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@fz,
I’m not slow, and English is my first language, which is why I don't write sentences with triple negatives.
I’m not slow, and English is my first language, which is why I don't write sentences with triple negatives.
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I'll give $20 to anyone who can diagram the sentence "Just because in your simple tiny little mind they don’t agree with you does not mean they don’t want to see the environment to be cared for."
Or, $5 to anyone who can just explain what the f*** it means.
Or, $5 to anyone who can just explain what the f*** it means.
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Okay, Na, this is my last post on this. After this, say what you want to say, but I’m finished.
First, the easy stuff: yes, the pack might dissolve, but the individual dogs don't just flop over dead because they lose the alpha. But that's not really the point: according to your logic, no stray dog should ever be adopted, because adoption always removes a dog from its current social structure. That's nonsense. (And you did, in fact, openly dismiss the abuse: "She’s been abused, but abuse happens to people all over the world" is a clear attempt to belittle the impact of abuse.)
From there, your comments leave the road entirely. This statement, "they know the consequences of their choice – whether it be post-traumatic stress or suicide or whatever," is galling to the point of incredulity. Do you really think that anyone who joins the military forfeits their right to pursue happiness? And that they simply have to resign themselves to the possibility of PTSD and/or suicide because it was somehow in the job description? And do you honestly think that someone at war needs to give up a dog in order to learn a childhood lesson about loss? You don’t think witnessing or even causing death teaches that lesson daily? Who ARE you? You show so little understanding, and so little compassion for either humans or animals, that my mind reels. You honor bureaucracy and petty rules above loyalty and compassion – and yet YOU pity ME. Baffling.
First, the easy stuff: yes, the pack might dissolve, but the individual dogs don't just flop over dead because they lose the alpha. But that's not really the point: according to your logic, no stray dog should ever be adopted, because adoption always removes a dog from its current social structure. That's nonsense. (And you did, in fact, openly dismiss the abuse: "She’s been abused, but abuse happens to people all over the world" is a clear attempt to belittle the impact of abuse.)
From there, your comments leave the road entirely. This statement, "they know the consequences of their choice – whether it be post-traumatic stress or suicide or whatever," is galling to the point of incredulity. Do you really think that anyone who joins the military forfeits their right to pursue happiness? And that they simply have to resign themselves to the possibility of PTSD and/or suicide because it was somehow in the job description? And do you honestly think that someone at war needs to give up a dog in order to learn a childhood lesson about loss? You don’t think witnessing or even causing death teaches that lesson daily? Who ARE you? You show so little understanding, and so little compassion for either humans or animals, that my mind reels. You honor bureaucracy and petty rules above loyalty and compassion – and yet YOU pity ME. Baffling.
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@Naa:
No. 73: What happened to the dogs? Presumably, a new alpha assumed control of the pack, which happens as a matter of course when an alpha dies or otherwise leaves the pack.
No. 74: I can’t even believe I have to explain this one to you. Nubs was not a woman, did not having a caring husband, and did not have wonderful children. I understand your little story is a metaphor, but to make a metaphor pertinent, you have draw parallels to reality, which you have not. You’re trying to make the point that somebody (or something) suffered because Nubs was taken away, but that was not the case. No one suffered from it: Nubs is better off, Major Dennis is better off, the people who contributed are better off.
I think you’re getting this one wrong because you don’t understand that the previous commenters compared the dog to a child to indicate the depth of emotion that some people feel towards animals – not to demonstrate how human-like dogs are.
No. 73: What happened to the dogs? Presumably, a new alpha assumed control of the pack, which happens as a matter of course when an alpha dies or otherwise leaves the pack.
No. 74: I can’t even believe I have to explain this one to you. Nubs was not a woman, did not having a caring husband, and did not have wonderful children. I understand your little story is a metaphor, but to make a metaphor pertinent, you have draw parallels to reality, which you have not. You’re trying to make the point that somebody (or something) suffered because Nubs was taken away, but that was not the case. No one suffered from it: Nubs is better off, Major Dennis is better off, the people who contributed are better off.
I think you’re getting this one wrong because you don’t understand that the previous commenters compared the dog to a child to indicate the depth of emotion that some people feel towards animals – not to demonstrate how human-like dogs are.
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@Naa:
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Na and/or Naa,
Your arguments and metaphors only get more ridiculous. You might want to stop now, for your own sake.
Your arguments and metaphors only get more ridiculous. You might want to stop now, for your own sake.
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Thebes, are there really places in the US where building codes don't exist? It's my understanding the building codes are generally ratified at the state level. Maybe I've got that wrong, though...?
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Amen, Rad. Be glad.
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@ted:
I know you didn’t say people don't have that right. I asked those questions so you'd tell me what's wrong with asking for, or offering, help. You think he should have left the dog if he had to ask for help to get it out, so you apparently have an aversion to one of those two things.
And finally, I don't understand this aversion you have to "judgment." We all look at people's actions and statements and assign values to them. It's how we create a moral and ethical position for ourselves in the world, and how we form opinions on right and wrong. You condemn an act of compassion, and I'll judge it every time. The fact is that we all judge (you've judged Major Dennis, after all) and we all should.
I know you didn’t say people don't have that right. I asked those questions so you'd tell me what's wrong with asking for, or offering, help. You think he should have left the dog if he had to ask for help to get it out, so you apparently have an aversion to one of those two things.
And finally, I don't understand this aversion you have to "judgment." We all look at people's actions and statements and assign values to them. It's how we create a moral and ethical position for ourselves in the world, and how we form opinions on right and wrong. You condemn an act of compassion, and I'll judge it every time. The fact is that we all judge (you've judged Major Dennis, after all) and we all should.
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@ted:
Why should he have left the dog in Iraq if he couldn't come up with the money on his own? What difference does it make if he had to ask for help? If there were other people that wanted to see the dog in a better home (which there apparently where) why shouldn't they have the opportunity to pitch in?
It's called "charity." There's something wrong with charity? I know you don't think it's fair of me or c-dub to judge your values, but you're making it impossible not to.
Why should he have left the dog in Iraq if he couldn't come up with the money on his own? What difference does it make if he had to ask for help? If there were other people that wanted to see the dog in a better home (which there apparently where) why shouldn't they have the opportunity to pitch in?
It's called "charity." There's something wrong with charity? I know you don't think it's fair of me or c-dub to judge your values, but you're making it impossible not to.
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One of the criticisms I find most perplexing here is that he asked for donations to help get the dog out of Iraq. Why is asking for help bad? If the people he asked didn't want to help, I imagine they didn't help. It seems like a very odd reason to criticize someone.
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@Jennifer:
Even though you thought this piece was nothing more than an empty stunt, it elicited responses from you that referenced poverty, homelessness, starvation, and global economic justice. Are you sure it didn’t “mean something to someone else”?
Even though you thought this piece was nothing more than an empty stunt, it elicited responses from you that referenced poverty, homelessness, starvation, and global economic justice. Are you sure it didn’t “mean something to someone else”?
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It wasn't a QUESTION it was a JOKE.
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I think Na missed the "valuable bureaucrat" one a while back as well.
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"no danger to the public or property"? I have to think there was actually a lot of danger involved. Anyone landing on a golf course is likely to be flying very low over residential or business districts, with precious little time to make corrections if something goes wrong.