i saw this vid posted on another site, and a lot of posters posted something along the lines of "oh i rather see a human die than that dog smacked"....seriously, although this is wrong, but would you guys feel less uncomfortable if a human gets beaten than a dog?? http://www.exet.nu/html/download/video/dog_abuse.wmv
I really wish I hadn't seen that. I think that there is more of a reaction against seeing a dog getting beaten because the dog is innocent and helpless...at least when a human gets beat you have to believe that he can somehow help himself or he somehow brought it upon himself.
Xeno...you've started two threads since you got here, and I fail to see the logic or reasoning behind either of them. I'm beginning to think there isn't any.
If the human is from Japan I would actually enjoy it, especially if someone from China is beating them savagely.
no i am serious, why are humans more inclined to feel sorrow for an animal rather than another human??
just the replies on other forums, like i rather see a kid getting mauled or i wouldnt mind seeing someone die but beating an animal is cruel ( which i agree but getting mauled isnt?)
gee i dont know perhaps they want to see other humans suffer but not animal?? maybe not sorrow but...sympathy at least.
Punk kids, I would seriously like to beat the crap out of them with their skateboards and then let the dog chomp on their nuts.
I think the premis of your argument is flawed, Xenochimera. Sorrow or sympathy... I can't imagine anyone feeling more for the fate of an innocent animal than for the fate of an innocent human being. If they do, then there is something fundamentally wrong with them. I care deeply for animals. I have had a dog that I would have risked life and limb for, but as special as he was, and he was truly special, it wouldn't occur to me to place more value on what happened to him than on what happened to a person, unless that person was assaulting him without reason, and he was unable to defend himself... something that never arose. What you are talking about, from what I can tell, is not the same situation. And I have no intention of watching the video. Keep D&D Civil.
ponder this my little padwan.... why is it okay to watch wild animals have sex on tv, but socially frowned upon to watch humans have sex? and then its even worse to watch humans have sex with animals? If I have a video of each act, which is the best to show it to a group of middle-schoolers? and is there something wrong with me if I video record the children watching the videos? and is it worse if the animal nails the human or if the human nails the animal? and is consensual animal-human sex worse or better than non-consensual human-human sex? these are questions that keep me up late at night...
it's all about parents not bringing up their kids up right... i always blame the parents... it's to bad you can't hit your child anymore(i'm not talking about excessive force)…but something to put them straight…. kids take advantage of not being liable…...kids today are so much worse than those in my day...and i ain't even that old(22) if I was a parent of one of those kids pounding on that dog I would have given them the same beating and asked them how they felt about it
I agree. Parents today are raising out of control kids with no regard for anyone but themselves. It's the society we live in. I mean you can do anything wrong and someone else can be blamed. Like you said...no liability.
Too bad we didn't see the faces of these future serial killers. Smacking an old, arthritic dog who is probably blind... and that is worthy of a chuckle?!
