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- From: ac94691@dunix.drake.edu (The Dark Kitty)
- Subject: Re: My roommate broke my kitten's leg!!!!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.202452.14233@dunix.drake.edu>
- Organization: Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
- References: <40840@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> <721600329snx@n5ial.chi.il.us>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:24:52 GMT
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- In article <721600329snx@n5ial.chi.il.us> jim@n5ial.chi.il.us (Jim Graham) writes:
- >if it were me, and someone deliberately did that to Smokey, I'd return
- >the favor...to them. no smiley intended or implied here. there'd be a
- >human going to the emergency room, too. I'm not a violent type at all,
- >but push me past the breaking point (*VERY* hard to do, but deliberate
- >violence to a cat such as that is an instant way to smash that breaking
- >point to little pieces), and you'd be better off trying to stand up to a
- >full-strength tornado....
-
- Hmmm...I've been seeing an interesting pattern in some of these
- responses. I AGREE absolutely that the abuse of any animal just because
- it made a mistake is inexcusable. But I've repeatedly seen people
- saying they'd do the same thing back to the abuser!!!
-
- To use a cliche: Two wrongs do not make a right. It's not ok to
- hurt a kitten but it is ok to seek revenge by committing a similar
- crime against a human?
-
- I think if a similar thing happened to me, I would either move out or
- (if my name was on the lease) I'd ask the other person to move out
- with a 30 day notice. In the meantime, kitty would stay elsewhere in
- case the roomate tried to retaliate by hurting or killing the animal
- further.
-
- But I would not hurt the abuser. Come now. Anger is perfectly
- acceptable. But as Gandhi said "An eye for an eye and the whole world
- is blind." Taking revenge for such a crime only lowers oneself to the
- level of the scum who committed the crime.
-
- Just my 1.78882928883383929229292923838375491033883 cents worth =-)
-
- Anthony Clifton
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-