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Originally Posted by Britster  This. I also consider myself an independent because I have beliefs on both sides.
My view is not from a political stand point at all.
I do not agree with it... I think it was a stupid decision... I don't really like Mitt Romney all that much as a person or a candidate.
My only point is that I believe many people have done things in their past, probably even more stupid, that may be brought up 20 years later and most people just forget about it (unless it's something really really horrible, like obviously if he had beat a dog to death or something... to me, that's unforgivable and that person should NEVER have an animal again).
I also want to add that if in fact this dog was so scared that it pooped all over down the window... yes, that's AWFUL. But I know how the media can twist things so I am not really sure what is true and what is not. I also think Romney's lack of sympathy is disgraceful.
Hell, my step-dad was from a family of 12 children and they drove all the way from MD to Rhode Island in a station wagon with 12 kids packed in, unbuckled, dad driving in the front seat with a cooler full of beer. Today, this would be completely illegal and a cause for being pulled over and ticketed - possibly even jailtime. The thought never even crossed their minds back then. It's not that they did not love their children... it was just... different. I'm not if it makes it right. But what's done is done. Let's say it was possible for my step-dads mother to still have children... would this make her a potential unfit parent for a child today? I don't believe so.
I also want to add that a few had commented on how "my dog sits in my lap" and basically was trying to make the point that it's sooo much BETTER. I honestly believe a dog in a crate on a roof is MUCH safer than a dog sitting on someones lap or a dog loose in the car. Again - how many of us have been guilty of sitting their dog on their lap while we drive? Most likely, 95% of us have done it at least once. We know it's wrong, and probably not safe, but does it make us terrible pet parents? I don't think so... I think it's called a mistake, or a lack of judgment, or whatever you want to call it. But I'd be so hurt if twenty years from now, someone told me I was horrible person because I allowed it at one point in my life, when Jackson has probably the best doggy life there is. I'm just saying... none of us know the facts of much of anything because once it's on TV, it's been edited, twisted, and said in so many different ways, it's hard to decipher what is fact or fiction.
Another disclaimer: I don't particularly like Mitt, nor did I plan on voting for him, and I am not sticking up for him or a party. Simply offering another opinion. Also, again, I do think it's WRONG and would never ever do it or condone it and I'm fairly certain even in my dads generation, they would have never driven this way with a family dog so I'm not necessarily blaming it on a generation difference, just saying that things DO change in regards to what is considered safe and what is not safe, etc, and I don't think a human being should be judged on their entire character with such a matter. |
I can't buy that one - that a dog is safer on the roof than unrestrained in the car. Not safer from the elements certainly - heat, wind, cold. Hope those bungee cords were pulled tight! As an insurance adjuster - I hate to see unrestrained children, children riding in the back of a truck - but my eyes would pop out to see one restrained on the roof. Same goes for dogs.
To me it's just so
weird and ridiculous - something I can't even fathom.
And he thinks it was ok!
Didn't realize there were laws against that . . .
I agree with whoever said that he should have come out and said, 'YES, that was stupid; can't believe I did it; would never do it again. . . . "
But he can't even come out say he was wrong. Which may be what makes me think he's a complete idiot. When you make a mistake - own up to it and move on. Don't hem-haw around about how you weren't familiar with the laws - as if a law would be needed to regulate such stupidity.