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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a stupid thread to begin with. You can't  categorize bonds in this way.  It's like comparing how one loves a spouse over a child, a friend over another friend, a parent over a grandparent.There are those that can have very close bonds with animals which transcend what we understand as communication, and bonds for our spouse which involve other means. Those who love their pets deeply have a relationship with them as if they were children. It's not an either/or though.[/quote]

No they don't, because pets are not children, so whatever these deluded folk think they have with their animals, it's not a parent/child relationship.

That's the point.  It's totally dysfunctional to put people on the same level as animals, and the only reason they're even doing it is because people who "bond" to animals like they are "children" have psychological problems which inhibit their healthy bonding with other human beings.

Trying to rationalize or justify it is rather pointless.

You know I guess it's OK if you want to think of your dog as if it's your child but then you are limiting your relationship possibilities with human beings to other equally nutty people.  I would think that's rather unhealthy.[/quote]

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