tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136983861650322458.post8814007588565834220..comments2024-02-14T03:19:28.395-05:00Comments on Vagabond Journeys: Leave The Cat AloneDBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09144446186279708019noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136983861650322458.post-81996872911689681652011-02-19T22:30:31.288-05:002011-02-19T22:30:31.288-05:00I have not tolerance for cruelty to any creature.I have not tolerance for cruelty to any creature.Ken Richeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425810816600512504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136983861650322458.post-59522465108469785222011-02-17T11:56:36.349-05:002011-02-17T11:56:36.349-05:00Always a touching read, this one really touched my...Always a touching read, this one really touched my heart. I am such a lover of pets and the thought that anyone would hurt a pet makes me sick. Grew up with a neighbor kid who would hurt cats, I think of that often and hope that every day he thinks about how cruel he was and has changed his ways and isn't a cruel, sick guy to his family, mankind or any pet...but it will always make me wonder and not think kindly of him. If you hurt an animal intentionally, it says it all about you and I personally believe we'd be better off without you in this world.Arlene (AJ)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15447163140897697509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136983861650322458.post-22295324538146514692011-02-17T09:54:41.392-05:002011-02-17T09:54:41.392-05:00From my friend Marty
Dana,
Thank you for that...From my friend Marty<br /><br />Dana,<br /><br /> <br /><br />Thank you for that necessary but terrible visitation to that horrible place. As an unformed beast growing up I could entertain things that seemed normal in society like hunting frogs and snakes birds in the swamps with bb guns and it was exciting. I even used to love to watch shows like Wild Kingdom and see the big cats bring down the water buffaloes and have 15 lions eating it alive jaw to jaw on its body. Now, if I see anything close to one animal about to attack another, I have to change the channel. The idea of killing sends a chill of horror through me and I don’t know if it’s connected to my own approaching mortality hanging like an ominous shadow in the back of my mind, or that I am more so being empathic to the life of another creature. There may be a mix, but when it comes to the examples of sadism you described, I remember a passage from a famous science fiction writer of the ‘50s or early ‘60s, maybe it was Robert Heinlein’s “Stranger In A Strange Land,” but the scenario was about the sport of bullfighting. What happened to teach humans a lesson was that when the matador stabs the bull with his estoque, or sword, for the final kill, instead of the bull feelings the sensation of being stabbed, everyone in the arena felt it. Bullfighting was immediately banned forever. I despise sadism and those who perpetrate it. I think the example of the bullfight should be applied to each and every one of them. Good point about the Eagle. Well done, Dana, and I like your preface about it being something you didn’t want to have to write.<br /><br /> <br /><br />MartyDBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09144446186279708019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2136983861650322458.post-61321896227460478532011-02-17T08:28:22.564-05:002011-02-17T08:28:22.564-05:00I think it was Franklin who wanted the turkey as o...I think it was Franklin who wanted the turkey as our national symbol. Sounds good to me. So there are over 10 million animals in shelters in this country. Over half of these animals will be euthanized. Something is wrong here! We are supposed to be a compassionate country and we allow 5 or 6 million animals to die EVERY YEAR. We allow them to over-populate and don't want them and we won't fix the problem year after year after year. This is another problem added on to the abuse you spoke of.<br /><br />I think these crazy sadistic people you speak of are the sociopaths and psychopaths of the world. They also hurt humans. They are commiting the crimes and abusing their wives and children and other citizens of this planet. I wish we could put them all on an island. We can't. I'm not sure what the solution is. Better laws? I don't know. Will it make them stop what they are doing? Doubt it. I think we should make longer sentences for people who abuse and kill. My opinion. This was a hard entry to read, but very necessary. Thank you, Dana.Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04125510793582152310noreply@blogger.com