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Originally Posted by username
Now you're getting ridiculous. You're comparing slaughtering cows for profit to putting down healthy pets that an owner didn't budget for?
Get a clue.
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I have many clues, thank you.
You are saying putting pets down is bad. This stems from a sanctity of life type argument. You obviously believe that animals deserve life, rather than death. You especially don't like it when an animal is killed needlessly (except when you deem it is ok of course).
For me to compare other examples of animals who are killed, both for a purpose and needlessly, is completely relevant. Who are you to decide what purpose is more meaningful? Sure the common counter is to say that we need those cows for food. That doesn't excuse the torture they endure. Nor does it address the thousands of other reasons we kill animals. Disease, dislike, pests, for fun etc.
What happened to your sanctity of animal life argument? Do cows not have the same rights as dogs? Or do you only support the animals you think are cute?
This doesn't make the pet owners who didn't budget correctly any less irresponsible. It also doesn't make your wild speculation about their financial situation any less ridiculous. But who are you to judge which reasons are ok and which aren't? What if the animal needs $5k in vet help? Are you still a POS for letting them die? Or is there a set limit to have saved that makes you a good pet owner?
What it does show is that you're obviously, along with a huge portion of society, a complete hypocrite when it comes to the sanctity of life for animals. It basically boils down to "well I want these types of animals to live, so they get rights and I don't care about other animals so they can suffer torturous, horrible, heinous deaths but who cares, they aren't cuddly."
Frankly, there are a lot of pet owners whose dog or cat probably prays for death because they are ####ty owners who don't play with or walk them, who don't feed them enough, abuse them etc.
My point has been, from the first time I quoted you, that you nor your g/f are in any position to be making judgements on the reasons people put down their pets. There is no set limit that every person must be prepared to pay. The talk about non-domestic animals is simply to show you that you have a complete double standard and set of rationalizations set up to avoid answering the question: Why is it ok to kill some but not others? Like I said, I think it boils down to "well, I care about the cute ones".