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During the run-up to WWII, the British government formed the National Air Raid Precautions Animals Committee in 1939 to decide what to do with all their animals once war broke out. The committee's primary concern was food shortages made worse due to people feeding their pets, so to curtail this potential problem, they sent out a pamphlet called "Advice to Animal Owners" ... which came with an advertisement for a specific type of gun. You can see where this is going.
The pamphlet advised the population that if they could not send their pets into the countryside, "it really is kindest to have them destroyed".
How did the British population take this order? With protests across the Isles, surely? Not exactly. Within the course of a week, 750,000 family pets were "destroyed."
LiveForever8
reply to post by JohnPhoenix
As for your Hitler comparison...what are you on about? These weren't cold, heartless murderers slaughtering millions without a second thought.
JohnPhoenix
So you thought Hitler was the only sick bastard on the block huh? Guess again.. looks like those British are just as evil.
hellobruce
JohnPhoenix
So you thought Hitler was the only sick bastard on the block huh? Guess again.. looks like those British are just as evil.
So just what did you want the poms to do with all their pets? Where would the food for them come from?edit on 1-1-2014 by hellobruce because: (no reason given)
JohnPhoenix
LiveForever8
reply to post by JohnPhoenix
As for your Hitler comparison...what are you on about? These weren't cold, heartless murderers slaughtering millions without a second thought.
Er.. how do you know? Seems to me murdering your beloved pet by order of the government is just as cold and heartless as Hitlers actions. No.. in many ways this is much worse than Hitler's holocaust. The government didn't want people to be humane and take care of their pets. They deemed pets do not deserve to live so they made the owners kill them. (I wonder how many children wound up eating their pets!) They turned all Britains citizens into murderers. That's worse.
Normal people do do things just as evil as Hitler and yet - we tend to think nothing of it and or forget it quickly. That's my point.
You may be right.. perhaps they were not cold and heartless.. just stupid.
BTW folks, I have nothing against the British. In fact I love them and have many friends from across the pond. I'd have posted the same thread if this happened in America or any where else.edit on 1-1-2014 by JohnPhoenix because: sp
Bisman
ive already decided to shoot my cat if the world goes under in possibly several different scenarios.
and i dont even have a family to feed.
i dont see the big deal. a cat is an animal. i may even have to eat her if it comes to it.
FraternitasSaturni
Bisman
ive already decided to shoot my cat if the world goes under in possibly several different scenarios.
and i dont even have a family to feed.
i dont see the big deal. a cat is an animal. i may even have to eat her if it comes to it.
Really? A cat? Well if you owned a pig... or a cow... but a cat.
What a stupid survival resolution.
Seriously you're one weird example of a human being.
JohnPhoenix
No.. in many ways this is much worse than Hitler's holocaust.
JohnPhoenix
They deemed pets do not deserve to live so they made the owners kill them.
JohnPhoenix
Normal people do do things just as evil as Hitler and yet - we tend to think nothing of it and or forget it quickly. That's my point.
JohnPhoenix
You may be right.. perhaps they were not cold and heartless.. just stupid.
FraternitasSaturni
Cities in England under siege? War in Britain?
Guys... it was 1939. The only thing that the Brits did in 1939 was to DECLARE war on Germany over Poland. There wasnt anything serious going on... yet at least.
Only the Navy and the Royal Air Force fought the Germans from september to december 1939... oh yes of course and Chamberlain refuses Hitler's peace offer - which seems to not only would have saved many people's lives now it seems it may have saved many cats and dogs also.
What cities under siege and war and fire and brimstone lol... 1939.