Sunday, August 09, 2009

Equine Abuse:  First Things First

"And it's Run for the Roses,
as fast as you can…
Its the chance of a lifetime
In a lifetime of chance
And its high time you joined
In the dance…"
- Dan Fogelberg, "Run for the Roses"

If this hugely popular song by the late Dan Fogelberg has no power to at least put a lump in your throat, kf not outright weep buckets of painful tears—you are less than human.

Equine Pain and the Logic of Emotion

A problem with the issues of both equine slaughter and cruelty is that those who are proponents of both concepts ignore the huge factor of emotional connection. We're bombarded by the cattle growers and other pro-equicide representatives, and those who defend horse abusers, by the argument that we—the horse lovers of the world—base our campaigns solely on emotion. And that emotion has no place in the administration of the law.

But I posit that, if the law isn't subject to the dictates of raw emotion—there'd be no laws preventing any sort of cruelty or murder. Feel like offing your sister? Sure, no one will be effected by it. Torturing your neighbor's child? Have at, if it'll make you feel better.

The Law, and the Validity of Emotion

Why is it that we have laws in place that protect humans and domestic animals, but not large companion animals? I realized that this is a valid question only this past week, when I attended the Albany Law School Saratoga Institute on Equine Racing and Gaming, and heard the very rational, very logical arguments of Chris Wittstruck, Esq.

Wittstruck punctuated his talk on Equine Cruelty with a powerful PowerPoint presentation, one which very logically and methodically pointed out a glitch in the law—an inconsistency which we must change, if we are to progress as a humane and compassionate society. The problem with the law—which we must all work together to change, according to Wittstruck's wisdom (based on a deeply-rooted knowledge of the law)—is that, while laws are in place which make it illegal to torture or kill a domesic animal—no such laws exist that provide for the punishment beyond a misdemeanor for those who choose to torture or kill equines.

I didn't realize this inconsistency until I heard Wittstruck speak—but as his talk and presentation unfolded, my heart leapt as I saw how the law can be used to bring about change.

And the cattle industry should shudder in their Tony Lama cowboy boots. Chris Wittstruck is on to you—and now, so are we.

Slippery Slopes are Non-Arguments

You see, the cattle industry's argument is a slippery slope—that, if horse slaughter is outlawed permanently in the United States—next, we're coming for the cows. And after the cows, look out, pork and chicken industries. We pro-equine lifers have it in for you. Somehow, those who seek to save equine lives are the one painted by these Wyoming Willies as being The Bad Guys.

But as we know:
a) a slippery slope argument holds no water, as that sort of argumentation is invalid on its face; and
b) cattle ranchers don't give a damn about pig and chicken farmers—they want to institute equine slaughter as a national pasttime, in order to actually raise horses for the express purpose of slaughtering them for meat. Watch for the ads about horse meat being low in protein and "better for you" than beef. Aaron Copland is rolling over in his grave.

Trigger: the Other Red Meat

The ag lobbyists are paid obscene amounts of money to drink Courvoisier on Capitol Hill with legislators, fueling their ignorance by yet-more ignorance and lies. The cattlemen don't give a tiny rat's patootie about the pigs and chickens in their argument—they care only about saving their lifestyles by integrating horses into their industry, an industry that's been flagging for several years as Americans have become more health-conscious.

The anti-equine slaughter movement has made some great strides in just the last few days—but every day that ticks by gives the ranchers more time to build their arguments and court Congress.

To End Slaughter, We Must go Back.

If we want to stop horse slaughter in the United States—or the transportation of our equines to Canada and Mexico for the purpose of slitting their throats and bleeding them to a painful, cruel death—we must start farther back in the Cruelty Chain.

We must approach the lawmakers to convince them to make it a felony, not a misdemeanor, to abuse or neglect equines.

The fight against slaughter is the final step in ending the cruelty—but it begins with the outlawing of willful cruelty, abuse and neglect of all equines.

Unfortunately, New York State has become the poster child for equine abuse: an angry man in Hoosick, New York—who stabbed a horse to death—and the infamous Thoroughbred breeder, Ernie Paragallo, who let scores of his horses wither and die on the vine—have become headline news of late. The horse stabber supposedly was drunk or angry or both—so he chose to take out his rage on an animal with no thumbs to defend itself. He claims that he didn't know what he was doing—don't they all take this defense? I propose that, somewhere around Stab Number 12, you realize that you've got horseblood all over your fingers. You start counting: "13," "14," "15"—all the way up to 22. Sometime before the horse was dead—uh, yeah, he became aware that he was committing equicide.

And Paragallo—well, he's been given entirely too much ink lately, press that he doesn't deserve. If he doesn't watch it, he'll be one of the pigs after which we horse defenders come, captive bolts in-hand.

If horse abusers, starvers and murderers are allowed to get away with it, a slap on the wrist and "time served" because their crime is a misdemeanor, and not a felony—they will keep doing it. People with rage issues aren't discouraged by being parole and community service. If you get off on the pain of a helpless animal—you're a sociopath, period.

Humans are your next victims.

That's not my emotional pronouncement, that's a statement of fact, based on much psychological study.

So we must stop equine slaughter by ending the pain inflicted by the abusers, neglectors and torturers, first. We must make it Big-Time Illegal to kill or abuse a horse—then we'll have some—if you'll excuse the expression—meat to our argument. The felonization of equine abuse and murder by an individual is the building block upon which solid anti-slaughter laws can be created and enforced.

What Can We Do?

It's time, according to Chris Wittstruck, to contact our legislators and demand that the laws against equine cruelty be changed. Make it a felony to stab a horse or starve him. Put the criminals in prison—not the county lock-up. Let the boys at Dannemora have a go at them: I'm sure that someone who's done what the Hoosick Horse Hater and Paragallo have committed are ripe for the picking in a real prison.

The Law: Livestock vs. Companion Animals

Horses, according to the law, are livestock—not companion animals.

And their status thus means that they can fall prey to the whims or twisted minds of those who have anger issues, as in the Hoosick incident—or the benignly neglectful actions of a pig like Paragallo.

And those of us who know horses know that, of course they are not livestock—they are very much companion animals. Anyone who's ever—even once—looked a horse in the eye, and felt its soft breath on their hand or neck—knows that there's a communication of companionship between our two species.

That horses are endued with an innate Wisdom, compassion and emotional ability that actually may be lacking in real liveestock animals.

Death and sex are a fact of life for those who grow up on a farm. At age four, I starting riding my cousin's Quarter Horses. At six, I learned how to milk a cow. At seven, I stuck a pig and was taught how to kill a chicken. We were poor: if we were going to eat, we ate the chickens, pigs and "boy cows."

At 13, I brought a bull's head into my school. The bull had been slaughtered, to create many meals for my family and me. My best friend, Karen, and I gleefully dragged around the bucket with that bull's head, grossing out the other girls and delighting Mr. Krein, our science teacher.

The Psychology of the Connection of Naming.

The difference between that bull and the chickens and pigs on Cousin Bill's farm and that of his horses whom I rode was—and this is so obvious, from a psychological/emotional/archetypal standpoint—that the horses had names. The cows—female bovines, whom I milked—had names. The dogs and cats on the farm—had names. "Patches," "Bossie," "Elsie," "Sheila," "Coco"—affectionate monikers that identified the animals we don't eat from those we had to eat in order to live. The chickens, pigs and bulls were nameless. This may sound harsh, but for Bill it was a hard decision born of necessity.

In order to provide the food he needed to feed his family and extended family, Cousin Bill had to be able to differentiate between companion animals and livestock. With no formal education, living in very-rural Rensselaer County as a dairy farmer, Bill had to help his children (and cousin children) learn the difference between animals with whom we had emotional connection, and those that we required for survival.

Horses Have Names—Even Those Seemingly Wild.

We look into a horse's eye and see not only the soul of that beautiful creature—we see the origin of the Universe, itself. We bond with horses when they sniff us and breathe into our ears. We name our horses—Thoroughbreds, Quarter Horses, Arabians. Even the wild Mustangs who need Madeleine Pickens' compassionate concern—have names in the mythological literature of our culture. Their names may not be created by a human brain, but they are spoken by the wind.

You absolutely cannot give a horse a formal Jockey Club-ordained name, and then a nickname—and then throw that horse under the proverbial bus. You cannot be in relationship with that animal and strike, stab, kick or otherwise abuse it.

America as a whole has a relationship with the wild Mustangs: our nation was forged on the backs of their ancestors. Their great-grandmothers and grandfathrs carried mail; pulled railroad ties and dragged wagonsful of settlers into theretofore unknown lands. They fought in battles side-by-side with those who created the United States and in battles to keep the Union whole.
If nothing else—we owe the descendants of these brave horses a tremendous debt of gratitude: protecting them from being shot from helicopters is the very least we can do.

And So…

If we want to extricate the word, equicide, from the lexicon, we must continue the struggle. But we must go back, past the killer-buyers, past New Holland. We must look at our individual communities and states and the laws that protect these animals who truly are companions.

We must work with our local and state legislators to make equine abuse, murder and torture by an individual a felony. Misdemeanors have no place in the legal system, but to say that stabbing or starving a horse to death is really of no consequence is the argument that sets the stage for slaughter. If horse owners or others are allowed to do as they will with their equines—even to the point of starving them to death—simply because they're considered to be livestock by government laws—we're going to see more incidents like Paragallo and Hoosick.

And that is absolutely unacceptable. To keep horses listed as livestock in the US legal books is to keep them in constant danger of abuse and death. And if local and state laws won't acknowledge them as companion animals, and protect them from one-on-one abuse—why should the federal government act to rid America of slaughter?

This is not a slippery slope argument, this is the progression of law.

To encourage the immorality of these vicious people by virtue of the omission of laws to protect our American horses makes us just as culpable as those who commit the sin. One phone call from a registered voter, one email—can change the laws on abuse, which will lead o the acknowledgement of horses as eligible for full protection from slaughter or transportation for the purpose. If we can't take five minutes of our time to save those who comfort and love us unconditionally, whose loyalty knows no bounds—we don't deserve the joy of their company.

And we definitely don't deserve to work or play in the so-called Sport of Kings. If you can't help the horses avoid abuse and then murder in a slaughterhouse—get out of racing, and attach yourself to football.

Ernie Paragallo deserves a better night's sleep in Dannemora than we, if we don't take the time to Do the Right Thing.






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Thursday, June 18, 2009

KEEP-ing it Real:  Putting the Cart Before the (Exsanguinated) Horse.

Observation: KEEP comes out for VLTs, while Kentucky-breds die painfully at the hands of people like Dale Baird.

I find it alternately fascinating and anger-inducing, that KEEP (Kentucky Equine Education Project) can convince 1,000 horsemen in the great Commonwealth of Kentucky to rally in Frankfort to speak up for VLTs, including those that feature pretty pictures of digital horses…but I've not heard of such a gathering to demand that horse slaughter in America be terminated.

Or even that Kentucky's killerbuyers be put out of business by means of boycott. (We at HRI have a vested interest in accurate reporting: if such a citizens' protest has taken place, please let us know.)

Honestly, I don't care a horsefeather whether or not Kentucky gets VLTs. I DO think that the potential to install racinos at American racetracks has clouded the thinking of horsepeople who are frantic to find ways to "save" the sport. I don't think that VLTs are the permanent solution, nor do I think that they're the devil incarnate. A group of very wealthy marketing wonks have convinced some otherwise intelligent people that VLTs are the way to build the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing, a claim which has never—ever—proven to be true. The availability of VLTs at a racetrack—offering the public the opportunity to shove a quarter into a machine, then pray for three lemons—has never once convinced those same individuals to walk ten feet to watch our otherworldly horses defy the theories of physics and break hearts, all at once.

(The only ones I've seen become rich from VLTs at racetracks, so far—are the owners of the tracks and the builders of the digital bandits, themselves. Horsemen are, in large measure, still waiting to see those purses fatten up. Saratoga Raceway is one example of money getting lost between the VLT room and the backstretch: the barns, the homes of those who actually put on the show—are still a disgrace.)

But if I could be guaranteed that even 10% of that money would go to stop equicide (horse slaughter)—I'd be the first one standing at the state Capitol, waving a banner. I'd install a VLT in my living room, if a horse's life would be prolonged by that action.

What we in the Equicide Termination Business have so far is a lot of good hearts, with pure intentions—and some wonderfully obsessive writers, willing to put their reputations on the line in order to do what's right.

Actually, we're quite blessed by the number of humans, and strength of the words that are Out There, every day, fighting for the rights of equines to live fully, and then die a dignified, painless death.

And ample opportunities present themselves for turf writers and laypeople, alike, to write, speak out and proselytize on behalf of the horses. Not a day goes by that equicide, rescue or retirement aren't on the journalistic menu, somewhere in America.

A writer could spend at least 40 hours a week, and dedicate one's life, to the crusade to end equine slaughter in the United States. I'd be happy to make my living that way, and joyously go out of business the second we put an end, once-and-for-all, to the heinous practice. Putting the killerbuyers, slaughterhouse owners and the Governor of Montana out on the streets would be a very satisfying way to earn one's "KEEP," indeed.

Those Judases who happily earn money from the horse, one way or another, and then dispose of the animal as if it were a used tissue—ought to be condemned, roundly. Their names should come out of the darkness, and printed in newspapers. Splashed across banners at rallies. Denied membership in any honorary society—and certainly never, ever allowed access to the Racing Hall of Fame. Not even as a visitor to the Museum that houses the Hall.

Which finally brings us to Dale Baird. Another writer on this 'site wrote a beautifully-penned, thoroughly- researched piece about the history of Mountaineer Park this week. But his piece brought trainer Dale Baird's name to the top of the heap, and a discussion ensued about Baird's eligibility for Hall of Fame induction, based on his number of wins…and then how he got those wins.

Apparently the gentleman took horses who couldn't cut it anywhere else, ran them to death, then dumped them into slaughterhouses after he'd used them up. Many people in racing—including me—were not aware of this shameful situation until it was brought to light on HRI on Monday. (Another solid vote in favor of freedom of speech, and fora such as HRI, where voracious readers and crusading writers can come together to learn and better the sport.)

I'm not surprised that Dale Baird's status as Satan's Handmaid was little-known by most of us in racing: I, too, was ignorant of his role in the horses-as-dogfood industry.

That's the thing about those in the horse murder biz: they fly beneath the radar, because they know that their work is, indeed, evil and that they deserve no respect for anything else they may accomplish because of that association.

On the flip side, I am proud to be associated with John Pricci and the crew of HorseRaceInsider.com because of HRI's strong stand against horse slaughter.

For us, standing up against the murderous hordes is a matter of personal choice, an exercise of the dictates of our collective conscience. Equicide is unnecessary, disgusting and just plain wrong, and HRI firmly stands at the forefront of the movement to end it, tout de suite.

HRI features current and archived articles against slaughter, and is honoured to be the racing 'site that is willing to stand in front of the horses, shielding them from the killers.

Alex Brown, along with many others--including Madeleine Pickens; the Humane Society of the United States; Willie Nelson; Toby Keith; Americans Against Horse Slaughter and the Equine Protection Network--have come forth in public fora to speak out against the outrage that is the horse slaughter industry. Their websites are valuable resources for information, encouragement and intelligent argumentation against the sin of slaughter.

Yes, Dale Baird and others in his boots have taken the low road--which is precisely why many of us in racing are unaware of their actions. Those who work in the dark, and who travel in the shadows, can avoid the spotlight of Truth for just so long.

But the light, when shone upon their murderous deeds and blackened souls, eventually reveals their despicable actions to the world.

Dale Baird is not in the Racing Hall of Fame because he doesn't deserve it. He could have won 100,000 races, for all I care: the majority of his horses ran their hearts out, and were then thanked by being strung up, throats slit, exsanguinated. The only Hall to which Baird should be nominated is the Hall of Shame.

Everyone who participates in this sport on any level should speak out against such trainers (owners, etc.) who so willingly make money on the backs of these horses, only to send them to die an unconscionable death.

I urge everyone who reads this 'site--everyone who makes a single red cent on this sport, as a professional or as a professional gambler--to man- and woman-up. Take a stand for the horses who give you pleasure and income. Read the websites of the above groups, and work with us and them to end horse slaughter in 2009.

Have the guts to make your voice heard, and turn your backs on trainers like Dale Baird.

Collectively, we can end the evil practice.

But if we're splintered and uncommitted--the Dale Bairds and their killerbuyers will win. The blood of the victims is not only on the hands of those who actively participate: if we care, but do not speak up--we are guilty in our silence.

My fingers are crossed, that the next KEEP rally in Frankfort is called together to demand that the VLTs in Kentucky be installed with the proviso that a big percentage of that cash cow goes to end equine slaughter in America. If not, we can only assume that KEEP's mission statement, "… to promote jobs and economic opportunities for Kentuckians through the Commonwealth's world-class horse industry…." includes a passive acceptance of "killerbuyer" and "killertrainer" as viable employment options.

And the passive acceptance of horse slaughter by equine professionals—in Kentucky or anywhere else in the United States—is not just an oxymoronic phrase—it's a downright sin.



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Monday, April 06, 2009

Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer:  the Ag Lobby’s Dirty Little Plan, Revealed

Cattle Grower Network

“It has been shown that horsemeat is low in fat, low in cholesterol and high in protein- overall a better quality of meat than beef. If horse meat were readily available in the U.S., would you be inclined to try it?�

It pays to be on enemy email lists: I received the above link this afternoon, to a website promoting horse slaughter. A faux poll, and several misled people who are contemplating dining on "lowfat" horsemeat. The Ag lobbyists have convinced cattle "growers" that, hmmm, horsemeat might be a yummy thing--I'm thinking that it's a significant part of Ag lobby's push for horse slaughter plants--that if horse slaughter is brought back into the United States, cattle "growers" can get into the biz of "growing" horses specifically for slaughter.

This disgusts me. But I'd rather know what they're up to than not. Ignorance is NOT bliss.

Ah, every now and then, the Good Guys catch a break.

Just when you thought that the battle to keep equines safe from slaughter was a losing effort—an email drops into your Inbox that qualifies as a gift from Heaven. A miracle. Hundred-dollar bills dropping from the sky.

Today was just such a day.

Allow me to elucidate. I am a member of American Horse Publications, a terrific organization that brings together every equine publication, website and freelancer in the country. I cannot stress strongly enough how much I enjoy being a member of AHP.

But today I appreciate it perhaps more than ever before, for I got an email from a website that turned the horse slaughter thing around for me. Refreshed me. Renewed my resolve.

[AHP regularly sends out press releases for its members: some days I get upward of 20 press releases. This is a great service that the organization provides to members. Most days I hear from Missy Wryn, or The Blood-Horse, Thoroughbred Times—the ones I’d expect.]

But, ah, today. Today I was frustrated. Today I had a headache, from beating my brains against a post. I’ve been trying for several days to write a follow-up to Montana’s Big, Bloody Sky, but have been stumped. Not that I’ve run out of words—I’ll be yammering on my way to the grave. I’ve run out of patience with the system, a system that allows Governors to play footsie with Ag lobbyists and to disguise death sentences for horses as concern for their welfare.

You see, Friday was a day of jubilation for we anti-slaughter people. Well, it was a minute of jubilation.
We’d heard, first, that Montana’s Governor Brian Schweitzer had vetoed the horse slaughter bill.

Friends and colleagues emailed me to send up the first flares. Start the bonfire, we’re havin’ a weenie roast!

That ecstasy lasted about three seconds. I read Schweitzer’s letter to The Butcher (Ed Butcher, that is: the most appropriately-named politician in America.) The letter of “veto� was really a letter filled with amendments. IF the bill is amended in ways that Governor Schweitzer find to be appropriate—he will sign the bill into law.

And the reasons for his amendments are to write in protections for those who would build the slaughterhouses—NOT because he’s concerned about the horses’ welfare. Sure, his letter of amendment is filled with language that sounds like he’s concerned for equine welfare—all the “unwanted horses� ya-ya.

But the bottom line of it is that he’ll be delighted to sign the bill into law, as long as the amendments are written in—and those magnanimous Belgians are protected. Schweitzer wants to make sure that, once the slaughterhouse is built in Montana—no one can step up to the plate (or courthouse) and close it down.

So I’ve spent several days trying to write about something that is on the surface so vague that anti-slaughter folks were tempted to think we’d won. But knowing that we’ve not won, the battle continues, and—if anything—is more frustrating than ever. At this point, it’s out of our hands. Phone calls to Schweitzer’s office will not change a thing. Now we sit and wait to see if/when the Montana State Legislature tosses it back to him.

If they do, he’ll sign it.

If he signs it, Montana license plates can read, “The Slaughter State.�

So today I felt stumped. Defeated. Not sure what to write.

Now I know. Today we were given a gift, that of insider knowledge. This is a valuable tool—knowledge. The Truth shall set you free. The light of Truth, shining in the darkness—can turn it all around for the horses.

We have the ammo we need now: the email I received via AHP today carried the subject line, “Would You Eat Horse Meat?�

I turned on my mental heel. They had my attention. I had to peek inside, and see behind the curtain.

This email was from a website that identified itself as http://www.CheyenneOutlaw.com.

I’d never heard of them before. I thought it might be a group of cowboys, perhaps a newsletter of cowboy poets.

Not quite. Cheyenne Outlaw Ranch is—you guessed it—a cattle ranch in Wyoming.

Their mission is to “grow� and sell—beef.

Why, you might ask yourself, would they wish to contact those of us who work in publishing in equine industries? Hmmmmm…tap yourself on the chin. Think about this a minute.

It all became wildly clear the minute I read the email: supposedly, The Cattle Grower Network had conducted a poll. Uh, yeah. And in that poll, they asked if readers would eat horsemeat if it were available to them.

Uh-huh. A rigged poll. People who are members of Cattle Grower Network, answering a question that, on its surface, seems simple.

Disgusting, but simple.

The underlying implication is enormous.

Finally--the Truth behind the push for horse slaughter plants.

The Truth, that those who are proponents are no more concerned about “unwanted horses� than a bald man is about unwanted hair.

The Truth is that the Ag lobby is working with the “cattle growers� not only to re-introduce horse slaughter into the United States—the underlying reason for doing so is that the next step after reintroduction is to create a market for horsemeat IN the United States.

The beef industry has been hurting lately. Too many people actually concerned about silly things like, oh, I don’t know—cholesterol. Fat. Colon cancer.

What, oh, what, can a “cattle grower� whose profit margin is flagging do? Hmmm…got land. Got grass. Got fields fenced in. Beef, fatty. HORSE…not so fat.

Horsemeat = a marketing strategy that could save the necks of the ranchers who’ve invested millions of dollars into an industry that is threatened by a growing American concern for health.

Read the link above, to the “poll� and those who agree with the results of the poll—that, supposedly, horsemeat just may be an acceptable addition to the American diet. Read the words, then let them set in.

Realize that this is a well-calculated campaign. This is NOT random people who happen to think that horse slaughter is a good thing.

This, my friends, is every bit as insidious a campaign as the tobacco industry creating chocolate cigarettes for children.

This campaign was hatched in the boardrooms of The Beef Council. This plan is being executed by the Ag lobbyists and the ranchers. This, they believe, will be the plan that saves the ranchers.

All this time, we anti-slaughter people thought they were merely executing the “slippery slope� argument, that, if horse slaughter is taboo in America—they’ll come for the beef industry next.

That passive-aggressive approach—that’s what we thought they were up to.

But today’s email revealed the Truth—Hallelujah, the Truth will set the horses free.

The real motivation of the Ag lobby and the Beef People is not to prevent beef slaughter from being outlawed—for that would never happen. The real motivation is to open wide the door to horse slaughter so that RANCHING HORSES for meat will not only become acceptable—it will become an exciting, viable new market for the cattle ranchers. “Branching out,� as it were. Creating a new market, and giving it the old hard-sell.

Once horse slaughter plants are put in Montana and the Dakotas—it’s all downhill from there. They think that we anti-slaughter people will just give up, and go away with a whimper. That we’ll shrug our withers, and give in.

No doubt they even aspire to converting Willie Nelson: their clever marketing wonks envision Willie as a potential ally, the face of The American Horsemeat Council. Once that door to slaughter is flung wide-open—the possibilities are endless.

I am not arguing in slippery slope here, friends. All you need do is read this nonsense from the cattle “growers,� this email they sent to their allies, to see through their transparent motive.

If we open that door—if we let Governor Schweitzer amend so vile a bill as to make it palatable, and pass it into law—then the Ag lobby and beef “growers� can institute Phase II: the cultural and governmental acceptance of horse ranches.

If you don’t want to see billboards for “Secretariat: the Other Red Meat�—you must work with us. You don’t need my vivid imagination to see that this is the real motivation for the push for slaughter: all you need is eyes to read; a brain to comprehend and a heart to give a damn.

Ag lobby—we are finally on to you. We’ve got you in our scopes. You’re goin’ down. No Alydar Alpo for me—and no Filly Filet at Peter Luger’s.

Not now. Not ever.


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