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Originally Posted by Britster  I think it's messed up, for sure, but this happened in 1983!! Just another example of people making a huge deal out of something that happened years ago. We can dig up all kinds of skeletons from everyone's closets. The title kind of misinterprets the fact that the dog was in a CRATE, it's not like he was hanging from his collar on a roof top. Do I think it's a wise decision? No... I would never do it. But there is lots of things I wouldn't do with my dog that others still find completely acceptable. I am not sure it classifies him as an animal abuser. The dog was probably safer in a crate on top of the car than being loose inside the car during an accident, just sayin' (which is probably how 90% of American's dogs ride in the car). Again, I still do not think it's right. But I think this is going to be one of those things made into a huge deal from many many years ago and I am sure his family dogs have not rode on the rooftops since. |
Britster -- you are once again the voice of reason!!!
Although we'd never do this now and especially not with our little Yorkies, it was a lot like the good old boys putting a dog in the back of their pick up trucks. I am against that too but I don't necessarily think people are evil for doing it. In 1983, we didn't put our kids in real car seats either. A few might have gotten one of those little seats with a steering wheel that were later found to be be more dangerous than no seat at all because they could break and injure the child. We evolve, we learn, we change..... If he did this today, I would be very upset. But I think it speaks volumes that they had to go back some 28 years to find a snippet of bad press to try to besmirch Mitt Romney's character! He must have a pretty clean record!
The interviewer tries to make a big deal about it being illegal but I doubt it was illegal 28 years ago! If we didn't even have children car seat laws back then, do you think we had laws against letting a large dog ride in a travel kennel atop a car? I don't.
Next thing I will pick up a paper and read that 28 years ago he did not recycle his trash, he parked 10 minutes past his meter time, he cut off the tags on his pillows...... NOT saying that it is right to allow a dog to travel in a travel kennel atop a vehicle. I would not do it and I am sure Romney would not do it now. But..... we have to draw a line somewhere.
How many here bought a pet store pup 5-10- or 20 years ago? I never bought a pet store dog because my mom owned a pet store and was against pet stores selling anything but pet supplies. I was lucky enough to be educated about this BUT I do
not rant and rave about those who bought from a pet store many years before they knew the horrors of puppy mills. They know now and would not do it again -- good enough for me. I am going to give Romney the same benefit.