• EllenKelly [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    7 hours ago

    Im on board with not having dogs utilised as a weapon, but I think dentistry for dogs is okay, I’ve always been too poor and had to switch old dogs onto softer food

    annoying because my old lil guy lost teeth by running headfirst into everything

    acab

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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      15 hours ago

      It’s really sick. Modern war dogs tend to lose their canines biting police victims or occupied civilians so cops and soldiers will replace their canine teeth with titanium implants, sometimes pre-emptively.

      Then when the dogs get too old some pig takes it home as a pet and this dog that’s been trained to be a war beast inevitably mauls their niece or whatever.

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        13 hours ago

        Der Arbeiter wird um so ärmer, je mehr Reichtum er produziert, je mehr seine Produktion an Macht und Umfang zunimmt. Der Arbeiter wird eine um so wohlfeilere Ware, je mehr Waren er schafft. Mit der Verwertung der Sachenwelt nimmt die Entwertung der Menschenwelt in direktem Ver- hältnis zu. Die Arbeit produziert nicht nur Waren; sie produziert sich selbst und den Arbeiter als eine Ware, und zwar in dem Verhältnis, in welchem sie überhaupt Waren produziert.

      • Sulvor [he/him, undecided]@hexbear.net
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        13 hours ago

        You know full well “extend it’s service life” is terminology applied to equipment and weapons, not living things. You’re disgusting.

        Actual service animals are for helping disabled people, not murdering them.

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        14 hours ago

        That dog could be catching frisbees in the park and it’d be cheaper, better for the dog, and a greater public good.

  • REgon [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    13 hours ago

    Imagine turning an animal into a weapon.

    Okay, now imagine using that weapon to such an extent that it is worn down.
    It has bitten so many people its’ teeth are useless.

    With me so far? Then imagine that you’re the type of person who decides to “solve” this, not by looking into why your dog weapon is used so often that its’ teeth are worn down, nor are you the person that thinks your companion weapon deserves to retire after long years of hard work. Instead you are the type of person who decides to surgically alter your canine colleague weapon, so you can force it to attack more people suspects.

    Are you still following my hypothetical? If you are then here’s a last ask:
    Now imagine you also believe this is a good thing and that it would be perceived as a good thing by the general populace, so you decide to share your actions with the world.

    bonus round

    Now imagine living in a world that reacts positively to the story