Mayo 18, 2025

"A large number of animals were also removed from the home, including four Great Danes, three other dogs, a lizard, snakes, several birds, two hamsters and 29 chinchillas..."

"... according to Chief Harkins. Ms. Spencer’s social media is filled with love notes to Mr. Mosely, interspersed with images of her in sundresses posing with Great Danes at dog competitions."

From "Couple Imprisoned Girl for 7 Years and Kept Her in Dog Cage, Police Say/Investigators, who did not identify the teenager, now 18, said they believed she had been sexually abused by her stepfather" (NYT).

I know cruelty toward non-human animals correlates with cruelty toward human beings, but I wonder if an effusive, over-the-top love for non-human animals correlates with cruelty toward human beings. Are there not people who see dogs (or cats) as purer and better than humans and more deserving of loving care? Of course, one's dog will give unconditional love and never utter a word of criticism. Compare a teenager to a dog and — if you are incredibly stupid or deranged — you may descend into a Great-Dane-and-chinchilla-infested hell of the sort devised by Ms. Spencer and Mr. Mosely.

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Jaq ayon kay ...

There was a Sopranos episode based on your theory.

wild chicken ayon kay ...

Plenty people will say outright that they like dogs better than people. Today's shameless dog nuttery is over the top.

RCOCEAN II ayon kay ...

These people must have been well off. Can you imagine the cost of feeding 4 Great Danes. Those things are mini-horses.

stunned ayon kay ...

"If you want to test a person's character, give them power," said Lincoln.

Many character-disturbed individuals live among us. Their dysfunctional behaviors stem from an underdeveloped conscience.

John J ayon kay ...

My bad. I read "sundresses" as undressed and wondered if the article had a link with pictures.

n.n ayon kay ...

Also, virtue signaling to sustain progress, rationalize Choices, and ameliorate a guilty conscience. Trump touched on this point in his speech. Vance, on a separate occasion. All's fair in lust and abortion?

Wince ayon kay ...

"Woman and Great Dane"

https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Woman-and-Great-Dane/C18555754FFA6B3EEEC1A32AA4AFE273

Ice Nine ayon kay ...

I'm afraid to click that, Wince.

Jamie ayon kay ...

Over half a century old, and STILL the depths of human depravity can shock me.

Aggie ayon kay ...

Alcatraz.

Lloyd W. Robertson ayon kay ...

Allan Bloom assembled some of his writings on love and friendship. In a new intro he said something like: if we want to have friends, we will have to look among human beings. Dogs and horses won't quite do. This makes me laugh.

Lazarus ayon kay ...

I know cruelty toward non-human animals correlates with cruelty toward human beings, but I wonder if an effusive, over-the-top love for non-human animals correlates with cruelty toward human beings.

Right out of the gate, the possibility of Hitler not being mentioned is zero.

NKP ayon kay ...

People who humanize their pets have issues. Love my dog but it is a DOG.

Lazarus ayon kay ...

New Jersey. Camden county. Gloucester. I would have guessed Austria or Britain.

typingtalker ayon kay ...

"Of course, one's dog will give unconditional love and never utter a word of criticism."

But one's dog isn't likely to take care of one during one's old age.

Jamie ayon kay ...

But one's dog isn't likely to take care of one during one's old age.

And one's cat (and probably some dogs) is a whole lot more likely to eat one's dead body if the opportunity arises.

Michael ayon kay ...

Sad to acknowledge, but I generally react more emotionally to stories of abused dogs than of abused children.

Peachy ayon kay ...

Soros DA to let off the hook.

David53 ayon kay ...

In our old age my wife and I dote on our dogs. The kids and grandkids we seldom see. We see the dogs everyday. We love them doggies, we love the kids. The kids will take care of us in our old age, hopefully, and the dogs will continue to make us smile.

Narr ayon kay ...

That many Nazis and other Germans were both sentimental and brutal has been oft-remarked.

They were very tough on animal cruelty, and had some of the most anti-tobacco ambitions around.

IamDevo ayon kay ...

People who characterize their pets as "furbabies" make me want to reach for my Walther.

walter ayon kay ...

Reminds me of my childhood next door neighbors who had abusive kids, a wide range of animals (culminating with a lion cub) annnnd..an out of the house catering business.

Mary Beth ayon kay ...

The couple also have twin 5-year-old daughters and a 3-year-old son. All it says about them is that they weren't in the house and officials weren't able to provide any information about them. None of the other articles I've seen about this even mention these children. If they aren't with family, the news about this couple and their children is going to get a lot worse.

n.n ayon kay ...

whole lot more likely to eat one's dead body if the opportunity arises

Cadaver a la fetus are technical term-of-art with similar motives.

Michael ayon kay ...

IamDevo said...

People who characterize their pets as "furbabies" make me want to reach for my Walther.


Furbabies is the language of single, middle-age, childless, professional white women. Probably to compensate for their barren womb.

n.n ayon kay ...

There was recently a locally reported trial of a masculine gender couplet who sodomized their adopted masculine gender "sons", but there was no report if pets were involved.

Joe Bar ayon kay ...

Stories like this make me lose faith in humanity.

chickelit ayon kay ...

Here the ways of men and women part—many do love animals more than humanity.

wild chicken ayon kay ...

"And one's cat (and probably some dogs) is a whole lot more likely to eat one's dead body if the opportunity arises."

Nonsense. They both will.

Gospace ayon kay ...

No one has said it yet- so I will.

One of the most dangerous places for a young girl to be is in a house with her mother and an unrelated male.

Randomizer ayon kay ...

Animal shelters are popular charities because dogs and cats are blameless. Homeless shelters may not be as popular because one suspects that the people being helped brought some of this on themselves.

Jamie ayon kay ...

Nonsense. They both will.

That's why I said "and probably some dogs." Those of us who have had both would like to believe, however quixotically, that our dogs would simply mount guard over our remains... but we all know our cats would simply start with the softest parts.

Biff ayon kay ...

"Officials also took aim at home-schooling, an increasingly popular and barely regulated alternative to traditional schooling. Taking the girl out of school 'helped hide the heinous, yearslong torture,' Grace C. MacAulay, the Camden County prosecutor, said."

I'm surprised the article didn't blame it on Trump, Musk, and/or Vance.

Joe Bar ayon kay ...

Don't look for pictures of the perpetrators. It will confirm everything you are thinking.

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