Animals vs humans round 2

[livingzuid]

I was enjoying our previous debate started by Fifi. Not sure if we were done!

AIBU to think if faced with choosing a pet over a human (even if a stranger), you should choose the human?

The idea was brought up in another thread and put in life or death situation. Building on fire contains your pet and a stranger. You could only save one, who would it be?

I had a dog, Ralph, I cried my heart out when he died 3 years ago. The only dog I wasn't scared of! But I can't imagine leaving a person to die instead, no matter how my heart would break.

Oh ok....... da da da da da da da da.....da daaa da da......da daaa da da

Shake your body... woof...meow

It's conga It's conga night so join the party everyone. The night has just begun.....

Dance that conga ‘till you drop. We're never gonna stop. You better hang on tight.....

Yup.... I googled....who's for the next line? :-)

congaing with the cats across the thread........

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Maryz its not my favourite way to end a discussion either, but when faced with a set stance .... and no intention of allowing that stance to be altered, even fractionally, by weight of opinion or reasoned argument ....I'd rather agree to differ than carry on beating my head against a wall.

...and we're all having fun toniiiggghhht, dance that conga till you drop...

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Chorus II: Do do do. Come on and do the conga. Choo-choo-choo.

That train across the floor. You-you-you. Come on and join the conga.

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If you died and your dog was trapped in the house with no food for weeks / months, do you honestly think the dog would agonise over nibbling your flesh to survive?

Do-do-do. It's conga night for sure.

My doggy wants to eeaat meee...da daaa da da, da da daa da ....come on and do the conga...

Agreeing to differ suggests that the opposing view has some validity.

So after a long slog it has been agreed that the two sides can't possibly agree. Some people will throw strangers in front of buses, others will provide a lethal injection to joe bloggs and someone, somewhere wanted to fuck the plumber.

It's conga. It's conga night so feel the music and the beat.

I am pretty sure my cat would be anybody's for the price of a tin of salt free sardines.

They're dancing in the streets. It's something that I can't explain.

curlew - I think "agreeing to differ means the opposing view has some validity" is worthy of a thread in its own right.

MY XH was of this opinion. He simply could not accept that it was OK for someone to hold an opinion divergent from his own because they might walk away believing they were right (ergo that he could possibly - horror of horrors - be wrong). His personality was a perfect combination of egotism and

What does it matter? Is it not OK to allow someone to consider that their view has validity? Who is the arbiter?
Well, apparently my XH - who was always right! at least in his opinion.

It depends on the view Festive.

Being "polite" doesn't need to extend as far as accepting any old nonsense opinion no matter how whacko on the basis that "they're entitled to it"

There are lots of "viewpoints" that are illegal to express and rightly so.

"Is it not OK to allow someone to consider that their view has validity? "

Not always, no.

It's a matter of some people having no moral compass. And not recognising that valuing their animals over other people's children is morally repugnant.

I fundraise for various children's charities but of course would save my dog. Am I kind or evil or some mixture. For what it's worth I don't treat my dog like a human, she knows her place in this family is at the bottom but she's still family and that trumps a stranger every time.