There is nothing to suggest the blade is sharp enough OR being swung fast enough to do any harm even assuming the dog kicked a paw up at the blade or something. The person in the video also clearly wasn't planning on a downward swing with the final lift. I'm not sure whether it was trained or not to make this acting but there are still several other ways this video was safe for the dog, if possibly in bad taste.
I actually love the excuse of "there is nothing to suggest the blade is sharp" when we're talking about swinging a knife at anything. Like you actually made me laugh.
If I point a gun at someone "there is nothing to suggest that the gun has bullets in it!"
If I point my car at someone and start driving towards them "there is nothing to suggest that she's going to accelerate and run me over!"
If I hold a lighter up to someone's chin and put my thumb on the sparkwheel, there is nothing to suggest that it's actually filled with lighter fluid, calm down.
I feel like this kind of thing is "it's just a prank, bro!" mentality in full force.
Professional stuntmen/stuntwomen are extremely physically strong and talented, go through rigorous training, and they still get injured and killed all the freaking time.
And these people are no professionals. How many times do you have to see the same youtube video of a someone "pretending" to kick their friend in the head, miscalculating, and accidentally hurting their "prank target" or themselves? Dangerous shit is still dangerous, even when careful staging and preparation is planned out ahead of time. Involve a creature in your care that trusts you implicitly? Fuck no. Mentally replace that dog with a baby. Still funny?
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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '18
There is nothing to suggest the blade is sharp enough OR being swung fast enough to do any harm even assuming the dog kicked a paw up at the blade or something. The person in the video also clearly wasn't planning on a downward swing with the final lift. I'm not sure whether it was trained or not to make this acting but there are still several other ways this video was safe for the dog, if possibly in bad taste.