A Cock & Dog Story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv5TPx_m3-U

Our story begins, as all good stories do, with a Golden Retriever guarding his companion’s bike on a Chinese street. When the companion returns from his errands, he gets on the bike, the dog hops on the back — and then Li Li barks to signal that he’s ready to ride.

Followed by the sound heard ’round the Internet: Awwwwww.

But golly, that’s an awfully thin rack Li Li’s squatting on. So Jeff, an expat Midwesterner living in Bangkok, reposts the video and launches a website to raise money to buy him a proper platform.

Once more, with feeling: Awwwwww.

And then, the twist: YouTube pulls his video.

Say, what?

So I am now forever banned from using a YOUTUBE account. I got an email stating my account, ALCREW, was terminated because I “violated” their community agreement.

The videos in question are from a Cockfighting museum and then from a LEGAL government sanctioned cockfight in Northern Thailand. The reason I posted the video was because when I went and saw the museum and the event, all my perceptions were shattered. I was with a friend’s sister, who is a extreme animal lover, and it changed her whole perspective as well. Everyone went in with an idea that cockfighting is extremely cruel and terrible and walked away questioning everything we had thought previously…

The videos were posted 6 months earlier in the course of 2 hours. Since my channel became so popular with the best dog ever posting, i guess one too many people were offended and reported me to YOUTUBE, instead of asking more questions and opening their minds to other cultures.

For his efforts, Jeff has raised $120.07, lost two nights of sleep, and seen his soul crushed. Meanwhile, the Internet has moved on to three grandmas watching the Kim Kardashian sex tape.

Best Dog Ever [via Yahoo]