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To: Gauguin who wrote (24709)5/16/1999 8:41:00 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71178
 
Not many people understand how much of themselves they reveal when they ask a question. I don't mean, reveal their ignorance, like if I ask how to do a quadratic equation. A serious question reveals much about the asker.



To: Gauguin who wrote (24709)5/16/1999 9:08:00 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71178
 
<<But dozens of these dogs die before maturity, because of the industry. They're just weeded out and composted. Literal commodity. I doubt you would be in the business. >>

Now we can agree on that. I'd never be in the greyhound business. I hold life too dear. On the other hand we had Duke for a week. He had been mistreated and stolen from his owners. He had learned to live with his bad life and when he got here he was in Heaven. He was killed a week later when the people who had rescued him took him for a walk. Better off not being born? I don't know. I wish he hadn't been killed. I wish a lot of things but ...........