Comments on: Making the Punishment Fit the Crime

By: Stephanie Stewart a.k.a.Catspaw

Stephanie Stewart a.k.a.Catspaw — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:22:58 +0000

Doc Rampage, where do you get the notion that animals have to possess a moral sensibility to begin with? Animals suffer at the hands of humans and all you have done is give this woman the excuse she needed to do so and get away with it.
Your argument is that she suffered more than the kittens because she does have moral sensibility – I ask you, how can that be? If she does possess this ability, she would have done the right thing by these helpless kittens. Is it not up to us to have and show mercy? In that sense of the judgement, she got off too light. Remember Doc and Patrick, God is always watching and He is taking His own account.

By: Doc Rampage

Doc Rampage — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 23:18:27 +0000

Xrlq and missucka, I started to respond to your responses but it got to be too long for a comment so I posted a response on my blog instead.

By: missucka

missucka — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 20:22:14 +0000

Doc Rampage, were you drinking when you wrote your statement? Why would you think that the kittens didn’t suffer? And as for miss murray suffering for one night, after what she had done I would love to get a front row seat to her torcherous and humiliating night! Honey, I hope you freeze your ass off!

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 12:23:54 +0000

What are you talking about? Of course the kittens suffered.

By: Doc Rampage

Doc Rampage — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 08:54:08 +0000

The punishment does not fit the crime. This woman will suffer. The kittens did not suffer.

By: Dana R. Pico

Dana R. Pico — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:46:10 +0000

The lovely Mrs. Murray thinks that “it’s inhumane for the judge to send me out in the cold with nothing but the clothes on my back?”

How many of our ancestors had to sleep outside, for a lot more than one freaking night, with nothing but the clothes on their backs?

Perhaps this is what the left means when they think President Bush is torturing prisoners.

May a flock of well-fed pigeons fly directly over poor Mrs. Murray whilst she serves her well deserved punishment.

By: Balanced News Blog » Blog Archive » Women Sentenced to Night in Woods for Dumping Kittens

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 19:53:36 +0000

[...] Damnum Absque Injuria feels that the punishment more than fitted the crime (as does this author), Funny Pets Blog feels a night was less than adequate, Randomized Drivel also writes about this, The Smoking Gun has the court document displayed on its post, and finally Cleveland.com has a longer post on this, including a snippet by the sentenced: “But it’s inhumane for the judge to send me out in the cold with nothing but the clothes on my back,” she said. [...]

By: caltechgirl

caltechgirl — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:56:39 +0000

I’ve never heard of a humane society that wouldn’t at least take some of the kittens and make a few calls to place the rest. I can understand that the HS might not have resources for 40, but that’s why they have phone lists with volunteers and rescue groups and verterinary hospitals that can help temporarily.

Her story is complete BS. I hope she was cold and lonely and scared.

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:48:51 +0000

I’m with Xrlq, the ID collars used to track her indicate she may be fibbing.

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 15:08:37 +0000

I don’t buy it. If some stranger really dumped them on her doorstep, how would identification collars on the kittens lead investigators back to her? And if she was really trying to “force the humane society to do something,” wouldn’t it make more sense to abandon the kittens in a public area near the humane society, rather than some remote area where some hikers may or may not find them?

My take: she pleaded guilty because she is guilty.