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# I don't think a dog is 'just' a dog.
I think that everything dies and, as with people, it's hard, but something which is just part of life.

Maybe you've had a comparably easy life, but I can think of many, many things which are harder than death which, at the end of the day, is inevitable.

I was more upset by the death of Fred (I choose him in particular because he was, loathe as I am to admit that I had one, my favourite) than I have been by some friends or even family members, but I always knew he would die.

Bearing in mind that I have destroyed animals personally, including rabid dogs, I understand the feeling of guilt and emptiness which looking at them beforehand can bring - it is worse than with a human because the animal doesn't understand - but I find this revulsion from death incomprehensible.

Everything dies, it's just a stage of life.
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Sun 29 Apr 2007, 13:00, archived)
# Someone said
That bravery is not looking death on the eye without fear. It's looking life in the eye without it.

EDIT: Then again Oscar Wilde said 'There's only two sure things in life; Death and Taxes.'
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Sun 29 Apr 2007, 13:09, archived)
# I thought that was Death and Texas
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Sun 29 Apr 2007, 14:07, archived)
# I kind of agree with you
But I don't think it's a "revulsion from death". The majority of pet owners don't have to deal with destroying animals on a 'regular' basis, and perhaps try to make the most of their time with their pets, thus putting to the back of the mind the thought that one day that pet won't be there. It's not a revulsion, it's just easier to put it off for some people than it is to face facts. Why deal with it until it's absolutely necessary? I, on the other hand, deal with animal-death pretty regularly and realise that eventually my dog won't be around. It chokes me to think of it, but it is inevitable.
(I helped save b3ta! i_yam_bucket doo wah diddy diddy wah wah diddy doo, Sun 29 Apr 2007, 13:12, archived)
# Yes but I think you have to think that
When that time comes, he/she has a good long life and you made it happy. I think pets are good things for kids to have as it makes them realise that everything dies. It sounds a bit morbid but it is a fact of life and the earlier you become aware of it, the better.
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Sun 29 Apr 2007, 13:18, archived)
# Death is the end of life and can perhaps be compared to having to push your bike back up the hill after a big drop.
It's arse, but nothing like as arse as not setting out on the road.

[EDIT: worst analogy ever!]
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Sun 29 Apr 2007, 13:20, archived)
# *get stablisers*
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Sun 29 Apr 2007, 13:22, archived)
# I've got stabilisers right here on the table,
by coincidence.

I wanted to go riding today, but I was not allowed as we are 'doing something nice'.

Despite constant prompting we have yet to do 'something nice' at all.

I'd be back by now.
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Sun 29 Apr 2007, 13:26, archived)
# No offence, but I agree with your edit! As it seems to be Dux Day on b3ta, have this:

(I helped save b3ta! i_yam_bucket doo wah diddy diddy wah wah diddy doo, Sun 29 Apr 2007, 13:23, archived)
# Spaniel!
*woofs*
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Sun 29 Apr 2007, 13:24, archived)
# :D
(I helped save b3ta! i_yam_bucket doo wah diddy diddy wah wah diddy doo, Sun 29 Apr 2007, 13:36, archived)
# *achem*
www.b3ta.com/talk/

right that's' it I feel like a proper cuntchafer now. Comence shouting!
(I helped save b3ta! Jamnog Sardines in her eyebrows, lobsters up and down, Sun 29 Apr 2007, 13:22, archived)
# *tuts*
that's just mean




cuntchafer ;)
(I helped save b3ta! i_yam_bucket doo wah diddy diddy wah wah diddy doo, Sun 29 Apr 2007, 13:24, archived)
# I need my ration of non fluff
it's done now
I'm sorry about your dogs e.t.c.
I was kidding about the talk board thing
(I helped save b3ta! Jamnog Sardines in her eyebrows, lobsters up and down, Sun 29 Apr 2007, 13:30, archived)
# Yeah, I figured
hence the ";)" bit

don't worry, all fluffed out now :)
(I helped save b3ta! i_yam_bucket doo wah diddy diddy wah wah diddy doo, Sun 29 Apr 2007, 13:32, archived)
# There's no need to use that sorta language!
at least put t*lkboard
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Sun 29 Apr 2007, 13:43, archived)