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Originally Posted by ArtMonkDrillz
I'm going to steal a line from a comedy movie while attempting to be serious: yeah but it's your dog! I was extremely sad when we had to put my dog to sleep last year but that's because he was my dog that I'd had since I was a kid. I wouldn't expect anyone else to shed a tear for him.
And I'm sure horses, dogs, dolphins, parrots, pigs, gorillas, etc, etc, etc are very smart and cute and important to the ecosystem and all that, but I still place more value (and value is relative to each person) on human beings than on animals.
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Well if I saw your dog on TV in the Westminster Kennel Club's Dog Show and I saw him get hurt, kind of like I did when watching Barbaro in the Preakness, then I'd probably feel extremely bad for you and for your dog.
I can't shed a tear for your dog at all, because I never established a connection at all. But I definitely empathize with you having to put the dog down, because I've been through that. I know what it feels like to go through it, and it brings up old emotions.
When I heard of Barbaro dying, it wasn't so much that I was feeling sad for the horse (though I did a little bit because I saw him get hurt on TV). It was more that I felt sad because it reminded me of what it was like to lose my dog when I was 13. It brought back that experience very vividly, and consequently I can empathize with Barbaro's owners.