CNN: "Barbaro PUT TO DEATH"

[Kelvin Hemholtz]

I nearly fell off the treadmill tonight looking at Larry King... and the cutline up for the entire backgrounder pkg says:

"Barbaro Put To Death"

Doesn't that conjur up visions of Timothy McVeigh or Saddham Hussein? Wow! It's a horse and the horse was lucky they didn't "put him to death" right there on the track.

I didn't hear the package because I didn't have my headphones ... but the visuals didn't match the cutline.... we saw a concerned vet, caring trainers, etc.

Whoever put the CG up must have a viewpoint or was trying to evoke a certain reaction or just doesn't get horse racing.

If "making people look" is "good TV news" then this was great... but I thought it was out of line for the double meaning it implies. Dead? Yes. But "Put to Death" implies some kind of punishment which would be entirely wrong.

I have pets. I love animals, but if I needed it "put down," I wouldn't consider it "Putting It To Death" by any means.

I also thought CBS putting "2003-2007" under his photo was over the top. Again, let me state I dig animals - but they are not PEOPLE.

OK - go ahead and flame my azz. I deserve it for speaking out against equal human treatment of anything with a tail. :D

[Pro]

Yeah, probably not the best choice of words on their part.

I mean, would you have said that Saddam Hussein was "put down" or "euthanized"?

One thing that I don't get is people still saying an animal that was euthanized was "destroyed". Was the body blown to bits? :eek:

[Kelvin Hemholtz]

But was it "completely destroyed" - or only partially?

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[The Mockingbird]

They strapped the horse to an ORBITER.

[Ferrycrossthemersey]

I love animals; I hate euphemisms. I think it's far more appropriate to say "put to death" as opposed to "put down". I mean, the horse was killed. I also hate to hear people say that someone "has passed" or "passed over" or "gone to the Lord"...they DIED.

[Signature on File]

I can't wait to see how the Elmer's Glue Company markets this.
"New Barbaro Glue" from Elmer's...."Dries Real Fast"

[ January 31, 2007, 10:21 AM: Message edited by: H R Puff&Stuff ]

[Bureau Chief]

Puffy I dont think Elmers will have a leg to stand on if they market that product. :D

[Produce man]

You guys should stop nagging. :D

[mothball]

Quit horsin' around and get back to work!

[Dedhed_AND]

Somebody needs to reign y'all in.

[Ferrycrossthemersey]

I think only the king can reign them in.