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Originally Posted by taotoon
There are different "levels" of wrong but you should never use one to debase another. It may have been a stray dog but that does not make it any less horrible then if it was someone's pet. It was a living creature ffs. To use your own example that would be like saying killing a homeless person is less of a horrible act then killing someone who has a home.
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Nicely stated. It sometimes takes the application of the same logic to a different situation to put the argument in a clear perspective.
Of course we'd be more upset if this were our own dog rather than a random stray; doesn't change the wrong factor, imo.