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I smell enterprise...

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by MertWindu, Mar 19, 2007.

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  1. MertWindu

    MertWindu Active Member

    http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/news/story?id=2803778

    First of all, this fucker needs to take next year off at the least. Second of all, PETA need not weigh in and sound like the earthy-crunchy hippies they can't afford to be. Thirdly, "two dogs died at this year's race...one of pneumonia, one from a hemorrhage caused by a gastric ulcer..." Pneumonia, really? That's something that should happen to a dog in the name of sport?
     
    MertWindu, Mar 19, 2007
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  2. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I know PETA pushes people's buttons with their shock tactics. But that quote is quite restrained and perfectly acceptable coming from an animal rights activist. It might have been the most reasonable thing quoted in the story.
     
    The Big Ragu, Mar 19, 2007
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  3. MertWindu

    MertWindu Active Member

    I don't disagree with her, it's just that for some reason it came off as a complete non-sports fan weighing in on a sports issue, and that always rings a little hollow to me.
     
    MertWindu, Mar 19, 2007
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  4. Write-brained

    Write-brained Guest

    It's a "sport" that involves animals ...
     
    Write-brained, Mar 19, 2007
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  5. MertWindu

    MertWindu Active Member

    So only one of those subjects needs to be understood?
     
    MertWindu, Mar 19, 2007
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  6. Write-brained

    Write-brained Guest

    What's there to understand? He beat a dog that was already giving him everything she had.

    I'll give the event the benefit of the doubt because I know there's bad apples in every bunch, but I also know dogs are very resilient, in those conditions they'd have to be ... maybe he should have taken the dog's collapse as a sign rather than becoming "frustrated" ...
     
    Write-brained, Mar 19, 2007
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  7. pallister

    pallister Guest

    This guy needs to beaten with that trail marking lathe.
     
    pallister, Mar 19, 2007
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  8. Write-brained

    Write-brained Guest

    If you mean the dog-beater, then yes, I completely agree.
     
    Write-brained, Mar 19, 2007
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  9. pallister

    pallister Guest

    Whom did you think I meant, Mert?
     
    pallister, Mar 19, 2007
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  10. Write-brained

    Write-brained Guest

    Actually, I didn't want to say I agree and then have it turn out that you were talking about me ...
    :) ... didn't think you were but I just wanted to cover my ass .. ;D
     
    Write-brained, Mar 19, 2007
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  11. Herbert Anchovy

    Herbert Anchovy Active Member

    Eddie Furlong once got arrested for liberating a bunch of live caged lobsters in a Kentucky supermarket.
     
    Herbert Anchovy, Mar 19, 2007
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  12. Write-brained

    Write-brained Guest

    Here ya are coming out of left field again, LJB ... thought we talked about this ...
     
    Write-brained, Mar 19, 2007
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