In that case it would be trans-infinite.
We’re not talking about some new technology; it’s flippin’ pet food for hell’s sake! It’s pretty simple: don’t poison it!
Sure it could be. That only means that security at the plant sucks, and the company’s still responsible.
So? Anytime something bad happens it ain’t the first time. Somebody’s still gotta pay!
No skippage, Skippy. All big corps are worthy of extra surveillance. I do find it suspicious, however, that only pets below the border perished in this incident. Can’t the friggin’ Cannucks experiment on their own animals first?!
No, but all kinds of genetically altered shit is constantly getting into the food supply without our knowledge. Big Food is experimenting on us and our animals without our consent. That’s a fact and you know it.
That is what I surmised from the article. The horrified state of the owners seemed to imply this.
If it wasn’t the food, then why have a recall? Obviously the company feels there is more than just a mere “corellation” at work!
It’s level with rage. Imagine your own pet exploding before your eyes, and you may come to experience the same level of rage yourself!
My dog is 13, and actually that doesnt sound like a bad way to go, all things considered. I’d rather have Goldie go out with a bang than die slowly of cancer or something.
So I’m sorry, I cant muster up your Hulkish Rage.
I think you also need to explain why Canada is possibly satanic? South Park joke gone awry perhaps?
Okay, so you really have gone off the deep end, then.
Right, because that’s clearly what they did. Canadians and their nefarious schemes, when will it end?!
:rolleyes:
This is what the owners said:
So, from those quotes, you have concluded that the animals involved exploded. Right.
Are you serious, or this some kind of bizarre, extended joke?
Yeah, I’m starting to wonder if Aeschines isn’t studying for his sailplane pilot’s license… 
Psst! I left you an out, dude, it’s ALL about plausible deniability-run, boy, run!
Do you seriously believe this?
Holy crap, calm down, dude.
I think he’s wearing a tinfoil wig underneath.
Oh, and Canadians are satanic? Good to know, I was feeling a little guilty about that human sacrifice last night. Now I can go to sleep with a clear conscience.
Our loons are really loony too. Must be the food.
Well, no. . . . I wouldn’t be laughing, but that’s only because I defended your butt in the Pit when I was new here. And I’d be feeling like it was a waste of my time.
On the other hand, the people in this thread whose chain you’re yanking might feel a bit differently.
I gotta say, though, that you were able to get several jokesters in this thread to feed you straight lines, and that was pretty entertaining. OK, I admit it. I was laughing my ass off.
And GingerOfTheNorth, it’s probably not in the Pit because the last time I saw Aeschines in the Pit, he was getting Pitted for being too callous. The thought that he could be this empathetic toward puppies is too incredulous.
Sorry, dude.
Aeschines, you should calm down and review the facts:
- This company produces over a billion containers of food per year.
- A handful of pets have died or been harmed.
- The company has recalled the suspected products.
- The company is trying to determine what went wrong.
And while you are at it, quit with the shots against Canada.
Evidently you seem to think that once a product is designed, no further research goes into trying to improve it or – yes – to reduce costs. Just because it’s an idea that’s as old as the hills doesn’t mean they aren’t continually looking for ways to either improve it or look for ways to make it cheaper. It is also in every company’s best interest to do it safely. Failing to observe proper safety standards is rather counterproductive to the goals of the food business in general.
Now you’re just reaching. If a company hires an employee, performs the usual background check, talks to references and so on, and everything checks out, how is that company supposed to expect that one individual to wig out and poison some food tins when there is no indication that he might? Especially in a company that employs hundreds? That doesn’t make the company responsible for the poisoning, only for hiring the culprit. It would be up to them to fire the guy, and the cops to arrest him.
See, this is what I mean by keeping a level head. If you’d given it some logical thought instead of flailing around ineffectively, you’d realize two things:
- The majority of their product is exported to the US
- Because the US is a whole hell of a lot more populous than Canada
With any luck, this would bring to light the idea that out of all the product shipped both throughout the US and Canada, the odds of those few deaths that have occurred happening entirely in the US are pretty good, especially if the contamination was limited to a few small shipments that were bound for the US. It could have just as easily happened in Canada if the contaminated product ended up on a truck bound for some Canadian destination.
There’s no conspiracy here. Please step away from the shiny hat.
Wow. I just … I don’t even know where to start with this one.
That there is a correlation between the pets who have died and the food they ate is a given. Without further investigation it is impossible to say whether there is causation – you do understand the difference, do you not? Correlation is an observed link between Outcome and Event. It is not proof, merely a commonality. Causation is the definitive proof that Outcome was caused by Event. There is as yet no definitive proof, only a correlation – a supposition that Outcome – dead pets – may have been caused by Event – eating this company’s food, because all of the dead pets in question have in common the fact that they all ate this company’s food. Once again, there are no facts in evidence here. The investigation is underway, but it has not produced any hard evidence yet as to what caused the kidney failure or who, exactly, is at fault. Full stop. The recall is a preventative measure, not an admission of guilt.
Dude, don’t you know where all that Canadian processed pet food originates? American pets that are picked up in your country and shipped to Canada for rendering into pet food that is shipped back to the USA to fatten up more little darlings, of which many in turn will be picked up so that the cycle can continue.
The more pets you have, the more we will take and grind up to make into feed for your pets. If you don’t want pets made into pet food, then stop keeping pets. Surely you have heard farmer’s saying: “We feed the chickens the pig shit, and we feed the pigs the chicken shit.” Well guess how that applies to Fido and Kitty? Just where do you think all those lost dogs and lost cats go to? Just where do you think all those pets in shelters go to? The Great Canadian Rendering Plant, that’s where – for resale for consumption by your little darlings.
And it gets worse, for the rendering of pets is not only done for pet food. We also grind up American pets for use in canned food that we export to the USA for consumption by people. It gives us great satisfaction to know that people south of the border are eating their own pets.
I feel the need to address this, in spite of the evidence that Aeschines’ post is lunatic raving - Canada has agencies similar to your FDA which monitor foods and drugs - Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency are two of them. Doing very little research, I’m going to guess that the standards for pets aren’t as high as the standards for humans, but we aren’t in the business of making pet food that poisons pets. For one thing, there’s no profit in killing your customers. For another, Canada is a major supplier of foodstuffs to the entire world; we take food safety extremely seriously here. The fact that the only pet deaths have happened in the U.S. from two plants located in the U.S. more likely indicates that there are problems at those particular plants, not that there is some kind of Canadian plot to murder American pets.
And it’s spelled “Canuck.”
And you don’t want to know where all the homeless people in the USA end up thanks to Canadian meat packing plants. I hope you are vegetarian.
Kinda stepping on my point there, Muffiin. 
There are many ways for contaminants to accidentally end up in foods. Remember the e coli in spinach in California? e coli causing kidney failure (among other things) at Taco Bell?
Perhaps that’s because ALL the recalled products were produced in their US factories - in Emporia, Kansas, and Pennsauken, New Jersey.
Kidney failure does not typically involve exploding organs. Do you really think if pets were actually exploding, the sensationalist media would leave that part out?
ROTHLMAO! Featherlou, that is one humdinger of a smackdown. Thanks!
I trust, Aeschines, that you will forthwith make a sincere apology and retraction concerning the repeated scurrilous libel you have made against my nation.
Doesn’t this belong in the Pit?