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Cat burning
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).
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That shit is fucked up big time.
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I hate finding out about this stuff. Makes me angry.
Each aspect of the soul has it's own part to play, but the ideal is harmonious agreement with reason and control.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by clevohardcore
I hate finding out about this stuff. Makes me angry. |
The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, ?You know, I want to set those people over there on
fire, but I?m just not close enough to get the job done.? George Carlin
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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.
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| Quote: | 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.
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