Barbaro (the Champ)

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Again, dancing around the issue. My point with you is that you were criticizing people for being upset about what happened with Barbaro. You said since we didn't own him, it was "inconsequential." You instructed us all on how to live "comfortable lives." Well my life is comfortable, but there are moments of pain when something sad happens. I say that's called being human. You are doing your thing, and ignoring that. I don't know how you would describe a tragedy, but ask the Jackson's, or the owner of that dog today, they might say it was a tragedy.

1. I never criticized anyone for being upset about a horse snapping a leg ... I simply pointed out that nearly eveyone's life is a series of "upsets" ... and that particular upset was one of the less consequential ones among all the upsets someone could potentially face.

2. The loss of the dog may have indeed been a tragedy to the owner ... but it shouldn't be to someone who didn't own the dog ... or who wasn't particularly intimate with the owner.

3. Some things I'd describe as tragedies are ... 100 million innocent people being slaughtered by communist tyrants worldwide ... or 50 million innocent million people losing their lives in a war started by National Socialists and Japanese Imperialists ... or 3,000 innocent people being incinerated in their workplaces ... or learning that a loved one has cancer ... or seeing a loved one run over by a car ... or snapping a leg ... and ...

... and the Jimmy Carter administration.