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Barbaro…seriously, what the heck?

By Colin Wilson on January 31st, 2007

Can we please get over the death of Barbaro. This horse is well…a freaking horse. I don’t want to sound like a jerk, but well…I’m going to.

Barbaro was an animal, not a human, he was not a religious figure, a hero or a martyr- he was a racehorse. As a racehorse, he was also kind of like a slave. I won’t get into that argument but you should be able to get my drift without being offended.

In reality, we should look at this in a good light, some greyhound dog could eat dog food made from the remnants of Barbaro and win some sleazy guy at the racetrack some cashola.

I’ve just been sick of the whole subject, when Barbaro was injured, they spent countless time and money to try and help him live. When they realized his weak-willed body could not stay alive, they euthanized him. I don’t know how exactly they euthanize a horse but I imagine it’s rather expensive. When we got our dog put to sleep, I remember my dad complaining about how much money it would cost. He didn’t really complain, but according to this site it would cost $98. A horse is a lot bigger than a dog, that means that on top of the $300 bucks it will cost to cremate him, they spent X amount of dollars just to make him die. At least sell his carcass to Kibbles and Bits or something.
Barbaro may have been an inspiration to…horses, but to me he was just a wasted link on ESPN.com. Thank god he died during Super Bowl week, he might have been the main story. As soon as he died I immediately searched facebook groups and there are more RIP Barbaro groups than there are RIP James Brown, RIP Pope John Paul II, RIP Bo Schembechler and RIP Darrent Williams groups. That’s so stupid, the Pope didn’t even have any RIP groups, or any groups. Are you telling me that according to facebook, this dumb horse will be missed more than the most prominent religious figure in the world? Or the funkiest man to ever walk the earth for that matter?

It’s all relative I guess, people are more concerned about this dumb horse than they are about poverty, crappy schools, a bad economy and an increasing debt. Only in America. How much faster was Barbaro helped than the city of New Orleans? Chew on it my friends. A horse is a horse is a horse of course.

RIP sanity, humans caring about humans before horses, my journalistic credibility and my sensibility towards horse lovers.

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