SCATTERSHOT DEPT.

Scattershot Posting

Mark Draughn

October 18, 2007

I’m busy on my day job lately, and I don’t have time to write much, but here are a few stories that caught my eye:

This appears to be yet another self-righteous animal rescue operation that has become an excuse for small people to exercise power over others. At least this time, they didn’t kill the dog. Except for the unfortunate threats of violence, the shelter owners are getting the public scorn they deserve.
A woman was accused of disorderly conduct for swearing in her own home when she got upset over a malfunctioning toilet.
Some cops hate it when you videotape them on their job, and they make up all kinds of fake reasons why it’s illegal to do so, such as that the video camera could be used as a weapon.
Apparently, it is a crime to stand on the sidewalk and talk to friends in Times Square, proving that New York is still Rudy Giuliani’s town.
The next Attorney General of the U.S. may have more respect for the law than Alberto Gonzales, but who wouldn’t?

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KipEsquire
October 18, 2007
I’m not fully briefed on the EdeG incident, but I do know that “we get the animal back” clauses are fairly typical — it’s in my contract with the ASPCA for Diamond. What kind of nonsense is “I didn’t read the fine print”?
And shelters do indeed typically have rules about what kind of dogs families with small children can adopt. They’re not making this up as they go along.
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Mark Draughn
October 18, 2007
I’m not claiming the shelter operators didn’t have the legal right to do what they did, but that doesn’t mean we can’t criticize their business practices and discourage people from patronizing them.
Ellen has received an ASPCA Founders Award for helping animals, so it’s not like she sold the dog to an animal testing lab. She gave it to people she knows personally. This could have been solved with a little investigation and paperwork.
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