Justice for Mijo:
https://m.facebook.com/JusticeForMijo?id=367334583324880&_rdr

Mijo was a yellow lab who was a welcome home gift for a retired veteran in Almo, Texas. On May 10th 2012 Mijo escaped his lead and tried to hump a female in heat outside on the road, his neighbor who is a minister for Jehovas Witness (Jose Salazar) came out, walked across the street with a machete and mauled Mijo to death. He butchered him twice in the face and twice in the thigh. Mijo limped his way back to his home to his owner where he died on the porch. There are graphic images in the photo section of the Facebook page just so you know. This is the story told by the owner: http://3.7mustang.com/vb/f19/minister-slashed-my-oldest-dog-machete-266803/

Alrighty-- I don't think I need to remind everyone to stay mature and civil, do I?

This situation seems so bizarre to me. Who does that? I mean, regardless of the how or why, who uses a machete on a dog in the middle of a public street. And why would the police not do anything? Something seems REALLY strange here.

Further... what the hell is with the "this minister"? WHY do people feel the need to throw that shit in there? I'm sorry-- his profession, WHATEVER IT IS, has NO business being part of this story. It seriously doesn't. IF what this owner says is true, the man is clearly psychotic... so it shouldn't matter what his profession is, he'd need to be locked up.

I don't know. Something just doesn't seem right. But that poor dog No living creature deserves to die a death like that.

Wow. I mean just wow. There's not much else to say about that.

arooroomom wrote:

Wow. I mean just wow. There's not much else to say about that.

Dito....

Perhaps this is just my morbid/gallows humor... but I wanted to share this from the facebook page as an example to OUR members on what NOT to say... I really hope you all understand how absurd and unhelpful this particular facebook post is:

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Dalila Lacquiere
WHAT IS BEING DONE ABOUT THIS DISGUSTING EVIL MINISTER. REPORT HIM & DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS NOW. HE WILL GO ON TO KILL & RAPE CHILDREN, IF HE HAS NOT DONE SO ALREADY. THEY USUALLY DO

Oh Tori. You could have let it ride and we could witness firsthand the bias against those heathen spaghetti monster believers. Regardless of the denomination, having faith is a ridicule worthy trait anymore. At least we know this guy's beliefs don't lend well to the D/R shenanigans. That would add another fun layer to the "debate".

Haha. My favorite part was the line at the end "THEY USUALLY DO"... oh really? We're familiar with that many "evil ministers" who "kill and rape children"? It was so enlightening I practically peed my pants.

Ya people are rediculous. It's sad but I think it's worth throwing it in there if this is true. I mean it's shocking if he's a minister and butchered a dog to death and it's a scary thought. Just like previous serial killers who's have ended up being pastors exc. It's just one of those interresting facts that I worth mentioning... Like when you read stories about religious people who do the unthinkable, or right wing republicans who's get caught with their pants down participating in same sex relations when they fight so hard against that is just like WHAT!? The story is what it is so far, it's very bizarre... But could very well be true the way it went down... People can be down right sadistic and cruel for no reason and a lot of times it's the nice old man down the street who leads suday school at church meanwhile has butchered humans in fridge at home. Not saying he is a rapist or murderer or "omg what if it was a child on a bicycle! He needs to be locked up and murdered!" I don't know, will be interresting when the truth comes to light, there was also multiple stories in that area suposedly of dogs being injured or killed w a machette (his neighbor claims their Dalmatian suffered the same fate) so who knows.

Yeah, nothing like left wing nuts shooting sitting representatives in the head...

brady.law wrote:

Ya people are rediculous. It's sad but I think it's worth throwing it in there if this is true. I mean it's shocking if he's a minister and butchered a dog to death and it's a scary thought. Just like previous serial killers who's have ended up being pastors exc. It's just one of those interresting facts that I worth mentioning... Like when you read stories about religious people who do the unthinkable, or right wing republicans who's get caught with their pants down participating in same sex relations when they fight so hard against that is just like WHAT!? The story is what it is so far, it's very bizarre... But could very well be true the way it went down... People can be down right sadistic and cruel for no reason and a lot of times it's the nice old man down the street who leads suday school at church meanwhile has butchered humans in fridge at home. Not saying he is a rapist or murderer or "omg what if it was a child on a bicycle! He needs to be locked up and murdered!" I don't know, will be interresting when the truth comes to light, there was also multiple stories in that area suposedly of dogs being injured or killed w a machette (his neighbor claims their Dalmatian suffered the same fate) so who knows.

See... stop right there. It has nothing to do with him being a minister. That's not "what makes it worse." Because ALL serial killers aren't ministers/priests and I highly doubt there is a large correlation between the two. How much you want to bet you only remember the ones that are because the media plays it up so much?

The SCARY part is that ANYONE can be a serial killer because ANYONE can be psychotic... and that's what all serial killers have in common. They are not right in the head.

So please don't play this up as a "It's so awful that he's minister." Would it really be any less awful if he were a lawyer? Or a doctor? Or a janitor? I mean really... the story is bizarre because he used a machete to kill a dog that didn't seem to be attacking anyone. THAT'S the weird thing. The fact that he is supposedly a minister is honestly completely irrelevant.

In your opinion it is irrelevant. I definately dont think every minister is this or that just like every catholic priest doesnt molest children. The point being, people are incredibly nieve thinking that killers and rapist or whatever are phsycotic people with MUDERER written all over them when the fact is a lot of the time, it's someone completely seemingly normal which makes cases like this or similar cases even more grotesque. People hold teachers, pastors, minsiters or whatever to a higher standard and would never think of such a thing happening because "oh they are a minister, he would never do anything" not saying its smart or right thing to do. But people surely do, which is probably why it gets played up, because anyone could be a phsyco.

You're arguing exactly the same point I am but you somehow give more credibility to him being a minister. That's exactly the point. Profession has nothing to do with it. You think you're doing the world a service by pointing that out, but in reality it just hurts your point. People now look at this and point fingers and claim atrocities against him because "Oh, he' a man of god." All it does it help to play up the hype.

I'm just so tired of people looking at someone's profession and thinking that it makes them any less HUMAN. Like the Cisco case... just because the man was a police officer, that doesn't make him any less likely to make a bad judgement call. Humans make mistakes and humans are flawed. In this case, they can have a chemical imbalance or PTSD that turns their brain into something irrational and out of touch with reality: ie clinically psychotic.

His profession has NOTHING to do with his actions and people are now correlating the two. If his story has any credibility (which I honestly question), the man is a sick sick person and he needs to be committed. But him being a minister doesn't make this any more or less sickening. That's why it's irrelevant. I don't feel any worse, shocked, or outraged that he's a minister, and doing so just creates more of a panic.

Well if the story is true and has happened the way we have been told so far. If putting on blast that he's a minister gets peoples attention for some kind of justice to take place. You best beleive I would exhaust any and every way to get my story heard had this been my dog and I'm sure anyone else would as well. Sure I guess it "technically" doesn't matter but we live in a society where the only way to get some people to care is to exploit facts like that to be heard.... Then I would to if I was in the situation. Then again only God knows how I would have reacted in the moment... Can't even imagine that.

Wow things like this just make you think about a lot of things...

I have to agree it does matter what profession is involved. There are jobs that hold people to a higher standard plain and simple. Certain professions are "trusted" to be holders of protection from this evil. Why do we have background checks and interview processes then. The person picking up the trash is not the same as a neuro surgeon when it comes to public trust.

If true this is a horrific act that should have dire consequences as the individual could easily perpetrate this kind of violence on humans.

I just want to point out that the term "minister" when referring to Jehovah's Witnesses is a term used for a regular member. Not a member of authority. And I also want to inform you that there are no paid positions so being a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses means It is all voluntary. Even the highest ranking members have regular 9-5 jobs and do all work related to their religion voluntarily.

Please note that I'm not trying to justify what was done, I just want people to be aware that this story is being embellished a bit. And I feel like the author of the story is knowingly using this common misconception to his advantage and to call out the religion as a whole when it has nothing to do with what happened.
As we all know, there are sick people of all religions.

Snow White wrote:

I just want to point out that the term "minister" when referring to Jehovah's Witnesses is a term used for a regular member. Not a member of authority. And I also want to inform you that there are no paid positions so being a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses means It is all voluntary. Even the highest ranking members have regular 9-5 jobs and do all work related to their religion voluntarily.

Please note that I'm not trying to justify what was done, I just want people to be aware that this story is being embellished a bit. And I feel like the author of the story is knowingly using this common misconception to his advantage and to call out the religion as a whole when it has nothing to do with what happened.
As we all know, there are sick people of all religions.

Awesome. Thank you for sharing this. It confirmed my suspicions that not all of this story was 100% truthful or forthcoming. The whole "minister" thing seemed weird anyway.

Honestly? Stories like this make me sick.... for the act and the awful side of humanity they bring out afterwards.

Happy to help.

Lordbroll wrote:

I have to agree it does matter what profession is involved. There are jobs that hold people to a higher standard plain and simple. Certain professions are "trusted" to be holders of protection from this evil. Why do we have background checks and interview processes then. The person picking up the trash is not the same as a neuro surgeon when it comes to public trust.

If true this is a horrific act that should have dire consequences as the individual could easily perpetrate this kind of violence on humans.

Alright, I'll bite.

Public trust for what? Not to kill things in the street with a machete? We really need to hold people to a higher standard for that?

The fact of the matter is that anyone, at any time, can have a break in sanity. Maybe something medical caused it. Maybe it was a really rough day or they had a situation happen that severely impacted their judgement. The point is that it can happen to anyone.

Background checks and higher standards are something overall. They look for patterns of behavior, not singular incidents. Anyone with a pattern of good behavior can do something wrong.

I didnt know a JW minister was just a "member" u think I would learn that all the times they come knocking at my door but I avoid them like the plague. Anyway, it is irrelevant if that's the case because that's like saying "a so called Christian did such and such" people do all kinds of crazy shit "in the name of the Lord." who knows maybe the guy doesn't know what the real definition of a JW minister is either but at any rate...Lets say a JW minister was like a pastor/teacher/reverend whatever type of person (a person we would generally assume none violent and generally someone you are suposedly supose to trust in some way) Why does it matter that he or anyone specifies that? It's a completely normal piece of information... When I do watch the news, any story reported on starts out usually describing the person some way often by profession. "A local grocery clerk.." "an elementary school teacher..." exc. If people want to over exaggerate that fact and geralize all Jehovas Witnesses, then that is their prerogative... It's stupid but people will. Just like the officer, everyone should understand the officers point of view why he shot Cisco... Most don't agree, I certainly don't. But everyone generalized all cops and said horrible things about cops in general which is dumb. He unfortunately he did what they are trained to do which is basically kill any animal at your digression if you feel threatened. Anyway, bottom line anyone has the potential to be bat shit crazy and I see nothing wrong w specifying the person or their profession if they butchered my pet.

And if this all played out like the owner says and this is how the conversation between the butcher and owner went after the incident (like the owner claims)

I said, "Did you ****ing kill my dog?"

He said, "Yeah I did with my machete"

I said, "Wtf man, why the **** did you kill him?"

He didnt say anything after that so I called the Sheriff.

Then clearly the guy is a wack job.

brady.law wrote:

I didnt know a JW minister was just a "member" u think I would learn that all the times they come knocking at my door but I avoid them like the plague. Anyway, it is irrelevant if that's the case because that's like saying "a so called Christian did such and such" people do all kinds of crazy shit "in the name of the Lord." who knows maybe the guy doesn't know what the real definition of a JW minister is either but at any rate...Lets say a JW minister was like a pastor/teacher/reverend whatever type of person (a person we would generally assume none violent and generally someone you are suposedly supose to trust in some way) Why does it matter that he or anyone specifies that? It's a completely normal piece of information... When I do watch the news, any story reported on starts out usually describing the person some way often by profession. "A local grocery clerk.." "an elementary school teacher..." exc. If people want to over exaggerate that fact and geralize all Jehovas Witnesses, then that is their prerogative... It's stupid but people will. Just like the officer, everyone should understand the officers point of view why he shot Cisco... Most don't agree, I certainly don't. But everyone generalized all cops and said horrible things about cops in general which is dumb. He unfortunately he did what they are trained to do which is basically kill any animal at your digression if you feel threatened. Anyway, bottom line anyone has the potential to be bat shit crazy and I see nothing wrong w specifying the person or their profession if they butchered my pet.

This post is so full of contradictions that I don't even know where to start

You need to pick and argument and stick with it.

In any way shape and form, profession has nothing to do with it. Like Tori said, people are crazy, no matter if they are a minister or not.

I really don't even know why that aspect is being discussed. It doesn't matter what profession or religion he is. He slaughtered a dog because he was humping a dog in heat.

IMO, the focus should be on the fact that once again, an innocent animal has been killed.

I'm sure Mijo will have plenty of love meeting him at the Rainbow Bridge.

RIP Mijo!

Yes I guess it's moot.

I really just wanted to say moot.

Moot.