Why is killing a dog such a big deal?

[Johny Joe Hold]

My friends up in North Dakota cannot talk of anything except this story:

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/285916/

It seems a young man lost his temper about something his dog did. So, he tried to kill the dog by cutting its throat. The dog lived. Now the dog is being used by animal rights advocates for propaganda purposes.

There are two issues here. One issue is the Republican Party's Godly devotion to property rights. The owner owns the dog, not the other way around.

The other issue is, of course, that God gave humans dominian over animals, not the other way around.

No matter how many protests, demonstartions and weepy testimony there is about the poor dog, it's still just a dog. We need to organize counter protests with our favorite appropriate scriptures held high.

[BelieverInGod]

Re: Why is killing a dog such a big deal?

Well maybe if he had actually killed the dog it wouldn't be such an issue?

I don't really understand either, although I am concerned that he slit its throat without making sure it was dead. That's just poor animal husbandry.

[Benedict A. Davis]

Re: Why is killing a dog such a big deal?

Well maybe if he had actually killed the dog it wouldn't be such an issue?

I don't really understand either, although I am concerned that he slit its throat without making sure it was dead. That's just poor animal husbandry.

Remember when all those vietnammers were coming over at carter's invite. Getting money to live, money to eat, money to start a business,money....those slants thought the ASPCA was a one stop shopping center, nobody screamed about taking those people to court that I can remember, too bad this guy isn't a recent immigrant.Or if he was just in from Haiti, he could be in no trouble by claiming it was part of his foul religious practice It is getting harder and harder to be just an American!

[handmaiden]

Re: Why is killing a dog such a big deal?

My friends up in North Dakota cannot talk of anything except this story:

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/285916/

It seems a young man lost his temper about something his dog did. So, he tried to kill the dog by cutting its throat. The dog lived. Now the dog is being used by animal rights advocates for propaganda purposes.

There are two issues here. One issue is the Republican Party's Godly devotion to property rights. The owner owns the dog, not the other way around.

The other issue is, of course, that God gave humans dominian over animals, not the other way around.

No matter how many protests, demonstartions and weepy testimony there is about the poor dog, it's still just a dog. We need to organize counter protests with our favorite appropriate scriptures held high.

There was some guy once who made an excellent observation about those animal rights types-- They will throw red paint on a fur coat but you never see them throwing paint onto leather jackets--That's because its easier to hassle old rich ladies than motocycle gangs.

Interjectingly yours,

Handmaiden

[handmaiden]

Re: Why is killing a dog such a big deal?

All of those PETA types are suffering from Bambiosis-- they think animals live peacefull lives with no conflict.

They claim that we don't have the right to use animals for food, clothes, etc because we're all God's (?) creatures.* But when you point out that animals are ALWAYS using other animals for food, and that ants keep aphids as slaves and some insects lay their eggs in other animals bodies where they will hatch and eat the host animal alive from the inside out and other non-peaceful activities, they claim that we cannot use such "animalistic" behavior to excuse our own actions-- that as higher beings we should behave in a more "enlightened" manner towards our animal "brethren".

Which is it folks? Are we obliged to not kill 'em cause we're their equals or are we not supposed to kill animals for food because we should bei held to a higher moral standard because we're human?

Disgustedly Yours,

Handmaiden

* Which begs the question over how much they no about God.

[Mistress Cookie]

Re: Why is killing a dog such a big deal?

There are two issues here. One issue is the Republican Party's Godly devotion to property rights. The owner owns the dog, not the other way around. The other issue is, of course, that God gave humans dominian over animals, not the other way around.

So many (unmarried) people make their whole lives about these "pets". "Bachelors" trouncing about with their small dogs. Unmarried women with their barns full of cats. These people live for these animals.

Have they never read, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me"? (Exodus 20:3)

[BelieverInGod]

Re: Why is killing a dog such a big deal?

All of those PETA types are suffering from Bambiosis-- they think animals live peacefull lives with no conflict.

They claim that we don't have the right to use animals for food, clothes, etc because we're all God's (?) creatures.* But when you point out that animals are ALWAYS using other animals for food, and that ants keep aphids as slaves and some insects lay their eggs in other animals bodies where they will hatch and eat the host animal alive from the inside out and other non-peaceful activities, they claim that we cannot use such "animalistic" behavior to excuse our own actions-- that as higher beings we should behave in a more "enlightened" manner towards our animal "brethren".

Which is it folks? Are we obliged to not kill 'em cause we're their equals or are we not supposed to kill animals for food because we should bei held to a higher moral standard because we're human?

Disgustedly Yours,

Handmaiden

* Which begs the question over how much they no about God.

Well put Sister!

I've always accused these people of watching Bambi once too many times. Somehow they do have that idea in their head.

I would like to haul a few of them out to the country, where a coyotes can wipe out your seasons calves. Where you can be out hiking and come across a kill. I remember when the Banff park put up the fence (at tax payers expense) all the way through the parks so that animals wouldn't run out and become road kill. Then people got upset because the wolves figured out that they could herd an animal into the fence and kill it right there. What do these people want? It's not a zoo!

[Mistress Cookie]

Re: Why is killing a dog such a big deal?

What do these people want? It's not a zoo!

Lately a mother deer and her baby doe have been tiptoeing up closer and closer to the house at dawn to eat my flower bulbs. They paw up the dirt till they find what they want. I strung a wire around the flowerbeds and hung some old saucepans and lids from it that clank, hoping it would frighten them off. So far, it's only woken me up too early.

The mother looks like she's pregnant again, so soon there might be another little homeless mouth to feed. (Either that, or Iris bulbs are really fattening.)

[Professor Bessemer]

Re: Why is killing a dog such a big deal?

I would think that the Bible would be of use to this upstanding young man in his upcoming trial. After all, God was very clear about who has dominion over whom on His earth.

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Genesis 1:28

The Lord told young Benjamin that he was not only master of all of the animals on earth, but that it is his responsibility to subdue them as well. The young man had been tasked by God to slit the throat of his disobedient charge.

And just look at this fine fellow, I would have no trouble at all leaving him in charge of the ewes that we use for Scientheistic research at Landover University. I bet he has extensive experience dealing closely with farm animals by the look of him.

[Mistress Cookie]

Re: Why is killing a dog such a big deal?

And just look at this fine fellow, I would have no trouble at all leaving him in charge of the ewes that we use for Scientheistic research at Landover University.

Dr. Bess, do you have any use for a pregnant mother deer and a baby doe in your science lab? You can usually catch them at dawn in my west garden (see above). Just follow the sound of the clanking pots and pans. I am concerned for the unwed mother, and worry that she might be best in a medical environment for the rest of her term.

[Professor Bessemer]

Re: Why is killing a dog such a big deal?

Dr. Bess, do you have any use for a pregnant mother deer and a baby doe in your science lab? You can usually catch them at dawn in my west garden (see above). Just follow the sound of the clanking pots and pans. I am concerned for the unwed mother, and worry that she might be best in a medical environment for the rest of her term.

As a matter of fact we do! I will send a crew down to take care of them tomorrow morning. Do not be alarmed by the gun shots.

[handmaiden]

Re: Why is killing a dog such a big deal?

Well put Sister!

I've always accused these people of watching Bambi once too many times. Somehow they do have that idea in their head.

I would like to haul a few of them out to the country, where a coyotes can wipe out your seasons calves. Where you can be out hiking and come across a kill. I remember when the Banff park put up the fence (at tax payers expense) all the way through the parks so that animals wouldn't run out and become road kill. Then people got upset because the wolves figured out that they could herd an animal into the fence and kill it right there. What do these people want? It's not a zoo!

I'd like to haul a few of them to India where they can (personally and unarmed) encounter a tigeress who just wants to see her cubs fed like any good mother. No doubt that would reaffirm for them how much we have in common with other species. Motherlove is so very touching after all!

Pleasantly Yours,

Handmaiden

[Mistress Cookie]

Re: Why is killing a dog such a big deal?

As a matter of fact we do! I will send a crew down to take care of them tomorrow morning. Do not be alarmed by the gun shots.

Thank you so much, Good Doctor.

Does the lab give a tax write-off for donating animals for research? Just leave a receipt or whatever it is in the guesthouse. I'll leave some Danish and a thermos of coffee out there for you and your interns.

[Benedict A. Davis]

Re: Why is killing a dog such a big deal?

I would think that the Bible would be of use to this upstanding young man in his upcoming trial. After all, God was very clear about who has dominion over whom on His earth.

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Genesis 1:28

The Lord told young Benjamin that he was not only master of all of the animals on earth, but that it is his responsibility to subdue them as well. The young man had been tasked by God to slit the throat of his disobedient charge.

And just look at this fine fellow, I would have no trouble at all leaving him in charge of the ewes that we use for Scientheistic research at Landover University. I bet he has extensive experience dealing closely with farm animals by the look of him.

I read somewhere that the young man got straight A's in the Biology lab dissections class. It was unfortunate that he was not assigned to that lab but was taking chemistry.

[Mistress Cookie]

Re: Why is killing a dog such a big deal?

I read somewhere that the young man got straight A's in the Biology lab dissections class. It was unfortunate that he was not assigned to that lab but was taking chemistry.

In all probability, the canine was possessed. He may well have been releasing the evil spirit.

Or maybe it was a seeing eye dog?

Matthew 5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

The trial will resolve these questions, but I don't know why he should be behind bars in the mean time. He's obviously not a threat to people.