Seriously? You've never heard of Animal Anti-Cruelty laws? All 50 states have them. And these laws draw a clear distinction between an inanimate object (your car), vs a living being.
I'm tired of emotionally stunted 12 year olds using the internet to act tough and spew complete garbage.
Of course I've heard of animal-cruelty laws. While well-intended, they are probably unconstitutional and clearly overreaching by they Marxists running the governments in this country. Animals are chattel in the eyes of the law and this man was disciplining his chattel.
Once upon a time, HUMANS were considered chattel, a living, breathing being should be treated humanely. There's a difference between disciplining your dog with a quick spank, and beating a dog with a belt. WHO THE **** USES A BELT? The worst I've ever done to any dog was to give them a hard whack across the butt when they did something awful(usually having to do with attacking or bullying another dog). If you need to use a belt on your dog, odds are you are doing a **** poor job of disciplining them, for you shouldn't have to get to that point. Just because dogs aren't human, doesn't mean someone should feel free to go ham.
Animal cruelty laws are unconstitutional you say? The right to exist, to live a life free from torture and abuse only applies to those who are human? So, dog fighting, etc. is fine, just because animals aren't human? You can tell a lot about someone based on how they treat others, especially others that are "below" them. An animal is a living, breathing thing that is in a lot of cases, helpless. No decent person would look at a law that helps protect them from unneeded abuse as unconstitutional, or "The marxists are ruining the country".