Testimony of Cruelty

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Why the Long Face?
Blinders, a documentary by gay stand-up comedian Donny Moss, explores the dark side of Central Park's iconic horse and carriage businesses.
http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid74989.asp

http://www.blindersthemovie.com/
"Blinders" director Donny Moss testifies in support of Intro. 658-A on Jan 30th 2009.

http://www2.aspca.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=57904.0
Dear NYC Animal Advocates,

As you probably know, the ASPCA strives for the elimination of the carriage horse industry in New York City. As we work toward this goal, we will continue to make sure that the carriage horses are well cared for.

Intro. 653 is a bill before the City Council that will make life worse for our citys carriage horses by eliminating the authority of several city agencies, the NYPD and the ASPCA to inspect the horses and their stables.

The ASPCA is the primary entity enforcing the citys carriage horse laws. If this bill passes, the ASPCA will no longer be able to ensure that failures to comply with the law are addressed—and there will be nothing preventing the carriage horse industry from self-regulating by hiring its own inspectors.

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[Jimmyjumpnjive]

It's great that this documentary is on Youtube. I'm glad you're getting the word out.

[horsesinnyc]

thanks, yes I am happy it is now on Youtube as well so people can view it themselves :).

[DoctorHunterr]

This guy has no idea about horses. They have "rinks where they can play????" This isnt hockey my friend. ARENA's is the term you are looking for city slicker. Why dont you mind your own business. Us horse experts arent butting into the urban world of politics, why dont you stay out of our rural world of agriculture.

[horsesinnyc]

DoctorHunter oppose the Conyers-Burton Prevention of Equine Cruelty and encourage them to join the midwestern states in the movement of maintaining the right to transport slaughter horses and reestablish horse processing plants in the US

[horsesinnyc]

NYC is Urban and the horses don't belong in such an Urban environment. You prove the point yourself.

[manhattanwombat]

there should be a total ban. its hard to make tourists from all over the world aware of the strain this kind of work puts on the horses. the lack of knowledge among the tourists also makes it hard to reduce this practice, so its better to just ban it.

[horsesinnyc]

Exactly, the tourists are blind to the abuse and the drivers even overcharge them. some tourists think the horses live in barns. It is sad for the horses. Most New Yorkers support the ban and a lot of them have bear witness to the suffering of these poor horses.

[gimmeabonedog]

Good!

[tomken8dy]

crap

nu= u

[tomken8dy]

Hey, fuggedaboudit.

Buy nu a beer??

[RadioReporter01]

horsesinnyc says we're on the same side so I apologize.

She has more balls than most of the drivers put together. Check how the drivers mock her in "Drivers taunts" on her page.

This is the industry spokesman?

[RadioReporter01]

All right I apologize

[tomken8dy]

My grade school reading comprehension and writing skills were also college level.

You failed to perceive SARCASM and misinterpreted the not-so-subtle subtly

of my comment.

That's obvious and undeniable.

Maybe you just had a brain fart.

Maybe you're full of sh*t.

I never even THOUGHT about MENSA.

Stuck-up A-holes with no damn sense.

btw I think you're full of sh*t.

[RadioReporter01]

I could read college level in the third grade. Dumb it down for me

I took the MENSA test for my mom at the age of 10 and got her into the 98th percentile. That means in the top 2% of the USA.

Dumb it down for me.

I teach English to the Japanese. No problem explaining all the subtleties of the English language there huh?

[tomken8dy]

This was sarcasm. 'Lies"- in quotation marks

and banning the film so they can call it lies

and nobody will see it and know it's really true.

Don't people understand sarcasm, metaphor, simile, irony or any other subtleties of the

English language? Must everything be

blatantly obvious a dumbed-down?

[RadioReporter01]

I'm sure you can give some good reason why it should be banned and don't give as a reason that it keeps the carriage trade from properly abusing the horses to the tune of $15 million a year.

What did you find in the movie to not be truthful?

[alexsamers]

The "rural world" is exactly where these horses belong - not in the "urban world" where they get hit by cars and have no pasture.

[jadeevalley]

I hope the right thing happens for the horses...you are doing the right thing by working to be their voice. thank you.