What's that old saying....if you aren't part of the solution then you are part of the problem.
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What's that old saying....if you aren't part of the solution then you are part of the problem.
What exactly did he do? He didn't starve a dog, the dog died within a day of being at the museum. What was he supposed to do when he saw it dying in the street? He did absolutely no harm to an animal that was at the brink of death anyways.Quote:
Originally Posted by Weedhound
Thanks for your pity. I would rather have had a more well thought-out post. What have you done to help the situation? YOU are just as much the problem as I am, and as he was.
Yes, he did. Graph....you are talking to a veterinary tech. In my view people are ALWAYS responsible for animals....it is what comes from being able to make the kind of choices that an animal cannot. We are responsible. He ignored that.....and saying the dog was going to die anyway doesn't mean a damn thing. I'm going to die anyway.....so letting me die when you could do something about it is ok? Sorry....doesn't fly in my book and I think you will find that that will be the overwhelming public viewpoint as well.
The HUMAN had the choices. The animal had none. The one the haman made was cruel and if affected an innocent animal in a very cruel way. That makes him a cruel person period. Anyone who says they can justify cruelty is simply trying to rationalize their own poor behavior instead of doing the work involved in keeping your morals up to standard. It really IS as simple as that.
And if he was so hot on the plight of animals.....why didn't he starve himself instead of the dog? That would have made some news as well.
If he goes to jail for a few years; comes out and says it was worth the price I may reconsider....IF he's willing to suffer the same way he lets his "art" do.
Did you think about his alternatives mr vet tech? Sorry you've been privileged enough to not come from a part of the world where dying, disease-ridden animals is a common sight. Even if he gave this dog a tin of food so it could live for a measly few more days, what about the others? What difference would it have made if he had done nothing like every one else on the street that day? The difference is he would still be a monster, just as much as you or me, but he wouldn't have an internet article about him. There was nothing he could do for the dog that would have led to it living longer than a few months, at most.
He did it for the shock value, no doubt, but the truth is you and I are letting these dogs die in the streets just as much as he did. He simply changed its location.
Thank you for this post. It means so much more to me than your pity.
This part is true I'm afraid.....but I CAN honestly say I've never turned my back on a dying animal and left it there.Quote:
Originally Posted by graph
This will be my last post on the subject because now you are spouting things that you know nothing about.
Do you really think as a vet tech I've not seen enough cruelty and neglect to make me want to die? And not over there....HERE! Right in the US. Look at Michael Vick. You must be JOKING to think our aniimals are "privleged" Wake up for god sake and take a
cruise through ANY animal shelter.
The problem isn't that you haven't done anything about it. You haven't done anything about it because cruelty is ok in your book.....as long as there seems to be a good reason and this is one in your opinion.
There is always a price......always.
I am done. Good Day
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No, I have never walked outside and seen dogs with skin half-festering, dead rat in their mouth, dragging themselves through the streets looking for anything to stay alive. Sorry, I don't think most Americans have either. We are privileged enough to have animal shelters, think about the places that don't.
You're assuming this is cruelty. Is it cruel to pull someone's plug if they are in a vegetative state? I mean, SOMETHING could have been done to save them, right? Is letting something die truly the same as killing it?
You still didn't answer my question. What was the alternative? What could he have possibly done to keep the animal alive for more than a few months? What about all the other dogs? Could maybe changing the place where this one dies change the way the world sees this atrocity?
Again, when was the last time you thought about the plight of dogs in Costa Rica, or even the poverty and the plight of the people in Costa Rica? This one act has opened so many eyes, I can't believe it was entirely evil and bad and ugly, no matter how terrible the actual act was.
This is why it's called the Third World, and not the Second.
Graph: I have to say, we are percieving this in a SIMILAR light. Bottom line, hopefully the dogs death can be something beneficial, regardless of the cruel acts involved, that we can not change. HOWEVER, Weedhound is not only my buddy, but a very intelligent, warm hearted woman, to whom I think you owe some respect. Despite how ANYONE 'feels' about this issue, there is IMO no judge but ONE:D
If I could do that exhibit, it would go like this:
1. Find starving bony dog on street.
2. Take "before" picture.
3. Feed starving dog, take it to the vet, pay its vet bills.
4. Take "after" picture.
5. Hang "before" and "after" pictures in museum next to donation box for local animal shelter.
6. Repeat process with starving human.