tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8158674.post7592555231835116799..comments2024-01-11T07:18:46.243-05:00Comments on Philly Transplant: Still Makes Me CrySparky Duckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10599649584020982942noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8158674.post-84965895040219123732007-05-07T15:30:00.000-04:002007-05-07T15:30:00.000-04:00Horses are not stupid. Cows? Stupid. But not ho...Horses are not stupid. Cows? Stupid. But not horses..Tughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03603072260312513790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8158674.post-34112884264703422162007-05-07T15:18:00.000-04:002007-05-07T15:18:00.000-04:00"Grace, determination, beauty, free-spiritedness"...."Grace, determination, beauty, free-spiritedness".<BR/><BR/>Do you think the horse really knew all that, or are those qualities which we assigned to him?Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08149741345181484820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8158674.post-19570677633990921472007-05-07T12:43:00.000-04:002007-05-07T12:43:00.000-04:00I don't think it's silly, Sparky. Barbaro was the...I don't think it's silly, Sparky. Barbaro was the embodiment of those qualities we admire: grace, determination, beauty, free-spiritedness. How could one not be moved to sadness that this courageous creature lost the greatest battle of them all - the one to live?Desert Songbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14320552900816326120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8158674.post-78361539550103209942007-05-07T11:27:00.000-04:002007-05-07T11:27:00.000-04:00Nice post.I have a lot of respect for those beauti...Nice post.I have a lot of respect for those beautiful animals and it makes me sad when I hear one has been hurtAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07911773829437982808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8158674.post-32915662595142428182007-05-07T07:24:00.000-04:002007-05-07T07:24:00.000-04:00That horse was amazing. My bigggest regret in lif...That horse was amazing. <BR/><BR/>My bigggest regret in life is not continueing to ride. And, that is saying something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8158674.post-14921461313617311222007-05-07T00:41:00.000-04:002007-05-07T00:41:00.000-04:00To me, it seems as though they are borderline abus...To me, it seems as though they are borderline abused. The trainers and all the others involved try to make us think that they are born to run, or some such thing, but I wonder.<BR/>I love animals too much to think that they are happy doing things like this, and I refuse to accept any anthropomorphic explanation of what they do, simply because we want them to do it.<BR/>Until I hear directly from the animal, they cannot prove me wrong. <BR/><BR/>Some things that wealthy people do for their entertainment rankle me sometimes.<BR/><BR/>As they say, "It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt."Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08149741345181484820noreply@blogger.com