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Originally Posted by pylon
I am not disagreeing that what happened could offend someone. Everyone has the right to be offended. However, the reaction to this is incredibly over the top. As I said, had the photo been of her crying at the gravesite being comforted by the dog, people would think it is a beautiful heart warming picture. And nobody would care about the bylaw being broken. The dog pooped. And it is nearly impossible to predict when a dog will poop on a walk.
If everyone is outraged by what has happened here, because of a bylaw, seeing as that the Bylaw states no dogs are allowed in a cemetery (it says nothing about pooping) Then you should be equally outraged by this photo, because I know of no school that allows unleashed dogs in the gymnasium:
It is an incredibly reaching argument I know, but it is to point out how absurd the outrage is. We have no reason to believe that woman wasn't in that cemetery visiting a loved one, except for third party hearsay. If there was evidence she directed the dog to crap there, I would agree with the outrage. But there simply is none. |
Why wouldnt someone react as much as they would? some people are very sensitive to it. Some have dead relatives too and they would react violently to a dog owner if they ever witness a dog defecating on their mother`s grave.
Another unlikely story that she was mourning next to the grave. Because the dog was running wild in the cemetary, it's more likely that the dog just found a spot next to a tombstone and just felt like defecating there. Even if she was mourning at that grave, she still had a lack of respect for others by allowing her dog unleashed.
If you already know that it is nearly impossible to predict when a dog will poop on a walk, isnt that more justification why you should leash your dog?
That photo is a poor comparison because that was a private funeral, and that dog belonged to the deceased. the only way you can make a comparison with it is if someone attending the funeral brought their own dog, unleashed it and it took a dump next to the casket.