convincing argument that the right to slaughter and eat an animal also entails the right to treat it inhumanely for no reason whatsoever. Also, the idea that letting budding serial killers torture animals will stop them from becoming serial killers is one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard. Of course, you would know more than me about that. How many baby kittens did you torture today sicko?
September 24th, 2009 at 10:47 am
Thanks for the post, paco.
I think that a parallel might be teen pregnancy rates, which are higher in school districts that preach abstinence as a form of birth control (or which do not have sex education systems at all) when compared with school districts that provide a more liberal sex education to students. There is some innate cruelty in human nature, and in order for it to be controlled maturely, there must be an outlet for it. For some, this outlet may be playing violent video games or visiting prostitutes, while more socially acceptable than torturing kittens, these activities are nonetheless outlets that serve to balance the more sadistically prone members of society.
September 24th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Paco – what’s your stance on eating lobster? They are put in boiling water while they’re still alive. Do you think this is humane? Why doesn’t society consider this to be “animal cruelty”?
September 24th, 2009 at 11:07 am
i catch animals in my backyard and eat them alive