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RE: Warning...bring tissue - 7/14/2011 3:46:42 PM

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His humor went from witty to caustic and I miss version 1.0 .

If I were you I'd ask for your money back :)

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RE: Warning...bring tissue - 7/14/2011 3:53:00 PM

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I'm not saying I'm interested but at least I'm not bitching about it.

Wow. In that case, have the thread stuffed and mounted for posterity.

~snerk~ that's more like it!

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RE: Warning...bring tissue - 7/14/2011 3:56:49 PM

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Of course you are and I'm not disputing that. I simply asked why you feel the need to be so nasty about it. Because you are also entitled to just ignore threads you don't like.

Because, as difficult as it may be to believe, I genuinely believe that this kind of hand-wringing, bullshit thread/action actually harms the cause of animal care.

By endlessly focusing (and the OP does this with any "fluffy animal" story of late) on a single animal, what results is what US news refers to as the "furry vote", and what UK news refers to as "the Blackie* Effect"; it does nothing to advance the cause of animal welfare one iota, as well as being dull, repetitive and pointless in extremis.

I've owned dogs as pets, and as working animals. And cats (as pets). And fish too (as pets, obviously - working domestic fish are a rare thing). It utterly sickens me to see the kind of boo-hoo bullshit that's been trotted out here; if the perpetrators can be found then they should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, but the "look at this! It's awful what they've done to this dog/cat/goldfish" (except it's never a goldfish, coz they're not "cute" enough) attitude is the worst kind of moron's tabloid response; it leads focus away from the core issues, one of a society's relationship with the animals it keeps as pets and uses as food.

It's twee, shallow as a tinker's bath, and completely pointless. And of course, if the OP wants to trot out said drivel then that's fine, but it's also fine if I point out my objections.

*long story; Spanish donkey that became a several news-cycle event, and was eventually repatriated by a UK tabloid, in competition with several other UK tabloids

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RE: Warning...bring tissue - 7/14/2011 4:01:08 PM

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Okay fair enough. I don't see the reason to be so nasty but I understand where you're coming from. It doesn't explain the nastiness on other threads though ~raises eyebrow~

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RE: Warning...bring tissue - 7/14/2011 4:01:34 PM

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Poor lil cowboy.... Makes me even more grateful for my two lil doggy babies curled up next to me. I hope he find a good forever home!

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RE: Warning...bring tissue - 7/14/2011 4:05:17 PM

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Okay fair enough. I don't see the reason to be so nasty

It's not being "nasty" - it's being genuinely pissed off at the idiotic outpourings of the terminally twee.

There's a subtle difference and, with a £15 million government grant for research into it (paid directly into my numbered Swiss bank account), I'm sure I can find some conclusions.

Give til it hurts*.

*you, obviously - I like my comforts

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RE: Warning...bring tissue - 7/14/2011 4:09:07 PM

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So am I correct in believing you don't donate? Yeah I support Humane Society International signing petitions but I donate to them in general not for any specific cause.

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RE: Warning...bring tissue - 7/14/2011 4:10:03 PM

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So am I correct in believing you don't donate?

What the fuck has that got to do with anything?

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RE: Warning...bring tissue - 7/14/2011 4:12:32 PM

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So am I correct in believing you don't donate?

What the fuck has that got to do with anything?

What that has to do with it is whether you feel the need to actually do something about animal-related causes or whether you just moan about threads like this one.

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RE: Warning...bring tissue - 7/14/2011 4:16:35 PM

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What that has to do with it is whether you feel the need to actually do something about animal-related causes or whether you just moan about threads like this one.

How would either state invalidate my comments upon it? Is there now an admission charge for finding puerile, saccharine, knee-jerk comments to be drivel? Coz if there is I'm going to need to cash in some stock in order to cover what is liable to be one mo-fo of a bill.

BTW I consider public discussion of one's charitable donations to be just about the most tacky thing one can possibly do. But I'm English, and we're notoriously repressed about that sort of thing. Apologies if it’s considered a good thing where you are.

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RE: Warning...bring tissue - 7/14/2011 4:19:50 PM

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The only reason I mentioned it was to show that I don't simply read and comment on threads like this one, I try to change them. Again, RF I'm not going to fight with you, if that's all you want to do sorry I'm not going to do it.

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RE: Warning...bring tissue - 7/14/2011 4:26:00 PM

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Again, RF I'm not going to fight with you, if that's all you want to do sorry I'm not going to do it.

*chortle*

I mean, really. You can do better than that. Your responses, from second one, would seem to give a lie to that statement ... having read "passive-aggressive responses 101" I'm more bored than irked though, so no harm, no foul.

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RE: Warning...bring tissue - 7/14/2011 4:29:08 PM

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I'm done RF. I tried having a discussion with you but all you want to do is fight. I told you I'm not going to fight with you and I meant it.

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