There’s a bit of the nip in the air, eh neighbor? A bit of snow, too. But hopefully the roads will be safe for the evening traffic. And while we’re engaging in this make-believe friendly neighborly chat, why don’t I kick your ass the way you casually kick the dog for no fucking reason. He isn’t barking or anything, just hanging out being a dog, and you think, WTF, I’m a seedy alcoholic loser and it’s not my dog, so I’ll give him a sharp and unecessary kick to feel tough or something. Then I’ll light up my cigarette and scowl at the world.
I don’t know who you are, since I can’t quite keep track of who exactly lives in the houses across the alley, but since a black fellow has been seen doing the yard work and putting up the fence, I’m guessing you’re some shiftless relative of his white wife, some down-and-out brother with a crystal meth problem and sociopathic tendancies. She probably makes you go outside to smoke, and since you feel emasculated you go ahead and boot her dog.
There are differences and there are differences. I can forgive and forget many things in life, but recreational abuse of animals isn’t one of them. So, Happy New Year. I hope you tail out on a patch of ice and drive into the river. Just don’t hurt anyone else.
Er, when I say “unneccessary kick,” I do not mean to imply there is a such thing as “neccessary kick,” for a dog. I just mean the fellow’s violences was completely capricious.
I know that this response is inflammatory and designed to make people like me bite, but I just can’t stop myself from biting. There are plenty of appropriate ways to reinforce the pecking order, Reeder, and physical abuse isn’t one of them. And your “while I don’t condone kicking pets” comment really contradicts the rest of your statement. In fact, I think it is nothing more than a lame attempt to make decent people think that maybe, just maybe, you’re not an ass.
Where in the world do you see justification for kicking an non-aggressive animal, “just to tell it where it stands in the hierarchy” in this instance? No growling, no barking, nothing described beyond an animal merely existing in proximity to a hostile drunk?
The Pit is refuge for sideways contrarians but c’mon already. Pre-emptively lashing out to ‘prove hierarchy’ is very over-rated, not to mention frankly ridiculous to onlookers as well as those kicked.
Give me a break people. My daughter was bitten by a “pet” dog last summer. She will carry the scars on her legs for the rest of her life. I’d kick that dogs teeth in had I the chance.
The last thing I’d want to do is kick a strange dog that’s minding his own business. Aside from the fact that it’s cruel for no reason, why risk provoking him? Isn’t the standard advice for dealing with a strange dog to act like you’re *not * challenging him? I’ve never read anything saying “establish your place in the hierachy.”
There’s no reason to kick a dog that is not threatening you. Period. Anyone who does that to feel important or powerful deserves to get the same treatment. It’s wrong.
Did your daughter provoke the dog, was the dog properly cared for? I don’t know any dog that is properly taken care of that would attack a child. If you want to ‘kick someones teeth in’ find the owners of the dog.
