Ah Sancho “<< I have never promoted any action which could ever be perceived, by any "mentally stable" person as “cruel”. >>

Really, Col? Then I must have hallucinated the thread where you gleefully fantasised about killing dogs.”

A couple of points

One:
In that thread, I did suggest I would take an axe handle, if needed, however, try reading my post, it would have been in defence of myself and my daughter against an uncontrolled and vicious beast.

I see no “cruelty” in defending oneself against any dog which is capable of inflicting death as well as grievous bodily harm.

Two:

On this thread I did include the caveat and you did quote me as saying

“by any "mentally stable" person as “cruel”.”

Now, from the collective body of posts you have contributed to this forum, I doubt your reasoning skills extend beyond the level of an amoeba suffering PMS:

So, I would consider your objections fails on the issue of “mentally stable”

Try again another day

when you feel the compelling urge to being playfully slapped (lets face it anything more than playful, old Sancho's might just become over excited and we would need to throw a bucket of water over him)

I have to confess, I used "ant=rid" to get rid of ants plaqueing my kitchen. It is sweet and the ants take it back to their nests and it kills the Queen and they all die!If I was a Hindu or Buddist would that be genocide?
Who can I say sorry to? Someone like to ask the Dalai Lama while he's in Melbourne.?

Sorry Poirot, there should be a "h"in Budhist. I worked in a meat works in North Qld. for two weeks in 1965 and had to give it away. I broke out in boils.They had a bloke standing over the beast with a big wooden mallet. I never saw him miss! Then the chains were attached to the back legs and it started on the "chain" to go around and each man had a specific job.Before it was gutted one man with a sheaf of twine tied up the annus so the stomach contents didn't spill.His job was "cuttin' out arsoles" Light-hearted comment "Just like Politicians!" -To their Leaders?