I smell enterprise...

[MertWindu]

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

First of all, this ****er 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?

 

[The Big Ragu]

An animal rights group was upset about the incident because it came when the dogs did not want to run.

"I'm sure they're exhausted and sick of the whole thing," said Lisa Wathne, a spokeswoman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

"When is enough going to be enough with this event? There is no way to do this humanely. No one who has any feelings for dogs should condone this event, or could possibly think it's acceptable."

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.

 

[MertWindu]

An animal rights group was upset about the incident because it came when the dogs did not want to run.

"I'm sure they're exhausted and sick of the whole thing," said Lisa Wathne, a spokeswoman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

"When is enough going to be enough with this event? There is no way to do this humanely. No one who has any feelings for dogs should condone this event, or could possibly think it's acceptable."

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.

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.

 

[Write-brained]

An animal rights group was upset about the incident because it came when the dogs did not want to run.

"I'm sure they're exhausted and sick of the whole thing," said Lisa Wathne, a spokeswoman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

"When is enough going to be enough with this event? There is no way to do this humanely. No one who has any feelings for dogs should condone this event, or could possibly think it's acceptable."

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.

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.

It's a "sport" that involves animals ...

 

[MertWindu]

An animal rights group was upset about the incident because it came when the dogs did not want to run.

"I'm sure they're exhausted and sick of the whole thing," said Lisa Wathne, a spokeswoman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

"When is enough going to be enough with this event? There is no way to do this humanely. No one who has any feelings for dogs should condone this event, or could possibly think it's acceptable."

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.

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.

It's a "sport" that involves animals ...

So only one of those subjects needs to be understood?

 

[Write-brained]

An animal rights group was upset about the incident because it came when the dogs did not want to run.

"I'm sure they're exhausted and sick of the whole thing," said Lisa Wathne, a spokeswoman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

"When is enough going to be enough with this event? There is no way to do this humanely. No one who has any feelings for dogs should condone this event, or could possibly think it's acceptable."

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.

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.

It's a "sport" that involves animals ...

So only one of those subjects needs to be understood?

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" ...

 

[pallister]

This guy needs to beaten with that trail marking lathe.

 

[Write-brained]

This guy needs to beaten with that trail marking lathe.

If you mean the dog-beater, then yes, I completely agree.

 

[pallister]

Whom did you think I meant, Mert?

 

[Write-brained]

Whom did you think I meant, Mert?

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

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

Eddie Furlong once got arrested for liberating a bunch of live caged lobsters in a Kentucky supermarket.

 

[Write-brained]

Eddie Furlong once got arrested for liberating a bunch of live caged lobsters in a Kentucky supermarket.

Here ya are coming out of left field again, LJB ... thought we talked about this ...

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

I was conceived in left field.

 

[Write-brained]

I was conceived in left field.

Well, you may want to just park yourself at the Random Thoughts thread and call that home ... there you will be beyond reproach ...

 

[LiveStrong]

I was conceived in left field.

which ballpark?

 

[Killick]

A little league field.
During a game.

 

[Football_Bat]

I was conceived on third base and thought I hit a triple. [/w]