Absolutely. I couldn't agree more.
Why should the horse be shot for doing what horses do when frightened? Race goers should know they go at their own risk.
It is very possible the horse collided with the tree at a high enough velocity to cause fatal injuries to itself. I have owned horses for 15 years and been around horses for 25 or more years. When a horse explodes, its mind is not in the right place.
There is a lot of noise and loud, angry voices at the starting gate. Unfortunately, race horses are usually spurred on not only by crops but by a general agressive attitude and voice, and this often starts before the gates open. Not only to excite the horse the jockey is riding, but also to unerve the other horses... horse racing is a very dirty sport, spoiled by humans, and the animals pay the highest price.
Horses have a very strong flight or fight instinct. Since horses are a prey animal, it is usually the flight instinct that comes out. It is very hard to overcome and to do so they must have a relationship with the rider or horseman, and that relationship doesn't develop unless the horseman earns it. I highly doubt this happens in the horse-racing industry all that often.
There are alot of people out there with mental health issues or actual disabilities who would easily become addicted to medications that are meant to help them (ADHD medications are almost all stimulants which is why many non-diagnosed adults with ADHD become addicts to drugs like meth). Marijauna may not help overcome the brain chemistry of these disabilities the same way stimulants would, but they do help the depression that these people feel if they are not willing to take the medications out of fear of triggering a drug relapse.
Or alcohol. I would rather be around someone who is stoned on pot that on alcohol any day.
That's what I say! All jobs have a downside.. if they don't want to take the risk, then don't take the job. If it is already your job, ask for a transfer.
Let's beg Locke to come back.
I am a college grad and currently in grad school, paid for on my own borrowed dime. I also work full time. I am a public school teacher. I began my graduate degree to become a better teacher and also to make more money. State cutbacks are seeing to it that I will actually be paid less next year with a higher degree and will be lucky to have a job at all. I could very well be unemployed with two college degrees that I earned in good faith and with fair expectations to have a job.
I agree that we do push all children to go to college. I guess part of it is that back in the day, vocational school had a bad rap because of all the tracking that used to be done. Kids didn't really ahve a choice about what they wanted to do, they were placed in a program that someone else decided would work for them. Used to be that if you weren't going to college, people thougth you were too stupid to go. I guess the last laugh is on us with college degrees :) as I am easily out-earned by my friends with vocational degrees and they usually have an easier time of finding a job these days. We all have a place in this world!
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