The reason Coco looks that way is because Sarah links an article which reminded her that online spontaneity can not only have consequences, but the consequences can be permanent. And permanent spontaneity (a complete contradiction) sucks!
After all, she is her master’s watchdog.
GRIM THOUGHT: What if Facebook — because of the sheer numbers, and because the lack of control people have over themselves tempts those who want to control them for their own good* –creates legal precedents that affect blogging? Is it possible that Facebook might create a new source of public support for restrictions on the First Amendment?
No way. After all, we are not children!
* Because I don’t think people should be controlled, I hate and fear people who have to be controlled, because they seem to provide justification for the controllers, and there is no end to it. The more immature and the more dumbed down people get, the more it seems justified to control them.
But I am repeating myself. It’s the National Kindergarten Syndrome.
UPDATE: Commenter Latte Island links an amazing story about a heroic pit bull named Lilly.
Lilly, an 8-year-old pit bull, was with her owner when the woman fell unconscious on train tracks in Shirley, Mass., on May 3, according to ABC affiliate WCVB in Boston.
Lilly managed to drag her owner, Christine Spain, off the tracks just before the train rumbled through. The conductor was unable to stop the locomotive in time, and the wheels wound up slicing through the dog’s right foot, fracturing her pelvis and causing other internal injuries, MyFoxBoston.com reported.
Spain was uninjured.
“She saved my mom’s life,” her son, David Lanteigne, a Boston police officer, told WCVB.
What a dog! Reading the story the next morning has already made my day.
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OT: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/hero-pit-bull-pulls-owner-train-tracks-life-saving-rescue-article-1.1075467
Despite the fact that I suck at training dogs — which is why I don’t live with one (look, it’s because I tend to forget I exist for days at a time, while writing something.) — I love most of the pit bulls I meet around town. Except for those chained outside er… the not so good area of town, (And there the people aren’t nice either) pit bulls tend to be some of the sweetest dogs. I guess (like people) it’s all on how they’re raised.
I hate to generalize, BUT…
Despite the general characteristics of many of the people who generally own them, pit bulls generally tend to be nice.
What’s surprising to me is that there are not more bad “incidents.” I think it is a testament to their basic goodness. After all, they are dogs, and loyal to a fault.
I cannot tell you how many times I have seen a nice pit bull in evil hands. Or how many times I have gone up to pet one, only to be warned that he’ll bite, and then when he doesn’t the asshole owner ends up pissed off at the dog!
(And speaking of canine violence, the picture shows Coco as she is trying to bite a bumblebee!)