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JoannI cannot fathom that human beings would allow animals to be hurt or kill each other for entertainment. Not sport. Entertainment. Worse yet to actually raise them to that end. I read the Michael Vick indictment in class tonight and about cried. It's horrible. And not just because it's dogs. Chickens, roosters - any animal. Same thing.
The worst one to me - the worst - is the people that bowl with frozen turkeys at Thanksgiving. A living being died so these morons could use it as a bowling ball and drink beer and think it's all a great ol' time.
Where's the humanity in that?
And boxing/UFL etc are different. Those are adult human beings that are fully capable of reasoning and choice and have made one. Animals are different and "natural instincts" don't have a single thing to do with it. It's still exploitation of the misery and demise - mostly misery - of a sentinent being for our fleeting entertainment.
We are humans. We have the capability to think and reason and respond accordingly. The food chain is one thing. Entertainment - akin to watching TV or playing volleyball in the back yard - is different.
We should be better than that. Advanced society. Pffft.
It makes me both sick and incredibly sad to think about it.
Joann