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Old 01-13-2007, 05:44 PM
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C'mon now, just because an animal will eat doesn't mean you make an assessment about whether they want to live or not. Animals are not people.
But by and large you can tell by their temperment if they are miserable or not. If it were some schmo on the street insisting that he keep fighting it would be different -- I think it's been clear from the beginning that Dr. Richardson and the Jacksons would never press it one second further than was good for Barbaro. I trust in their opinions 100%.
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Old 01-13-2007, 06:33 PM
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But by and large you can tell by their temperment if they are miserable or not. If it were some schmo on the street insisting that he keep fighting it would be different -- I think it's been clear from the beginning that Dr. Richardson and the Jacksons would never press it one second further than was good for Barbaro. I trust in their opinions 100%.
Yes, I agree with you 100%.
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