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I feel like less is more and case by case is better than blanket rules. We voted for you because we trust you to make level headed decisions.

Cad said:

Why not?

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Because it'd be an unnecessary act of violence vs a defensive one.


But if there were a hypothetical situation where someone's dog was being attacked and the only option available was a flame thrower followed by a beefy super soaker, then I suppose it'd be ok. At that point we'd be in saw levels of weird games.

Uber Uberest said:

No that's what I meant. I don't think the whole community needs an explanation every time someone is RRP'd.

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I dont think the receiver does either, they know they are dancing on the tracks, they just never know when they are gonna touch that third rail.

Request Tuco's name be changed to Leslie or Dennis, his posting content is too Low-T for such a masculine moniker

Cad said:

To me there's no difference in animal cruelty performed for a defensive purpose vs. unnecessary act of violence because either way the video is being shown for our amusement, and the amusement is derived from the sadistic glee we get at something getting its ass kicked. In this case it's a dumb rodent who was attacking a dog so people don't care, but it's the same intent to me.

That might be going to anita levels of "perverse pleasure" but its just my opinion. Ya'll overruled me so it's fair game now.

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To me using the word cruelty to describe that video is a misnomer because the coon-pitcher didn't act in indifference or pleasure. He acted out of defense and acted appropriately to an animal that threatened him and his dog.

You could say that we, the watchers, are largely indifferent and get pleasure from watching the video, but you'd still be wrong to use the word cruel because we're not causing any pain to the animal.

Instead it'd be more accurate to say, "There's no difference in an act of violence toward an animal performed for a defensive purpose vs animal cruelty", in which case I disagree.

Besides that my previous statement holds true, the racoon was probably fine and that's why you should care about it.

Uber Uberest said:

Regardless of what you think, this is what Khalid thinks:

One other thing:

When people are RRPed or warned, they need to be given more specific information about why they were infracted. Not some generic message like what we got on rerolled of "Being a dick". Someone being a dick to a jackass is doing the world a service.

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You swayed me, I can see the value of getting a critique when putting art on display.