I'm Not Usually Violent, But...

...I can't stand people who mistreat animals.

Just now I saw two KITTENS downstairs. So fucking cute... but so fucking abandoned! When I tried to move toward them, maybe pick them up, do something, hand them off, THEY BOLTED.

Straight into the gutter and away to who-knows-where.

Kittens, can you believe it? So adorable, and young, and already scared of the world.

Pissed off at whoever left them behind. (I mean to say I'm pissed off, but I guess the kittens could be too.)

On top of that, have you been reading the local news lately?

A local 13-year-old kid scams sympathetic owners looking to give away their dogs by saying he is a GRIEVING ex-OWNER, then GETS THEIR DOGS and SELLS THEM!!

WTF.

That seriously pisses me off. And his reason for that? "So [he] can get more money to go out."

I sincerely felt like SMACKING him in the head. I felt like just succumbing to my once-in-a-while violent tendencies. That kid will grow up to be a financial criminal. Or the CEO of a bank. Trust me on that one, it goes either way. Why can't you get a job if your parents aren't able to give you extra pocket money? Why can't you just save if you want to go out? Or even better... why don't you just stay home if you can't afford it at all?

Why must you come up with this stupid scheme that hurts those poor innocent animals?

I have never had an Ipod, and the day I get one it's because I've worked hard to earn the money to buy one, or I've saved up sufficiently. Currently I'm saving to get a camera. That's my belief, and I stick to it.

And then how about the random guy who got fined $50,000 because he took over a dog breeding facility and completely screwed up by being too cheap? He fed the dogs $450 worth of dog food when they're supposed to get $1500. He made them eat from one large bowl and OF COURSE the tougher dogs are going to push away the weaker ones!

I think it is absolutely deserving that he got $50,000 fine, which he couldn't pay and therefore is going to serve a jail term. This is because his reason for going into the industry was that he thought it was LUCRATIVE!!

Come on, people start breeding businesses because they genuinely LOVE animals and pets! You don't go into it with ZERO knowledge - because you're too cheap to educate yourself - and then ill-treat your animals - because you're too cheap to give them proper care - THEREFORE THAT IS JUST DUMB!!

I think he should have gotten a harsher punishment in fact.

Those poor, innocent fellows. I'm angry thinking about it already.

Ugh. I'm always for cheapness - in fact, I advocate it - but this is going too far!