[Peace-discuss] Americans love dogs (a pity that Bush/ US Gov't don't like people as much)

[Jenifer Cartwright]

You didn't miss anything, John, this was the first post -- I didn't think the irony was all that subtle... Yes, my point was that Bush/the US Govt is arguing for the legality of doing to human beings who are apprehended as "terrorists" what is illegal to do to dogs in the US. (Also referring tangentially how much Americans shell out for their dogs in comparison to how little the US Gov't spends on human beings, not counting killing them).
   
  I am maddened by the amount of time spent discussing what is an obscene no-brainer -- whether torture is legal. The US Gov't's refusal to fund e g SCHIP or AIDS relief in Africa at a level commensurate w/ what Americans spend on their dogs just makes me crazier -- everything is so insanely out of whack. 
   
  Jenifer  

"John W." <jbw292002 at gmail.com> wrote:
  At 12:54 AM 10/10/2007, you wrote:

>It has occurred to me that not only do Americans spend billions of dollars 
>annually on their pets, mostly dogs, but that if their neighbors were in 
>the habit of hitting their own dogs, pretending to drown them, or exposing 
>them to freezing temperatures, they'd report them to the authorities... 
>The neighbors would be reported to the ASPCA and face stiff penalties. The 
>story would make the news several nights running, and everyone would say, 
>"How can people be so cruel to those poor animals? Thank God we have laws 
>against treating animals like that."
>
>Jenifer

I guess I missed the prelude to this post. What's the comparison? You're 
not suggesting, surely, that Americans are more concerned about their pets 
than they are about their own children?

The only other comparison I can think of is to the torture of suspected 
"terrorists". But, of course, such individuals are not OUR pets.

John Wason 



       
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