June 25, 2010: Kitty's 9th Life

[Gravdigr]

Lumberjim:

this is you telling Flint he's wrong AND he's a sociopath.

You are right. I stand corrected. I apologize Flint.<---This is me saying I was wrong.

Now. This ---> is me saying a person has got to be fucked up in the goddamned head to not be at least somewhat affected by a household pet being shown dead and dangling from the jaws of whatever killed it. Be the pet a cat, dog, or a parakeet (which I hate by the way, but I still will be at least somewhat affected when a pic of one dangling from the jaws of a warthog shows up.) I may not breakdown in tears or start a Save-The-Parakeets foundation, but I ain't gonna lie to myself and say "That's life."

[Flint]

We can either try to shelter ourselves from the reality of life, or we can embrace it fully. And, after all, we really have no choice--this is the world we live in! The Native Americans worshipped the spirits of the animals they consumed...lazy modern man doesn't even stop to consider that this meat was ever part of a living creature. Life IS death, because to LIVE we must EAT. To EAT is to KILL (whether you hide this reality from yourself, or not). And, yes, vegetables are alive too. If you eat the ROOT of a plant you have taken its life in an irreparable way.

Snakes live, snakes eat, snakes kill. Cats live, cats eat, cats kill. Man lives, man eats, man kills. If this bothers you, you are literally having a schizophrenic break with REALITY.

You keep saying "household pet" as if that distinction exempts them from the reality of life. It doesn't! Nor are YOU exempt.

You keep saying what kind of reaction a person should have to a PICTURE of this situation. Well, let me tell you, the time that I found my dog (whom I had literally raised from birth, including bottle feedings and the whole nine yards) dead on the lawn, next to a dead snake, it pretty much cured me of ever having crybaby, Walt Disney type reactions to a ƒucking PHOTOGRAPH of a similar situation. Don't believe me? Look it up--I'm pretty sure I have posted about this before.

When I say "That's life" I MEAN IT goddamnit. THAT. IS. LIFE. If you don't want to accept that then you are choosing to be ignorant. The end.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Flint

Well, let me tell you, the time that I found my dog (whom I had literally raised from birth

Does this mean picking it up after it's born?

[Pete Zicato]

Originally Posted by Flint

When I say "That's life" I MEAN IT goddamnit. THAT. IS. LIFE. If you don't want to accept that then you are choosing to be ignorant. The end.

Well, everything is life, isn't it. Unless a picture is 'shopped, it's life.

Does that mean that there is no picture which you would find repugnant?

BTW, I'm _not_ saying you should or shouldn't find this particular picture repugnant. Just trying to ascertain whether anything pictured would push your buttons and where the line would be for you.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

Does that mean that there is no picture which you would find repugnant?

If you (not pete) find this or any other picture repugnant, move on. Don't piss and moan about how you've been personally assaulted... it's NOT about you.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

It's NOT about you.

Damn right bruce! Its all about the kitty! and sometimes the kitty wins.

[Pete Zicato]

Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

Well, everything is life, isn't it. Unless a picture is 'shopped, it's life.

Does that mean that there is no picture which you would find repugnant?

BTW, I'm _not_ saying you should or shouldn't find this particular picture repugnant. Just trying to ascertain whether anything pictured would push your buttons and where the line would be for you.

Yo, Flint.

Did you miss the question, or don't feel like answering?

[Flint]

Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

Yo, Flint.

Did you miss the question, or don't feel like answering?

I'm still thinking about it. Stand by...