2009-12-19, 07:58 PM
Swerve Wrote:I'm sorry but this prompt is ridiculous. Even you admit that you didn't choose choice A or B because you found the rules stupid and ridiculous. So you did what most people do and chose option C: broke the rules by offering bribery money to the people in charge.
Even though you did criticize their reasoning, apparently this holds true to some weight as you stated that offering the money appeased them as a "security deposit" to protect the apartment complex from a possibly untrained pet.
If a pet is so endearing then it is a natural choice to choose an option C: get a lawyer, a petition, or a possible protest. To believe there are only two choices to any social problem in life is an absolute lie and is nothing more than being a false dichotomy.
Hardly a far cry.
If I asked you, "Given the option, would you rather live with your parents or on your own?" and you say, "That's ridiculous, I could choose to live out on the streets, why are you limiting my options?" It completely destroys the point of the poll. Given the two evils, which would you choose?
I guess you might as well throw out public polling when there are always options E, G, F, Z, and BB.
I say putting up the pets for adoption is worse. You know that they have a good home with you, and you can't guarantee that with a no-kill shelter. Declawing them, while still mutilation, still affords a comfortable, long indoor life.