Why would you do that to an animal? I don't get it.
Because people see their pets as an extension of themselves.
Or sometimes just as their property.
I don't endorse these notions, but I think that's the logic.
Police procedure has changed since I was little.
Wash ,'The Message'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Aug 11, 2011 8:33:05 am PDT #20146 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
beekaytee - Aug 11, 2011 8:33:30 am PDT #20147 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
Oh for gods' sake. That is outrageous.
I can't even speak.
§ ita § - Aug 11, 2011 8:37:50 am PDT #20148 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I totally view pets as property. Maybe it's the extension of self that I will never get. I just don't see a payoff--it's shanghaing them into something asinine, and unless you're weird like Steph's dog, I refuse to believe that any of them could possibly enjoy it, or even plain not care.
Toddson - Aug 11, 2011 8:38:09 am PDT #20149 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
The tattooed cats ... that's creepy. And I imagine they had to sedate the cat to have it done. The ones of cats in S/M gear look like they've been photoshopped.
Jesse - Aug 11, 2011 8:39:48 am PDT #20150 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Even the temporary tattoos -- what's the point?
msbelle - Aug 11, 2011 8:40:14 am PDT #20151 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
what is wrong with people?
coming from ita?!?!?!? HAHAHHAHAHAHA
Connie Neil - Aug 11, 2011 8:42:42 am PDT #20152 of 30001
brillig
re: spoilers--if a book is going in a direction that I'm leery of, I'll check the end to see if it resolves in a way that doesn't make me want to throw it against a wall. I'm willing to read through badness if there's a payoff I can appreciate in the end.
Steph L. - Aug 11, 2011 8:49:14 am PDT #20153 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
unless you're weird like Steph's dog, I refuse to believe that any of them could possibly enjoy it, or even plain not care.
Poor Chloe, ruining the curve for other dogs.
P.M. Marc - Aug 11, 2011 8:59:41 am PDT #20154 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
My dog has tattoos. One in each ear, and a small one on her belly.
Of course, the ear tats are from when she was a working dog, and the belly tat is to indicate that she was spayed. So totally different.
I am going to get her numbers tattooed on me. Just not in green. Hers are green.
le nubian - Aug 11, 2011 9:01:19 am PDT #20155 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
you have a former working dog? what line of work was she in?