01-03-2010, 10:59 AM
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Originally posted by DanielP
kani,
I agree that there were undoubtably better options. In my friends case he should have asked for help, etc. As it turned out he was so malnurished himself, he couldn't think straight. At least this guy did what he did to give the poor animal some chance.
Assume the best, Dan
I don't think the 'Assume the best' philosophy applies here. I think this sentence would apply when the truck went by the first time, with the dog in it. But when the guy left with dog chasing, no need to assume anymore, the act has been done. There is nothing about the act left to assume.
The motivation for someone to do this is somewhat irrelevant. This is like the current trend of pushing for certain crimes to be categorized as 'hate crimes', where an act would get some certain punishment, but the exact same act gets much worse punishment if the court determines that they knew what was on the guy's mind at the time. Thought control?
Seems to me if the guy did this to his dog, it doesn't matter what was on his mind.