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StarryNite

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35. Well said.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 23, 2020, 09:20 AM

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What is wrong with US? [View all] Boogiemack Oct 2020 OP

Please stop pitting compassion for suffering animals against compassion for these children hlthe2b Oct 2020 #1

+1000000! SammyWinstonJack Oct 2020 #2

Thank you, it's not either/or Happyhippychick Oct 2020 #3

AMEN!!! pazzyanne Oct 2020 #5

Absolutely! Duppers Oct 2020 #12

Thank you!!! ehrnst Oct 2020 #22

Thank you! cwydro Oct 2020 #32

Just how much money goes for advertising and staff, rather than the animals? olegramps Oct 2020 #33

Natural surroundings? elevator Oct 2020 #42

Well said. StarryNite Oct 2020 #35

Thank you. NurseJackie Oct 2020 #37

Interesting seeing all those different ribbons Raine Oct 2020 #49

So true. We are capable of putting our energy into more than one thing at a time. NoRoadUntravelled Oct 2020 #38

two separate situations bdamomma Oct 2020 #40

K&r Progressive dog Oct 2020 #45

Absolutely! 👍 nt Raine Oct 2020 #48

I don't think its 'either/or' according to the OP Nexus2 Oct 2020 #4

Dogs are fellow sentient creatures who deserve care and compassion Yeehah Oct 2020 #6

I didn't see anything in the OP that wnylib Oct 2020 #28

as a person who writes commericals NJCher Oct 2020 #34

I have worked in the AV department wnylib Oct 2020 #43

I think many people believe either/or to be fine, and that is the problem bucolic_frolic Oct 2020 #7

Because it's not as simple as people think in some cases like with the homeless JI7 Oct 2020 #29

The ASPCA was founded in 1866. marie999 Oct 2020 #8

Just because some of us care about animals... Sloumeau Oct 2020 #9

Exactly ... Raine Oct 2020 #46

Done before Bear Creek Oct 2020 #10

The saddest Dios Mio Oct 2020 #11

Well, either ad would be wasted on fox snooze as Psychopaths/ sociopaths do not have empathy or yaesu Oct 2020 #13

I totally get your point Sunsky Oct 2020 #14

I don't watch tv that has ads so I don't see them Kaleva Oct 2020 #15

A sick dog is sad.... but I will pick up the sick child FIRST ashredux Oct 2020 #16

+1 spudspud Oct 2020 #39

Tell me how I can directly help those children Duppers Oct 2020 #17

exactly. ask ppl to bring those kids into their homes and mopinko Oct 2020 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author keepthemhonestO Oct 2020 #19

It's not one or the other IronLionZion Oct 2020 #20

The point is that people do not appear to SlogginThroughIt Oct 2020 #24

But you are basing it on the ads. Those ads for Animals involve raising money which can be used JI7 Oct 2020 #27

good points NJCher Oct 2020 #36

The relative privation fallacy: ehrnst Oct 2020 #21

Thank you. paleotn Oct 2020 #31

When I read this I knew you would be attacked for it. SlogginThroughIt Oct 2020 #23

Those ads involve giving money which goes directly to helping Animals. For the Children we need JI7 Oct 2020 #25

Sorry that some here jumped in just to slam you. I think of the children too when it see those ads. flying_wahini Oct 2020 #26

Post removed Post removed Oct 2020 #30

I appreciate your efforts to clean up. BusyBeingBest Oct 2020 #41

Worse than Trump voters? elevator Oct 2020 #44

It doesn't have to be either or, it can be both Raine Oct 2020 #47