"Treat Equal"

I knew where it was going, but it still made my heart ache.

Posted by Mary Martin on 09/28/2009 @ 01:56PM PT
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Really touching. I hope it reaches some people who desperately need that message.

Posted by Shannon Davis on 09/28/2009 @ 02:02PM PT
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I love my dog, but he is not my equal.

Posted by Thomas Berg on 09/28/2009 @ 02:33PM PT
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What are your criteria for "equal"?

Posted by Luella - on 09/28/2009 @ 09:48PM PT
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I, too, would like to know. Animals are pure souls. Are you?

Posted by Penny Stone on 09/29/2009 @ 11:39AM PT
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You are probably right.

Your dog would have to lower his standards tremendously to be "equal" with you.

Dogs are better than that.

Posted by Michele McCowan on 09/29/2009 @ 04:23PM PT
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This is a great video. Humans don't deserve to be treated like that and neither do animals.

Posted by Kaitlin Bell on 09/28/2009 @ 08:28PM PT
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This was a beautiful video, thank you for sharing it. Absolutely heartbreaking. I wish more peopel made the connection.

Posted by The Voracious Vegan . on 09/29/2009 @ 12:12AM PT
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Luella,

I love my dog, I feed him, walk him, take him hunting, take him to the vet as needed, but he is not my moral equal. He is not equal to my wife. I agree with the video that abusing dogs is wrong, but they are not "equal" to humans.

Posted by Thomas Berg on 09/29/2009 @ 09:05AM PT
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Thomas...you hunt? Enough said. :-(

Posted by Kathy Jackson on 09/29/2009 @ 09:18AM PT
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I like you Thomas, but you are not my moral equal, as long as there are no follow-up questions.

Posted by Alex Melonas on 09/29/2009 @ 10:34AM PT
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Looks like we have a new (soy)spammer on the AR blog! Let's welcome Thomas Berg, everyone, to give us the same straw-person arguments and circular logic that we've NEVER heard before.

I'm sure he "really loves animals, though" and "wants them treated well" because "animal welfare is really important" to him. I look forward to the enlightenment I will receive from him.

On a side note, I would like for a video like this to be made about farmed animals in addition to dogs, which are already seen as a LOT closer to equal than farmed animals are. But great video. Transition to a dog at the end was really good and subtle.

Posted by Farm Animal Rights Movement on 09/29/2009 @ 09:57AM PT
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shoot. meant to post that as Michael, not FARM. Oh well.

Posted by Michael A. Weber on 09/29/2009 @ 09:58AM PT
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Thomas is fishing again. Don't bite. He does this on other causes as well. Wants attention again. Nothing new.

Posted by Michele McCowan on 09/29/2009 @ 04:29PM PT
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I loved this. It's sad how a big part of people won't understand this beautiful message.

Posted by Anton Pirpan on 10/01/2009 @ 07:44AM PT
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