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Cat burning

random - 1-4-2009 at 05:29 PM

Thought I would watch something educational instead of another episode of The Simpsons, so I put on this: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth...

He talks about how cat burning used to be this big source of crowd entertainment, which I had never heard of. Sure enough, Wikipedia has an entry with the details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat-burning

Part of me thinks we've made some progress over the last few hundred years... then I remember several recent stories about dog-fighting rings (Michael Vick, a big ring in the south, rise in popularity in Afghanistan).

Siczine.com - 1-4-2009 at 05:31 PM

That shit is fucked up big time.

clevohardcore - 1-5-2009 at 09:56 AM

I hate finding out about this stuff. Makes me angry.

newbreedbrian - 1-5-2009 at 04:59 PM

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Originally posted by clevohardcore
I hate finding out about this stuff. Makes me angry.

random - 1-5-2009 at 05:02 PM

You did all catch the part about cat burning being popular in 16th century Paris, right? I mean, it's still fucked up, but it was 500 years ago. Now the dog-fighting part, that shit is way too popular currently.

Siczine.com - 1-5-2009 at 06:33 PM

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Originally posted by random
You did all catch the part about cat burning being popular in 16th century Paris, right? I mean, it's still fucked up, but it was 500 years ago. Now the dog-fighting part, that shit is way too popular currently.


Yeah.

I condemn both acts, but I have to say that burning a group of cats or any animal for that matter, together for little kids and their parents to watch is more fucked up than a group of scumbags trying to make $ off of some poor dogs.