So, you may heard the story on Tuesday about a woman in Fredericksburg, Virginia (it's about 60 miles south of here) who left her pet cockatoo in a hot car while she was in a movie theater.
It was 90 degrees out. The cockatoo died. She was charged with cruelty to animals.
Well, obscurestore.com, where I saw the original mention, did a followup item about how the woman, Donia Monique Brooks (or someone claiming to be her), has been trying to defend herself in the comments section of the news article.
Then, of course, a bunch of folks from social link sharing site fark.com weighed in.
A pretty standard flamewar ensued, though it's ranged pretty wide in the almost-200 comments so far. Topics covered include animal rights, avian flu and Nazis.
Why am I talking about this? Partly to make a point about how pretty much everything is local now. Also, to just say that there's no force in the world as mighty as someone's righteous indignation. But, mostly, I just wanted to say that this is a perfect illustration of how sometimes it's just better to bite your tongue.
Thanks -- Joe
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A two hundred comment flame war used to be a weak day on AOL's LA Laker board during and after the Kobe Bryant ape-ray issue.
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