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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 01:54 PM Original message |
PETA to Salt Lake City: Ban Cruel, Dangerous Horse-Drawn Carriages |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. PETA continues to make an ass of themselves |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Actually I believe that would be a "Horse's Ass" of themselves... |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. I agree, horse-drawn carriages have no place in an urban motorized environment. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. There has been one incident that I can recall in the 30+ years this has been going on. |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. LOL, thanks for the reply, but what you can or cannot recall is not relevant. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. You're welcome and it is relevant. |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Your memory is YOUR memory. It's not a repository of facts. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. well cars are highly dangerous to people, pets, AND horses. |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Yes, cars are dangerous. That's why we drive them on clearly marked roads. |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. OK - do you have statistical evidence that horse drawn carriages are getting in accidents |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Of course not. It's entirely anecdotal, but that sure beats one person's "memory." |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Thanks for the reply. |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Don't hold your breath. :) |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Well maybe we need to look into this broader. |
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GentryDixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. I guess the Trib is keeping this incident under wraps. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. "Show me evidence that there have NOT been any horse drawn carriage accidents" |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I drove in South Florida for 20 years. There were the occasional |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. I think pavement is very rough on their hooves. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. That is why they have shoes and pavement is not as bad as gravel or even packed dirt with the |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. So what about the Amish. They may not live downtown urban areas... |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Yep. 55 + mph for the cars vs 10 mph for the horse in Lancaster County. |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. Imagine |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. Hey PETA |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
13. So when are they going after amish people? |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Yep, and the speed limit there is probably 55 mph, not 25 mph. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Oh I regularly drive thru Amish Country |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
21. I feel so bad for those horses. They look so tired and bedraggled |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Balderdash. If a healthy horse is properly watered, fed and rested they are entirely capable of |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. head hanging, constantly lifting up one, then the another leg... |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Head hanging and leg lifting are not signs of a tired horse. |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
27. OK, that's it. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Horse steak or beef steak? |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Both. |
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