Kravits, ye gnarly monstrosity to decorum…you, I agree with your assertion to some degree. Enough of a degree to not be wholly appalled by your diatribe. If a breed of dog is bred for killing/fighting, just as a creed of man is trained to kill/fight/pugilise, then let those who would get off on that have at it…in a forum of it’s sort. & let those who’d NOT abuse the animals outside of said sphere, regulate (beat the piss out of) those who would. Let those who love and adore and relish in the graces of good-dog-good do so with a passion and tenderness and everything that a dog lover can be in the company of such warm natured creatures and peers, and let them regulate themselves, NOT OTHERS, in the joys and mannerisms of excellent animal husbandry. &, of course, look after the truly abused cases. Yeah, I know, gray areas. Me, personally, I would NOT, in any way, find dogfighting interesting, just as I don’t find Ultimate Fighting or WWF Wrestling (or whatever it’s called) entertaining or the like. I may check out a prizefight on the tube occasionally, because I grew up around it. I check out the thoroughbreds from time to time because they're marvelous animals, it’s fun to lay down a couple bucks and then stand out by the track & get a little mud in the face, and the jockeys are some brave little characters ~~ try buying a couple of them a beer sometime after the last race, good company to say the least. I don’t find pastime in the bloody mutilation of lives nor the filmed-for-entertainment of said, period, it just doesn’t do it for me; or the partial mutilation of those lives not fully capable of choosing to participate in their own mutilation. If a prizefighter thinks he/she is fit for such an undertaking, then have at it. To each his own. If a dog (that is going to slaughter something/anything) is born with a penchant to slaughter another dog [while nutlamps bet on it], then have at it. It ain’t pretty, it ain’t even decent, but neither is a 300% increase in petrol costs to the general public or a President who lies right to our faces and knows no justice or conscience.
A friend, a cutie-pie of a lady really, is, IMHO, growing more and more insane every week. She is an operating room nurse in the Veterinary field. A more grandiose lover of animals does not exist even on South Park. It has brought her divorce and a form of certain spinsterism that would get her an award if such an award existed. We used to talk more, go out to the jazz club more, eat arbitrary meals together more, flirt more with each other in harmless playful ways after several beers, but now it’s difficult for anybody to talk to her…because she doesn’t much like humans and very much…no, very VERY much, equates her spirit with the animals she homes and cares for. Good for them to some extent, but it’s gone scarily wrong for her ~ much to her incredulousness. Hey, I dig this human, respect this human’s right to her own pathway, would do anything for her except pick up poop in a little blue bag, but she’s lost it. & it’s likely she will be that old lady who dies alone in her house full of dogs and cats that mostly get along, …& if she is not spotted as she begins to rot, several of her animals will gladly dispose of her flesh for her……..so good enough. &, by the way, she believes that Vick should get the death penalty ~~ & would gladly flip the switch. NO, Vick should, if anything, be working with abused dogs, in the operating rooms and kind care kennels, learning to see “life” in these animals he’s considered mere possessions to be rendered helpless and tortured. Didn’t he EVER see White Fang? I once asked her, “If you and your three big dogs and your husband were on a boat, blah-blah-blah, & it capsized, and you with your handhold on the boat and a rope could save only 3, who would you save?” She answered, “My three dogs, no person is as worthy as a dog.” I am mournful of that sentiment. & I disagree, as I have known my children and have been saved by my bride and have survived dangers in the company of a selfless friend. She is wrong. & She is the same person using the media and available legal bodies to legislate laws that protect the rights of animals and violent criminals while criminalizing the general public, the people, the wandering masses, the disenfranchised hoi polloi, at every possible turn.
I sit out on the back patio and cuddle around with the calico who shares our space…even though I get very asthmatic just breathing in her dander, and terribly effected if I rub my face or eyes before washing-up after contact. Why? Because, all her selfish kittycat characteristics aside, she’s a cutie-pie and a worthy little life form that I’m glad to have made acquaintance with, & it’s not her fault that my DNA has little tolerance for her particular brand of dust or estrogen…or whatever. If I could, I’d hold her furry self to my face and inhale…because she smells wonderful. & If I could take all the hair and dander around the house, I’d locate a Golden Retriever or the like in need of rescuing and learn everything I can about being a good friend to a dog, from the dog’s wondrous eyes and actions and from books & people who know them best. & I look forward to visiting my sons' animals at their homes in some distant potential future, & I regret their being unable to grow up with a house dog on account of my silly but all too real respiratory glitch, because they have a keen way with animals.
I guess what I’m trying to say is: Lets learn to give people, real people, real ideas of humanity, a chance, a fair shake, a logical and sensible opportunity to live meaningful lives, …then lets try to give animals the same. Lets hear a girl when she’s on the stand trying to work through her ordeal with an asshalf and his latest date-rape drug scheme, …instead of sweeping her under the rug for sake of the me, me, my, my, fratboys club of America. Lets hold the highest public offices accountable for their tyrannical & self-serving &/or sadistic actions with regards to people, animals, & Earth. Lets hold the entire “free” world responsible for their decision making with regards to the abuse of 3rd and 4th world peoples. Lets learn to use Circle Justice in our ways and means of rehabilitating criminals above the ranks of murderers. Why’s everything so ass-backwards? Because it keeps us out of balance & fighting amongst ourselves?
Shoot, I’m late………………gota run. No edit/re-read/spellcheck…………
