Rainbow Bridge

[screamcheese]

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I am offended by the concept of a "Rainbow Bridge" where pets cross over when they die. I believe it is childish and perpetuates ignorance to use this term.

[MutantAndProud]

1. I award you one participation badge

Participation trophies were discontinued due to the environmental impact.

[rockbluff botanist]

2. Are you serious? WTF!!!

[GreenWave]

3. Plagiarists!

Across the rainbow bridge of Asgard
Where the booming heavens roar
You'll behold in breathless wonder
The God of Thunder, Mighty Thor!

[CrispyQ]

4. How is it any different than the concept of heaven & meeting up with your loved ones in an afterlife?

[bucolic_frolic]

5. What ignorance is perpetuated? What would you prefer? Why do you oppose rainbows?

Is it because of the LGBTQ+ connotation? Some may not like screamcheese. They think cheese is peaceful.

[likesmountains 52]

6. Bye now..

[rurallib]

7. what a thing to waste your time and ours on

you shall become my first block

[Wifes husband]

24. Blocking too

Every group has one. This time it is not me!

[wryter2000]

8. What on earth harm does it do?

Welcome to DU.

[MLAA]

9. Thankfully, it is not mandatory for you to cross it.

[captain queeg]

10. These seems an odd declaration. Almost as if you were seeking to stir controversy.

[thomski64]

14. ...near where I live..

..you can cross the Rainbow
Bridge...
to get to Canada..

[Irish_Dem]

18. Maybe our pets are just going to Canada.

I like that thought.

[hlthe2b]

16. my first thought...

One might be forgiven for wondering if "trolling" was the intent.

[MuseRider]

11. A simple thing that everyone knows is not

really that thing but it is a place to rest our grief.

Offended? Then stay away from threads that mention it. If it provides comfort to anyone then what is the darn harm? I am not too crazy about it nor am I fond of the term Fur Babies but others love it or rely on the comfort of a bridge to a wonderful resting place. Let them have that, it is hard enough to get through.

[Arne]

12. The Egyptians at least had a boat.

[TexasDem69]

13. I've seen lots of childish and ignorant posts over time

But someone mourning a pet has never been one. We’ve had a few loved family members cross that rainbow bridge over the years and it’s never an easy thing.

[hlthe2b]

15. You know, it doesn't take much to show compassion for others--even if their way of dealing with loss

is "silly" to you. I was prepared to come and welcome you as a new poster, but find your post extremely unkind and comes across really badly for someone so new to DU.

[relayerbob]

17. 81 posts, eh?

I give 81:1 odds this is a troll coming here to cause trouble

[captain queeg]

19. I hadn't thought to look at the posters profile.

Very few posts though he’s been a member for a long time. Scrolling thru the “willing to serve on jury duty” I saw 2 hidden posts. What does that mean?

[codfisherman]

20. Westboro Baptist Church

Sometimes, it's just best not to say anything. Death and mourning customs differ between every living person. Maybe you could hang out at the playground and tell all the little kids that Santa, the Tooth Fairy, and the Easter Bunny are all not real.

[Irish_Dem]

21. How do you feel about Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, Leprechauns, Guardian Angels??

[Dear_Prudence]

22. Troll

He posted a similarly unkind comment to a member who posted that they had just lost their pet. I am blocking this person and advise others to do so.

[Ocelot II]

23. Then you are quite welcome to never use it.

But don't rain on other people's parades or add to their grief by sneering at an idea just because you don't believe in it. Would you go to a funeral at a church and loudly proclaim to the mourners that their loved one is just dead and there's no such thing as heaven? Pets are family to most of us, and that's basically what you're telling someone who's lost one. Your belief is irrelevant and in the context it's also hurtful, so at least do others the courtesy of keeping it to yourself.

[JoseBalow]

25. Who hurt you?

[louslobbs]

26. Do the letters FO mean anything to you?

How about GFY?

[Emile]

27. After an alert, locking post.

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