# Drowning Takes Too Long, Let's BBQ the Dog Instead **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 5, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-takes-too-long-lets-bbq-the-dog-instead/258513 "2004-08-05T21:08:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-takes-too-long-lets-bbq-the-dog-instead/258513/1 "2004-08-05T21:08:29Z")
[Two punks burn a dog for “kicks.”](http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/04/08/55440748.shtml?Element_ID=55440748) > [@](#): > > Two boys accused of fatally roasting a puppy on a barbecue grill first tried to drown the pet, but it survived, police say. > > Afterward, the boys, ages 14 and 11, put the puppy on an old gas grill and set it on fire using charcoal, according to police reports. Their reason? > [@](#): > > they wanted to see what it tasted like. It get’s even better, you see, this _isn’t_ the first time they’ve done something like this. > [@](#): > > Investigators believe the 14-year-old and two youths, ages 13 and 10, broke into the Springfield Animal Shelter and stole a Shar-Pei a few days before the burning incident. > > The Shar-Pei is recovering from cuts and trauma, authorities say, and is in the custody of a rescue group. What does the father think of this? Well, he’s now in jail. > [@](#): > > Also, the father of one boy was arrested yesterday and charged with aggravated assault on a neighbor in a fight related to the group of children. The **only** good thing is that one of the neighborhood kids tried to save the dog. > [@](#): > > While many adults are asking how any child could torture a puppy that way, they also are praising Dregis Freeman for trying to save the pet. > > Dregis went to an adult neighbor’s house asking for a bucket of water and a towel to nurse the burning dog. The neighbor called 911 and later confirmed to police that Dregis wasn’t involved in the cruelty. > > By the time Dregis and the neighbor returned, the puppy had crawled off the grill and made it a few feet away, barking and yelping. It died moments later. Let’s hope these punks get nice long jail times. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-takes-too-long-lets-bbq-the-dog-instead/258513/2 "2004-08-05T21:13:54Z")
And the shit kicked out of them. ---
**Author:** ![Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siddhartha_Vicious)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-takes-too-long-lets-bbq-the-dog-instead/258513/3 "2004-08-05T21:15:55Z")
Yeesh. Isn’t animal torture how most serial killers get their start? ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-takes-too-long-lets-bbq-the-dog-instead/258513/4 "2004-08-05T21:23:45Z")
This is really sad all around. ☹ Let’s get this insensitive and predictable shit out of the way right now: [The rock in the box: I burning your dog](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=203185) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-takes-too-long-lets-bbq-the-dog-instead/258513/5 "2004-08-05T21:32:11Z")
> [@Siddhartha Vicious](#): > > Yeesh. > > Isn’t animal torture how most serial killers get their start? It worked for Dahmer. 'Course, he started with corpses but still… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-takes-too-long-lets-bbq-the-dog-instead/258513/6 "2004-08-05T21:42:07Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > What does the father think of this? Well, he’s now in jail. Hey, look who’s not surprised! It’s me! ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-takes-too-long-lets-bbq-the-dog-instead/258513/7 "2004-08-05T22:14:45Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Hey, look who’s not surprised! It’s me! Ditto. And fuck the person who said to kick the shit out of 'em. That’s a _great_ way to turn an 11 year old into a well human being. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-takes-too-long-lets-bbq-the-dog-instead/258513/8 "2004-08-05T22:37:05Z")
You think these two little evildoers can be redeemed? I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-takes-too-long-lets-bbq-the-dog-instead/258513/9 "2004-08-05T22:47:02Z")
Jesus. These kids are the very definition of “sick fuck.” > [@bluethree](#): > > You think these two little evildoers can be redeemed? I don’t. The 14 year old, almost certainly not. The 11 year old, maybe, if he was just playing sidekick to the 14 y/o for approval. ---
**Author:** ![Thaumaturge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@Thaumaturge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thaumaturge)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-takes-too-long-lets-bbq-the-dog-instead/258513/10 "2004-08-05T22:57:53Z")
Nah they are ruined for life, most likely. They’ve forfeited their rights to air as far as I’m concerned. Me…I’ll just be a little ill for the rest of the day … ---
**Author:** ![Unregistered\_Bull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3da27b/32.png) [@Unregistered\_Bull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unregistered_Bull)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-takes-too-long-lets-bbq-the-dog-instead/258513/11 "2004-08-05T23:56:19Z")
> [@Siddhartha Vicious](#): > > Yeesh. > > Isn’t animal torture how most serial killers get their start? it is. and this time, it looks like an actual case has been pitted for a change. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-takes-too-long-lets-bbq-the-dog-instead/258513/12 "2004-08-06T15:21:35Z")
I was going to post this but I get tired of animal cruelty stories coming out around Nashville and the surrounding areas (the cop shooting the family dog, the bastard dropkicking the small dog…) But I did want to say that I’m very proud of the young man who was brave enough to tell someone that these two older boys were acting so heinously. He tried to stop the evil little fucks and then tried to save the pup’s life. He’s a good kid whose parents should also be commended. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-takes-too-long-lets-bbq-the-dog-instead/258513/13 "2004-08-06T15:59:47Z")
> [@Metacom](#): > > And fuck the person who said to kick the shit out of 'em. What’s wrong? You don’t know how to type my name or something? I stand by what I said, fuck 'em. > [@](#): > > That’s a _great_ way to turn an 11 year old into a well human being. :rolleyes: Hate to break it to you, but anyone that does what they did ain’t human, and never will be. ---
**Author:** ![nonpolar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@nonpolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonpolar)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-takes-too-long-lets-bbq-the-dog-instead/258513/14 "2004-08-06T16:16:32Z")
I always get mad when I hear people(hypocrites) go ballistic at news that someone tortured dog,cat or other animal. You can’t imagine in your wildest dreams what is going on in slaughter plants every second-things that are worst than torture. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-takes-too-long-lets-bbq-the-dog-instead/258513/15 "2004-08-06T16:20:36Z")
> [@nonpolar](#): > > I always get mad when I hear people(hypocrites) go ballistic at news that someone tortured dog,cat or other animal. > You can’t imagine in your wildest dreams what is going on in slaughter plants every second-things that are worst than torture. Yeah, roasting a puppy is the same as ripping some scallions out of the ground. :rolleyes: x infinity ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-takes-too-long-lets-bbq-the-dog-instead/258513/16 "2004-08-06T17:38:59Z")
> [@World Eater](#): > > Hate to break it to you, but anyone that does what they did ain’t human, and never will be. Today, you’re saying that an 11-year old animal abuser isn’t a human, and deserves to get the shit kicked out of him, and just a couple days ago, [you were saying](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5134996&postcount=46) that, if you were an MP in an Iraqi prison, you certainly wouldn’t have degraded the prisoners (who, unless the SPCA is operating in Iraq, were most likely there for commiting crimes that hurt other people). Personally, I think both of the _children_ who did this are human beings, capable of change, and not deserving of physical abuse. I find the actions of someone like Lynddie England easier to understand (given the environment she was in) then the desire to kick the shit out of a disturbed boy whom you don’t personally know. ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-takes-too-long-lets-bbq-the-dog-instead/258513/17 "2004-08-06T17:41:30Z")
> [@World Eater](#): > > Yeah, roasting a puppy is the same as ripping some scallions out of the ground. :rolleyes: x infinity A “slaughtering plant” is a place where animals are slaughtered, not plants. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-takes-too-long-lets-bbq-the-dog-instead/258513/18 "2004-08-06T18:49:27Z")
> [@Metacom](#): > > A “slaughtering plant” is a place where animals are slaughtered, not plants. His English is a bit funky, I misunderstood, I stand corrected. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-takes-too-long-lets-bbq-the-dog-instead/258513/19 "2004-08-06T18:54:52Z")
> [@Metacom](#): > > Personally, I think both of the _children_ who did this are human beings, capable of change, and not deserving of physical abuse. I find the actions of someone like Lynddie England easier to understand (given the environment she was in) then the desire to kick the shit out of a disturbed boy whom you don’t personally know. Shhheeesh, fine, fine, I wouldn’t have really kicked the crap out of them anyway. Let’s just say I don’t give a shit if something bad happens to them. Is that ok with you? I don’t understand the actions of any of those losers. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-takes-too-long-lets-bbq-the-dog-instead/258513/20 "2004-08-06T19:16:08Z")
Man, this doesn’t happen often. I’m at a complete loss for words. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-takes-too-long-lets-bbq-the-dog-instead/258513.md?page=2)