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  • #21
    Bah, I should have just filed one of these.
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    • #22
      Originally posted by dags View Post
      Well geez, forgive me for expressing some curiosity. Trying to understand human motivation is apparently a big No No.

      Replace "horse" with "dog" and this post wouldn't be allowed here. And, I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure no humans have been violently injured from a paw to the head.

      For the record, I called it odd. I posted because I found it puzzling, but apparently there is no in-between here. You are either "for" or "against", with no room for those pesky shades of grey. I did not call Mike a bad person, some of his posts I enjoy very much (which is why "ignore" is not really an option), and if that is your impression of "hate'" then I wish I lived in your world.

      Perhaps you all should just go ahead and tell me what I am supposed to say. I'll put it on a sticky here next to my computer so as to never reply inappropriately again.
      well, replace horse with dog and it is no longer horse related, Silly!

      While I don't go for sensationalism, sometimes we have to have a little reminder that the world can be a big and scary place with mean people in it.

      As I said above, not too long ago we had the discussion on how animal abuse figures into domestic violence.
      Some said it didn't while others had anecdotal evidence to the contrary to offer.

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      • #23
        Gotta' admit seeing the photo of the guy why she was ever attracted to him is a mystery to me. Skanky-looking guy.
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        • #24
          Originally posted by Alagirl View Post
          well, replace horse with dog and it is no longer horse related, Silly!

          While I don't go for sensationalism, sometimes we have to have a little reminder that the world can be a big and scary place with mean people in it.

          As I said above, not too long ago we had the discussion on how animal abuse figures into domestic violence.
          Some said it didn't while others had anecdotal evidence to the contrary to offer.
          The first sentence is my point It's not really horse related, it just happened to be an equid the asshole went after. It's an article about assholes, not horses.

          I don't need reminders, but I do wish it would take less than a near death experience for people to realize where true evil lies (usually after a day of trivialities on this board ). So, I kind of have to be on board with your middle paragraph.

          But I will remain frustrated that all we will do is post "Asshole!" and "He should be slashed!". It is unlikely that anything productive will come of this thread, (other than to originally ruin my lunch hour! ), but I'd love to be proven wrong.

          Probably too close to this one. Be thankful that to you the title is just a string of colorful words, but, as alagirl points out, remember this is real, and that ridicule at any point in such a conversation is inappropriate.

          (eta - I totally missed the animal/domestic violence thread, so I keep missing that point too. Apologies, maybe that awareness is a benefit to this discussion, I just don't think they're going to ultimately allow such a debate here. For the record, to me, violence is violence. End of story.)
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          • #25
            Originally posted by dags View Post
            The first sentence is my point It's not really horse related, it just happened to be an equid the asshole went after. It's an article about assholes, not horses.

            I don't need reminders, but I do wish it would take less than a near death experience for people to realize where true evil lies (usually after a day of trivialities on this board ). So, I kind of have to be on board with your middle paragraph.

            But I will remain frustrated that all we will do is post "Asshole!" and "He should be slashed!". It is unlikely that anything productive will come of this thread, (other than to originally ruin my lunch hour! ), but I'd love to be proven wrong.

            Probably too close to this one. Be thankful that to you the title is just a string of colorful words, but, as alagirl points out, remember this is real, and that ridicule at any point in such a conversation is inappropriate.

            (eta - I totally missed the animal/domestic violence thread, so I keep missing that point too. Apologies, maybe that awareness is a benefit to this discussion, I just don't think they're going to ultimately allow such a debate here. For the record, to me, violence is violence. End of story.)
            well,considering that horses are not easily moved, unlike cats and dogs, but there have been a few interesting things mentioned (I don't remember the thread title though) that really were creepy, all in the name of control, stopping short of injuring the person leaving the relationship, staying just this side of criminal (but barely)

            While not strictly HR, it's tangential important.
            (though more an OT topic)

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            • #26
              Originally posted by dags View Post
              Well geez, forgive me for expressing some curiosity. Trying to understand human motivation is apparently a big No No.

              Replace "horse" with "dog" and this post wouldn't be allowed here. And, I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure no humans have been violently injured from a paw to the head.

              For the record, I called it odd. I posted because I found it puzzling, but apparently there is no in-between here. You are either "for" or "against", with no room for those pesky shades of grey. I did not call Mike a bad person, some of his posts I enjoy very much (which is why "ignore" is not really an option), and if that is your impression of "hate'" then I wish I lived in your world.

              Perhaps you all should just go ahead and tell me what I am supposed to say. I'll put it on a sticky here next to my computer so as to never reply inappropriately again.

              Mike posts all sorts of news and media related threads.

              Some of it is bad news, just like it is on your local news station. How is it odd?

              Of course if you replaced "Horse" with "Dog" it wouldn't be allowed. This is a horse board. And actually, it probably would be allowed in the Menagerie section.

              And, for the record, people have been violently injured by dogs - I don't even know what point you are trying to make there.

              You are over reacting. And, people are getting annoyed because it seems like often someone pipes up on Mike's posts telling him he shouldn't post something. Don't like, don't look.
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              • #27
                Everyone, ex-boyfriends, defendants, and neighbors, have always known not to "mess with" my dogs and cats and horses. The penalty does not involve arrest or a trial. If they want to get back at me, come on after me, not after my animals. Fortunately I had street cred with my defendants and my ex-boyfriends weren't suicidal.

                If someone kills your animals, cops may arrest or may not. Then the killer may or may not get some minimal time in jail. So one has to be proactive to make sure that people don't "mess with" one's animals.

                Cothers got all worked up over my father making a neighbor whip his son for shooting bb gun at my first horse. That kid was lucky.

                Oh wait, are people after Mike again? I didn't read all the posts. He's been called all kinds of things for posting information on coth. If you don't like him, put him on ignore. I like him and his posts. Informative, and I don't want to search the web for info.

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                • #28
                  Originally posted by Paragon View Post
                  Blah blah Mike you post such horrible things blah blah you're a bad person blah frickin' blah.
                  Geesh Mike, I thought you were a porn posting perv! I'm so confused.....

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                  • #29
                    Originally posted by sketcher View Post
                    Geesh Mike, I thought you were a porn posting perv! I'm so confused.....
                    If he posts cute pix of children, he gets flamed.

                    If he posts pix of good looking women, he's flamed.

                    The self-appointed coth censors should be censured.

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                      #30
                      Can I get into the CotH Poster Protection Program? Will they give me a new identity?
                      "No matter how well you perform there's always somebody of intelligent opinion who thinks it's lousy." - Laurence Olivier

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                      • #31
                        FYI, domestic violence and animal abuse (pet abuse) are very much related. Numerous studies done over the past 20 years or so have found such a strong link b/w the two that some states have considered issuing VPO's for pets. (Maine did this years ago.) As many as 85% of women entering DV shelters have cited their abusers as harming/threatening to harm their pets. Bottom line, abusers hurt/destroy what their victims love in order to control them and that includes horses. BTW, a recent Texas study found that batterers who harmed animals were more dangerous to human victims than batterers who didn't harm animals.
                        "I never met a man I didn't like who liked horses." Will Rogers

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                        • #32
                          Originally posted by Mike Matson View Post
                          Can I get into the CotH Poster Protection Program? Will they give me a new identity?

                          It's hopeless, the sleuth hounds will sniff you out. Every time, anywhere.

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