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OT. 'Tragedy at Beverley Races'

Discussion in 'Hull City' started by Gone For A Walk, Jul 18, 2018.

  1. Gone For A Walk

    Gone For A Walk Well-Known Member

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    https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/new...se-death-beverley-racecourse-clarabel-1797123

    Can anyone explain why this is seen as a 'tragedy'?
    One horse dies, it's a tragedy.
    Millions of cows, sheep, pigs, and all sorts of other animals are slaughtered every single day and it's ok.

    Yes, it's sad that an animal has unnecessarily died in the name of 'sport', for man's entertainment, but ffs are people genuinely so thick and brainwashed that they can't join up the dots?
     
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  2. Sir Cheshire Ben

    Sir Cheshire Ben Well-Known Member

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    Totally unconnected.
     
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  3. Chazz Rheinhold

    Chazz Rheinhold Well-Known Member

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  4. Cillit Bang

    Cillit Bang Active Member

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    It’s the passengers on his bus I feel sorry for!


    Doggidy Hey,
    Doggidy Ho,
    Doggidy Hoo Haa!
     
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  5. Bunny

    Bunny Well-Known Member

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    How many rabbits?
     
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  6. Steven Toast

    Steven Toast Well-Known Member

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    Of course it's ok. Unless you're vegetarian or vegan, then it isn't ok. That's how morals and ethics work. There, I've just saved you hours of typing about cognitive dissonance, Gary Yourovsky and how veganism is the only logical choice going forward and us reading about it.

    Have a splendid evening.
     
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  7. BrAdY

    BrAdY Well-Known Member

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    Bring bullfighting to the uk
     
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  8. Anal Frank Fingers

    Anal Frank Fingers Well-Known Member

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    Perv
     
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  9. Paulpowersleftfoot

    Paulpowersleftfoot Well-Known Member

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    Well I’m sorry but I think you’re wrong young man
    I’m vegan and frankly couldn’t give a toss
     
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  10. Kempton

    Kempton Well-Known Member

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    Nah, let's bring BrAdy fighting to the UK <ok>
     
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  11. Steven Toast

    Steven Toast Well-Known Member

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    Well, that validates my point.
     
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  12. City Man

    City Man Well-Known Member

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    I heard it was in a stable position overnight.
     
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  13. Happy Tiger

    Happy Tiger Well-Known Member

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    Kudos for that. Genuinely made me chuckle.
     
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  14. tigerscanada

    tigerscanada Well-Known Member

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    I just accidentally spilled a glass of milk...
    I didn't cry, no use.

    edit: The cow jumped over the moon :emoticon-0100-smile
     
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  15. John Ex Aberdeen now E.R.

    John Ex Aberdeen now E.R. Well-Known Member

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    The tragedy I would guess is that the owner may well have lost a horse worth a lot of money. Horses are very expensive to insure, and often owners choose not to insure them.
     
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  16. onlyme

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    what happens to the dead horse? does it get sold for dog/cat food? the rest for making glue?
    just asking cos i enjoy a bit of horse steak,seems a waste for it to go to cats or dogs.
     
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  17. originallambrettaman

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    They’ll probably be flogging it...
     
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  18. Amin Yapusi

    Amin Yapusi Well-Known Member

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    Has anyone else ever woken up in a morning and realised how much better the world would be if we were all vegans?
     
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  19. Chazz Rheinhold

    Chazz Rheinhold Well-Known Member

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    No never.
     
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    highpeak tiger and allowentry like this.
  20. Amin Yapusi

    Amin Yapusi Well-Known Member

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    Me either
     
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