Originally posted by popcornbird
I'm sorry, but the people who Saddam tortured did *not* have a voice, or a free will, or anything like that. They were not allowed to. They were helpless, and tortured helplessly. They couldn't do anything to defend themselves. While I am 100% against animal abuse as everyone else here, I am even more against human abuse. I would criticize someone who seriously abuses humans (like Saddam did) more than someone who abuses animals. While I *hate* both animal abuse, and human abuse, and am dead against anyone who abuses or brings harm to either, in my opinion, human life comes before animal life. I would save an innocent suffering human before an innocent suffering animal, and go for the animal next. That's a good question Carol. I was wondering the same thing.
Good post, I feel the same way.
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