R.W.Dale
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not believing it's the goverments responsibility = inhuman?
since when
since when
Krochus said:please explain to me how a person has to believe it's the GOVERNMENTS responsibility to dictate morality in order to have compassion
. by Benjamin Franklin.Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch
You are all aware, of course, that this is not about animals.
This is about punishing people.
This is about controlling people.
This is about disarming people.
They don't give a rip about animals.
Animals is a convenient, sympathetic excuse
langenc
I wonder when abuse on an unborn person will match the treatment of your dog--as proposed.
Isn't the thinking that people who are violent threats to society in general got their start abusing animals as a precursor to graduating to people.
All alcoholics get their start with one drink, arsonists begin their flaming careers by striking a match, and every single divorce begins with marriage. Out go beer, fire, and marriages. We can use the same rationale for multiple purposes, all of them equally bizarre because the logic itself is foolish and invalid.
We have the right to pass laws controlling your behavior.
Most gun owners I know hate the Lautenberg amendment to the Brady Law. Now I read people on this forum defending a bill that extends the Lautenberg amendment to cover gun owners in WI who may or may not be guilty of cruelty to animals. All it takes is a restraining order, and you give up your guns.
Following the Richard Speck murders, a study was done that showed the majority of serial killers had tattoos. That doesn't prove causation.
That slippery slope logic provides a convincing argument for banning all firearms. Everyone who shoots other people always starts by picking up a gun and ammunition. There are a great many people who believe that kind of argument. It's hard to reject selectively.
I have not studied the WI law in great detail, as I don't take cases there often, and then with local counsel. Across the river in MN, however, I know the background of this type of law. Maine was the first state last year to include protecting domestic animals in the context of domestic abuse scenarios, but similar legislation is spreading across the country.