Jim,
I'm not really trying to comare the two and would agree the boy's death is a tragedy. I just think the Barbaro thing garnered a ton of publicity over the past 8-9 months and a guy posted a thread on it because he thought there may be some interest to others.....my better half is a vet and she can't stop talking about it...! In my mind, not close to being as tragic as a child being harmed/killed but to those animal lovers (not necessarily referring to the horse owners), it's a big deal as well....so I guess I kinda understand the hoopla about it.
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