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| | Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy |  | Author: Matthew Scully
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin.
Category: Book
Buy New: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  96 reviews
Sales Rank: 6389582
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
ISBN: 0312708424
EAN: 9780312708429
ASIN: 0312708424
Publication Date: 2002
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 Would have been a good magazine article October 10, 2008
My dogsitter insisted I read this book, exclaiming over Matthew Scully's elogquent writing and the fact that he wrote Sarah Palin's very inspiring acceptance speech at the Republican convention. His material here would have made an interesting speech or in depth article. Yes, his writing is eloquent. Yes, it's an interesting subject. But it takes a right wing Christian turn at every opportunity. It's not spiritual, it's political. It's difficult to read for more than a few pages because you feel yourself being stuffed with this Christian, animal rights viewpoint. Sometimes I choose to read politically slanted biographies or histories, but I know before I start which viewpoint I'll be getting. His book is good and maybe he will get a lot of converts to his way of thinking. I found myself wondering if he had any pets.
Matthew Scully = disingenuous and hypocritical author October 7, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Boycott this book and the author. He is a confused and hypocritical man who is a speechwriter for Gov. Sarah Palin, the woman who supports aerial hunting of wolves and bears, as well as pulling wolf pups from their dens and shooting them. Matthew Scully does NOT care about the suffering of animals.
Not helpful to the animals and written by a perpetuator of war September 26, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book does nothing but make excuses for treating animals as slaves and putting forth the Christian perspective. When the book came out, I was invited to a private party to meet the author whom I immediately thought was not at all an animal supporter and not at all someone whom I could ever respect. Over the years, he has gone on to prove this as a Bush/Cheney lackey, who has pushed the phoney war agenda, makes excuses for treating animals kindly, and who has now crafted the speech of Sarah Palin, the most anti-animal candidate ever running for office in my opinion. It is really a shame that Gene Baur, Wayne Pacelle, and Karen Dawn have been supporters of this man.
Scully Hypocrite September 9, 2008
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
I find Scully to be a hypocrite, liar and greed monger. He wrote Sarah Palin's sneering, nasty speech, stretching truths about who she is and outrighting lying and chiding our presidential nominees. His hate speech full of divisive and attack lines will be remembered and talked about in the short term, but in the long term, the results of his manipulated words and outcome on society will be on his conscience alone. How could he write such a negative hate speech for a women who shoots animals from a helicopter and can "field-dress" a moose. As if that is such an accomplishment. "Dominion" and all it's crediblility is lost and wasted on a moment that may forever change the political landscape and not for the better. Just as Americans were turning the tide and engaging in politics and discussing issues and paying attention, Single minded Scully wrote those devisive words of hate, recoiling all the gains of a nation. I don't know how he will sleep at night.
Scully = Hypocrite September 5, 2008
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
I just discovered that Matthew Scully is the speech writer for Sarah Palin, who you would assume to be the antithesis of all he believes in.
Apparently Dominion is nothing but empty words. And Scully, who claimed to support the rights of other living creatures on this planet, is nothing more than another unprincipled money-grabbing shill. What else could explain the willingness to embrace, and worse--promote, the very people who glorify wanton killing of animals.
Scully should take a long look in the mirror. He has betrayed the people who have promoted his book and his supposed philosophy. And worse, he has betrayed the creatures that he claimed to respect. The word 'Hypocrite' is not strong enough. Now that this Judas has made his 30 pieces of gold, he should forever be pictured with Sarah Palin and her dead trophies. He deserves no more.
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