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Originally Posted by horseofcourse
Personally, I enjoy articles like this. It is supposedly what makes this country great...free speech and people to voice opinions whether we agree with them or not. No matter how much these animal rights groups scream, I am not really worried some jack booted thug is going to knock at my door and take my two dogs away from me. Of course dog fighting is inhumane and cruel...but no matter how much we disagree with articles such as this, there is some cruelty that goes on in horse racing by only a very few involved in the sport and very, very few "on purpose" deaths (Alydar)...unlike the dog fighting game. I will be very sad when I can no longer see written words from people who think differently than me. Then we are in trouble.
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I agree that everybody is entitled to thier own opinions. The article is crap, but for AOL to put it out to the world in that type of forum really bothers me. This article has gotten tons of exposure today. So it would not suprise me to see the PETA morons at some racetrack this weekend, with pictures of broken down horses causing trouble because some idiot compared it to dog fighting. Then who knows what kind of snowball effect you can have. Look at uproar IMUS caused with a stupid comment. You get these crazy people with no life and no job (PETA and Al Sharpton types) and they have nothing better to do then try to ruin people and livelyhoods. I also refuse to give AOL another dollar of my money for giving this uneducated person the grand forum that he recieved.