tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403549.post4254554655364395753..comments2023-11-03T05:25:10.508-07:00Comments on Chicago Stories: Ask the Hixx - revealed!Hixxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03879777399752620803noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403549.post-33485240993638485572009-08-20T11:14:13.835-07:002009-08-20T11:14:13.835-07:00p.s. i just don't know that i think we have to...p.s. i just don't know that i think we have to allow them to bring their guns to rallies where the president is. i just don't.smussyolayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01143163489097921644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403549.post-26018998847402647232009-08-20T11:12:26.617-07:002009-08-20T11:12:26.617-07:00my $.50:
While I have heard that a lot of the sam...my $.50:<br /><br />While I have heard that a lot of the same methods are employed in factory farming – beating, electrocution, drowning – that were used by vick to get rid of his dogs, the difference is this: right or wrong, those animals are being bred for slaughter and eventual consumption. The way they are being raised and killed is terribly inhumane and I fucking hate it. But the idea is that they are to be killed for meat. Vick’s dogs were dogs. They were not supposed to be eaten. Instead, they were used as toys for grown men – made to fight one another (cows aren’t put in rings to fight to the death) in a sick and gruesome display of violence, that the men BET on. And when the dogs didn’t perform to the men’s standards, they weren’t given away or turned loose, they were tortured. I think that’s the difference between animals for food and this. It’s the mental twist that has to occur to treat a companion animal that way. Moral or not, I would think the guys in the slaughterhouses see all of that as a job. This was a means to make money on the side for a man who is/was a fucking millionaire. Disgusting.<br /><br />And brett favre? People in Wisconsin (I was born and raised there and thus am a lifelong packer fan) have extreme team loyalty. He played for the packers for nearly all of his illustrious and amazing career. He really was a star and a diamond in what was sometimes a terribly rough team. But he also led the packers to a super bowl and that was glorious. Every fan dreams of their team winning a world series, a super bowl, a Stanley cup. So, when he retired, it was a sad day. But to fuck around and come back to the NFL again, and be all shady and end up on the jets and now at one of the packers’ arch rivals (second only to the bears)? What a douchebag. I don’t know what his fucking problem is. I can’t and won’t compare this situation to vick, though. They’re completely separate and on two entirely different levels.smussyolayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01143163489097921644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403549.post-13557721986551817202009-08-20T09:05:28.684-07:002009-08-20T09:05:28.684-07:00Julia, interesting point. And I think the reason p...Julia, interesting point. And I think the reason people can let the factory farming go by them is because for a lot of people, that is food for them, so it's fine. It's completely hypocritical of course. But I bet people would not be as mad about Michael Vick if somehow some of us were eating those dogs. <br /><br />Rebar: I think we're all sitting on edge about the guns in the town halls. It's that weird argument of "people who have guns are safer" which is such a load. But, I still hold true that if its legal in their state to do so, then they have to be allowed to bring their guns. So. weird.Hixxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03879777399752620803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403549.post-4191538395782298332009-08-20T08:08:39.724-07:002009-08-20T08:08:39.724-07:00What I love is the irony of (for the past two term...What I love is the irony of (for the past two terms) of protestors - for example at the Republican convention - being put in a "free speech zone" that was basically an Orwellian cage of chain link - a veritable dog run for humans...<br /><br />But, now folks can walk into a town hall meeting with a loaded gun and speak their minds.<br /><br />I know the pen is mightier than the sword and that words can be weapons...and yet, in the history of man, words have yet to land you in the ER with your spleen bleeding out or your brain pan splattered on a wall.<br /><br />Unlike some folks who feel that things will only change if something "happens", I do NOT want a gun to go off at one of these events. I do not not not not not not not want that to happen.<br /><br />But, I really am afraid it will. <br /><br />And much like a drive by, the main players, who are prepared for the circumstance, will be protected while the innocent citizen(s) get caught in the crossfire.<br /><br />The choir will now take a short break.rebarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09138092241821956068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403549.post-57829615204222311512009-08-20T07:15:31.799-07:002009-08-20T07:15:31.799-07:00The real question about Michael Vick is why he ups...The real question about Michael Vick is why he upsets people so much. I don't understand why dog fighting is reprehensible, but factory farming cows, sheep, chickens, etc. is okay.Julianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403549.post-84098906384946777622009-08-19T14:20:40.729-07:002009-08-19T14:20:40.729-07:00Good. I am glad you didn't like them either. T...Good. I am glad you didn't like them either. They make me really mad.Ericahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09497733042263714282noreply@blogger.com