Please Take a Stand

Me, again, with another one of those activist blogs. I was actually going to blog about slutty Halloween costumes for girls. I’ll write that one later this month. I know you’ll want to weigh in on that topic.


But this topic couldn’t wait, because there’s a company that needs a little push to do the right thing.


In my opinion, there are 3 crimes that don’t get enough attention and whose perpetrators are not punished sufficiently.



Child abuse and/or neglect
Elder abuse/neglect
Animal abuse/neglect

Children, the elderly, and animals are the weakest, most vulnerable members of our society. They need our protection and our stewardship the most.


Here’s the scenario. The CEO of a company called Centerplate, which is a sports catering company, walks into an elevator with a miniature Doberman pinscher. He doesn’t know the camera has an elevator. He doesn’t know that his 52 seconds of interaction with the dog is filmed. He doesn’t know the video catches him repeatedly kicking the dog, yanking her leash, and dangling her off the ground.


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The video is out there. I haven’t watched it because I don’t want to see this sick guy do something like that to a defenseless dog.


So what’s happened to this guy? Has he been fired? Has he said he was sorry? No. He’s still employed by Centerplate, he’s made excuses and lied about his behavior, and the company gave him a slap on the wrist.


That’s not good enough for me. I signed this petition, emailed Centerplate, am tweeting them, and am passing the link to a third party article about the abuse and the petition on to you.


We have to stand against abuse. All abuse. Our society is defined by the way we treat its weakest members.


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Published on September 01, 2014 22:08
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