Guy throws down a dog from a bridge

[FrisianDude]

A human life IS worth more than a dog's life, and 100% of all dogs are worthless shit eaters.

[DameGreyWulf]

How many people whose languages you don't understand that still declare themselves superior to everything (including other people) have you known, Tiberius?

Just because we don't understand doesn't mean they don't. Many have complex communication skills too, y'know.
I'm sure many predators "think" themselves superior to their prey.

Frisian: If they're worthless shit eaters, how come people use them to find the lost, herd their livestock, oust pests, protect themselves, transportation, eat, etc...?
Dogs are very useful animals.

[FrisianDude]

And so are humans mostly. Come now, I'm trying to argue here that this man doesn't have to be killed for what he did to that dog.

[Tiberius Decimus Maximus]

How many people whose languages you don't understand that still declare themselves superior to other people have you known, Tiberius?

Just because we don't understand doesn't mean they don't. Many have complex communication skills too, y'know.
I'm sure many predators "think" themselves superior to their prey.

Frisian: If they're worthless shit eaters, how come people use them to find the lost, herd their livestock, oust pests, protect themselves, transportation, eat, etc...?
Dogs are very useful animals.

Frisian is being literal here, as some dogs do indeed eat poop.

Anyways, on to the question you stated to me. Dogs do have communication skills, yes. They can express emotion, and call for simple commands. However, do they have the ability to say to another dog "I am superior to other species!"? I think not, unless dogs suddenly turned into raptors and I never noticed.

[DameGreyWulf]

@Fris: Oh, no, I agree with that, don't get me wrong.
But, I also pointed out that most people who do harm to animals are likely to harm people
(and by harm I mean acts such as this guy and the dog, or kids who light kittens on fire and the like)

@Tiberius: My point was that you can't absolutely know that they don't, because we can't understand them completely. We make guesses, but that's about it. We've no knowledge if the yips and barks and body language could translate into "I'm the superior one here" ... actually, sometimes it is obvious, and that usually results in a certain needle in the neck...

[Tiberius Decimus Maximus]

Well there's only so many different tones of bark, yip, and grr in a dog's vocabulary. Even with the addition of body language, there's only so much you can convey without a more complex vocal system.

[faradon]

Basicly living mostly with instincts as animals do, implies to think that you(or the group) are superior to other animals.

[DameGreyWulf]

Actually, body language does convey a lot. If you see someone angry, can't you sense them coming? Dogs can do the same.
There are several different tones in a dog's vocal abilities, and they can perceive what we can not, too, so what do they convey that we don't even catch?
It's adapted for dogs to understand, just like a humans' communication is adapted for humans. It's not hard to think there could be vast networks to many animals' communication that we don't see, simply because they mean nothing to us (and the same is said of ours to them).

And faradon also brings up a point, too. I mean, how often do animals invade each others' territories and decimate any who oppose? Elephants have been known to throw rhinoceri for the littlest of things, or just because...

[Areze]

Don't dolphins have a very complex system of communication and are nearly as intelligent as we are?

Also, as to the bell-end; Lock the shithead up. If he gets jollies from killing a dog (talk about overkill anyway), who's to say he couldn't do the same to a person?

[Earl_of_Rochester]

They’re filthy, flea ridden creatures that sniff each others bottoms & slobber everywhere… That’s the Latvians/French anyway, I quite like dogs though.

~EoR

[Tiberius Decimus Maximus]

They’re filthy, flea ridden creatures that sniff each others bottoms & slobber everywhere… That’s the Latvians/French anyway, I quite like dogs though.

~EoR

I'm going to nab that one. Been a while since I had sig.

[Silver Wolf]

A human life IS worth more than a dog's life, and 100% of all dogs are worthless shit eaters.

Nah... Dogs can actually do something useful unlike most of the humans ... Take a walk around the streets and you'll see what I'm talking about
If you're afraid of dogs that doesn't mean that they are worthless ...

[FrisianDude]

If I say dogs are worthless doesn't mean I'm afraid of them, dopestick.

Al right, some dogs aren't useless. Most people aren't. (No matter what any misanthropist <ie, half the people on this forum> will claim, most humans are simply useful.)

[Silver Wolf]

Most people aren't. (No matter what any misanthropist <ie, half the people on this forum> will claim, most humans are simply useful.)

Well yes most people are useful ... They can be sacrificed to god of rain 

[Radalan]

A human life IS worth more than a dog's life, and 100% of all dogs are worthless shit eaters.

Nah... Dogs can actually do something useful unlike most of the humans ... Take a walk around the streets and you'll see what I'm talking about
If you're afraid of dogs that doesn't mean that they are worthless ...

Either way, useful or not, most humans in general still consider a human life more valuable than that of dogs.
And that's why people are not allowed to just lynch a guy who killed "just" a dog.

And saying that not all people think that "all people are shit eaters" doesn't mean that I'm on the animal cruelty guy's side.

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