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March 10, 2005

There's Life After Death For Dogs!

I have some very good news for those of us who love dogs: if certain people are right, a dog's soul lives on after death.

I learned this from Matt Taibbi's most recent column, in which he gives his reaction to the current, worldwide, extremely important controversy about his Pope piece. Taibbi reveals that:

The hate mail was a flood by Friday. A polite schoolteacher in Ottawa gently implored me to shoot myself. Another writer, who left his note unsigned, wrote simply: "Burn In Hell You Fucking Dog."

You see! Dogs may indeed have eternal souls! I will leave to the theologians the question of whether this is so only for dogs who can type (eg, Taibbi), and if dogs can go to heaven as well as hell. (It would be a drag if the only way we could meet up again with our beloved deceased dogs would be to be condemned ourselves to eternal damnation.) But any way you look at it, this is exciting news.

Posted at March 10, 2005 05:39 AM | TrackBack
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For the record, I'll register my confusion over Taibbi's column. What the hell is he talking about? Why did he publish such a thing?

Posted by: saurabh at March 10, 2005 12:06 PM

Never mind, I actually, uh, read the response-column you linked to. Makes much more sense now! Hear, hear! Fucking dogs, and all that.

Posted by: saurabh at March 10, 2005 05:41 PM

My two dogs have died.They past away yesterday.
I'm upset but I can't change anything.Can you please send me more info about "life after death for dogs"I really want to know where are my dogs now.
Thank you

Posted by: nora at March 24, 2005 01:42 PM

my dog (dexter ) died yesterday and i am devisteded. he was my bestes friend and i can and never will gett over him wotadvice can you please give to me to help me fine out where my little dexter has gone. please help me . his name is Dexter Leaman age 8 staffie cross labrodoor!!! please helllp me im disrot

many thank joseph
xx

Posted by: joseph king at May 13, 2005 12:26 PM

My dog died yesterday because of a sickness. We couldn't get him to the vet in time,and since then I've been in a really crappy mood,crying and thinking about how I used to hang out with him before he died. I'm trying my best to get over it and move on,but I guess I still need some more time to recover. If my dog could go to heaven or hell,I'm pretty sure he's in heaven.

Posted by: C at May 13, 2005 05:52 PM

My baby was murdered by a big dog two days ago. I haven't been myself lately. She was a 23-day old miniature pincher, and she was my heart and soul. Please, is she in heaven?

Posted by: Allyn Manuel at July 25, 2005 04:28 PM

MY ANGEL NAME IS STEPHIE , IT DIED DUE TO A ACCIDENT , IN MY STREET, IAM REALLY DEPRESSED AND MY SORROWS HAVE NO WORDS TO EXPRESS, PLS HELP ME TO FIND WHERE MY STEPHIE IS?, IT IS SUCH A FAITHFUL DOG,IT WAS THE MOST AFFECTIONATE DARLING OF MY FAMILY, PLS HELP ME TO FIND IT, STEPHIE POMERANIAN, BLACK AND WHITE IN COLOUR,IT WAS WITH US FOR MORE THAN 6 YEARS IT DIED ON OCTOBER 2nd 2005, PLS HELP ME TO FIND MY BELOVED STEPHIE? WHETEHER IT IS IN HEAVEN OR ?

Posted by: peter at October 3, 2005 06:27 AM

My dog died yesterday. Who ever ran my dog over should rot in hell the rest of his life! What did my dog do to him? Man I hate the man who ran my dog over. Luckly I have a good friend who was there to support me her name is Candice. My friend stayed up all night crying and having flashbacks, nightmares and thinking about LuLu's cute little butt shakeing. Why did she have to go? We will never know!!!!!! I love you LULU. Candice loves you to LULU.

Posted by: cake at October 7, 2005 11:36 AM

I JUST LOST MY BEAUTIFUL DOG A FEW DAYS AGO AND I CAN'T STOP CRYING. HE WAS ONE MONTH SHY OF TURNING TWO YERAS OLD AND WAS RUN OVER BY SOME STUPID CAB DRIVER WHO KEPT GOING AND DIDNT CARE. ROLI WAS THE MOST PLAYFUL, KINDEST AND LOVEABLE DOG ANYONE COULD HAVE. I MISS HIM SO MUCH AND CAN'T GET OVER HIS LOSS. HE WAS BEING WALKED BY MY NEICE WHO DID NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO HAVE HIM THEN SHE RETURNED HIM TO ME WHEN HE WAS TAKING HIS LAST BREATHS. I CANT GET OVER THE IMAGE IN MY HEAD OF HOW HURT HE LOOKED AND HOW MUCH HE WAS SUFFERING. THIS DOG WAS SPUNKY AND SMART. I CANT GET OVER HIS BEAUTIFUL FACE AND HIS UNDERBITE WHEN HE LOOKED AT ME. HE WAS A SHI-TZU AND PEKINGNESE MIXED WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LOOK. HE MADE OUR HOME AND LIVES SO HAPPY AND EVERYONE SAYS HE'S IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE, BUT IS HE. HE WAS WHITE WITH BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES AND I LICK THAT WOULD MAKE YOUR WHOLE DAY. I WISH I KNEW FOR SURE THAT HE WAS HAPPY AND LOOKING DOWN AT US BECAUSE I MISS HIM SO MUCH. MY HEART IS HURTING TO BE WITH HIM, BUT THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN. PLEASE HELP GET SOME PEACE OF MIND BECAUSE THIS HURT IS NOT GETTING ANY EASIER JUST WORSE. I CRY ALL DAY AND NIGHT AND EVERYTHING REMINDS ME OF HIM. WE ALSO HAVE HIS MOM AND BROTHER WHO APPEAR TO BE VERY SAD SINCE HE WAS THE ONE WHO MADE THEM PLAY. MY HUSBAND AND DAUGHTER ARE ALSO DEVASTATED. EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE TWO OTHER DOGS THE PAIN IS NOT EASIER. THE PAIN OF NOT KNOWING WHERE HE IS OR IF HE REALY IS HAPPY HURTS. I MISS HIM LIKE I HAVE NEVER MISSED ANYONE. PLEASE HELP I CANT HANDLE THIS PAIN ANYMORE.

Posted by: Melba at October 30, 2005 09:26 PM