Once again, you
have arrived, full of zealous to engage in my wonderings. I won’t keep you too
long this time; short and sweet, I promise. I appreciate your interest in the nattering
of a broken man; it is very kind of you. Please make yourself comfortable and
join me, as we dive once again, into my wonderings.
It's a Dog's Life
It says a lot
about the morals and values of society when an eleven grand reward is offered
up for information regarding a tortured dog. It makes me think that priorities
are somewhat askew here.
From one animal
lover to another; it makes me sick to my stomach to think that somebody would
be so twisted as to slit the throat of a family pet, however on the same
weekend as this horrific incident; a man in his seventies was pulled from a car
and beaten to within an inch of his life; his attacker got into a serious fit
of road rage. Not many people had heard about this; never mind mustering the
enthusiasm to catch the sick son of a bitch who flogged this poor man.
Let’s talk
frankly about rape for a second; time and time again in this country women are
forced to recount a horrific, violent attack in a courtroom. They are forced to
come eye to eye with their attacker, wave their right anonymity, and for
what? So their offender will get a five to seven year sentence, with two of
those suspended? I didn’t see anybody offering up eleven grand for Elaine O’Hara
or Rachael O’ Reilly’s killers.
It seems to me
that we value the life of a tortured animal over the life of a violently violated
woman or a beaten man. We seek justice and accountability for the poor little
dog, where we seek, well nothing really, for the abused women and pulverised men.
I recognise the
fact that the really sadistic psychos start off by torturing and killing
animals; as such we should be taking this incident seriously. However is 11K
not excessive? It is great that we are all outraged for this poor misfortunate
dog but should we not start with more pressing crimes such as rape, murder,
armed robbery, and work our way up to the eleven grand for animal mutilation? Should
we not feel the same outrage and disgust for the poor seventy year old who was
flayed to a pulp or for the thousands of women that have been raped and abused?
Personally, I’d
rather priorities human life over that of an animal. I don’t for one second
condone any form of cruelty towards animals but given a gun to my head, I would choose the life of a loved one over my beloved dog; I think it’s high time we take our heads from our arses and cop the
fuck on. As much as torturing an animal sickens me, it repulses me as much,
seeing so little care displayed for tortured people; seriously guys? Eleven thousand?
That’s it from me
for now; try not to remain too disheartened, I will return just as soon as
something else pisses me off to no end. Until then my friends, I bid you adieu.
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