Scuds, I didn't say I enjoyed it. I said I don't feel anything. I've seen dog fighting and I just wasn't bothered by it. That doesn't mean I enjoyed it. It's not something I would look forward to attending on a Saturday night with the guys. I couldn't see myself ever deciding to attend because it doesn't bring me any pleasure. At the same time, it doesn't appal me either. I just find it interesting that from that, u can deduce that I could rape or kill a human being without guilt. The two aren't even remotely close.
Pgardn, I realize that I'm in the minority here and that's ok. I'm not even suggesting that anyone should feel the same way I feel or that it's even normal that I feel the way I do. Perhaps I'm missing something if I'm not turned off by it. But I'm just not. I am the same way with horses. I love the sport. I love watching the horses run and the efforts they put forth. But I can't stand horses. I don't like to even be near them. I remember a friend of mine wanted to actually fight me after a horse we had bet on broke down in the stretch and I was more concerned with who won the race than the horse that broke down. He asked me if I felt bad because the horse that I was betting on died while trying to earn us money. I didn't. Why? I don't know but I just didn't. I understand that most people involved in the sport are actual horse people and love the animals. I can respect that and I do try and be respectful of their feelings when something happens to one, especially one that they were attatched too. But they can never seem to respect that not everyone is like them. They seem to think that since they love animals, everyone should and if u don't, then u are no different than a rapist or a murder. That's what pisses me off. I don't judge them for what they feel but they are quick to judge me. It pisses me off that Scuds, who's never met me in life, can tell me that I am the type of person that could kill or rape a human being simply because I don't have the same feelings as he does about animals.
__________________
The real horses of the year (1986-2020)
Manila, Java Gold, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Go for Wand, In Excess, Paseana, Kotashaan, Holy Bull, Cigar, Alphabet Soup, Formal Gold, Skip Away, Artax, Tiznow, Point Given, Azeri, Candy Ride, Smarty Jones, Ghostzapper, Invasor, Curlin, Zenyatta, Zenyatta, Goldikova, Havre de Grace, Wise Dan, Wise Dan, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Arrogate, Gun Runner, Accelerate, Maximum Security, Gamine
|