Rockythegamebulldog (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The dogs were bred to fight....their genetics yearns for the fight....as long as the dogs are respected, loved, and taken care of before and after a match, their owners should not be jailed. Humans come before animals...jailing people leave families in pieces. Which is the bigger crime....A person fighting a willing dog or a person jailed for this leaving a family with no father/husband? ALL of these dogs are killed by in the hands of these so-called saviors. Some life is better than none.

NEKOPSY (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

if dogs like to fight....let them

chessbuff (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Of course, political capital could be used to help people. This only means that issues dear to us are different. The trial for the accused in the case featured above, 14 of them, will continue on Dec.13th. The case isn't dead. The prosecution got their evidences together and the trial is in Antipolo. Sorry, it seems that the video gave the impression that the case went bust. Not true.

phenomenon (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Even if there are laws, they are not readily implemented until someone at the top expends political capital(not money) to enforce it. Look at PAWS. They had proof but no BIG-TiME person cared enough to throw in his weight so no one got prosecuted. It's not right but that's how it is. I'm suggesting that, that political capital could be used to help out the poor folks instead.

chessbuff (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Actually, No. Those are not my sentiments. I don't gloat about escaping the "mess," I don't need anybody to tell me about it. PAWS or any animal welfare group in the Philippines do not get any funding nor political backing from the government. So, you don't have to worry about abused animals competing with poor folks. Leaving ppor countries for those that can make dreams comes true is not the problem here. It is the gloating that I disapprove of.

phenomenon (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Just let the man vent. Don't you have the same sentiments occasionally? I mean, things are so messed up. I have to leave the country for work so I can hopefully go back and survive(my story). On another note, PAWS would need a big chunk of political capital- something that could be used on helping poor folks instead.

chessbuff (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Of course, blue, you couldn't make an argument without calling people names. Very convincing comment from someone who obviously plays both sides of the street. First, you gloat that you're gone and then when your confronted with a dissenting opinion you go on and say you never really left the country. So, how do you reconcile the two? Come up with a respectable argument, for your own sake.

blueberrytoddy (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

hey idiot,i actually go home at least every other year and perform free spays and neuter so yeah,i make my donation!!

chessbuff (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

blue, this stuff happens outside the Philippines too. Instead of gloating, people like you and me who have left the country for a different reasons should consider ways to fight animal cruelty like this. This stuff does not hinge on who lieaves the country or who stays. There are people like PAWS back in the old country who can use all the help they get. I donate, and do you?

blueberrytoddy (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

this is one of the reasons why im so happy to be out of the Philippines!!!!!