tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post4867093169857891778..comments2024-03-29T03:43:45.977-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: Hail!Dave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-32305129174310037662011-08-09T13:44:02.719-04:002011-08-09T13:44:02.719-04:00I've been thinking about this since I read it....I've been thinking about this since I read it. My cynicism may be showing, but I think you may be giving the average person too much credit for how much they care about cruelty to animals (much less cruelty to people), as people involved with animal welfare and animal rights could probably tell us at great length. Most people will care about the penguins, or the apes, or the geese, or whatever animal is being featured, but only until the credits roll. After that it's back to everyday life, eating meat and wearing leather and going to circuses.<br /><br />I think you get to the heart of it when you write "caring for a fictional ape in a fictional cage costs nothing. Outrage that can be fed by popcorn isn't much outrage at all."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-2289196349730733712011-08-09T12:02:52.640-04:002011-08-09T12:02:52.640-04:00Hey Dave, I have wondered about this very question...Hey Dave, I have wondered about this very question. I can watch a film and see people shot, stabbed and generally mistreated without really seeing the violence. But...hurt the dog/horse/pet, and I get very upset and can't watch. Am I so conditioned to the violence against another human that it doesn't resinate with me? Why does the harming of a dog make me cry? So many questions...Princeton Possenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-49415606003654368192011-08-06T20:13:54.715-04:002011-08-06T20:13:54.715-04:00I echo the sentiment a lot of people care more for...I echo the sentiment a lot of people care more for animals than people whether able -bodied, disabled, poor or foreign. <br />This has been shown time and again when looking at levels of funding for charities.<br />The solution? If I knew that I'd do it :(Noisyworldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-11995987063551814522011-08-06T18:33:43.623-04:002011-08-06T18:33:43.623-04:00We see these declarations every day, in some of th...We see these declarations every day, in some of the behaviours that the people we support show us. Do we call it communication? No, we call it behaviour and we create a program to deal with it. You're right, it has to change. Hail (insert name here)!....I can think of several names.Sherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12213266574971461657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-82470299608533346022011-08-06T12:54:45.138-04:002011-08-06T12:54:45.138-04:00Dear Dave:
I haven't seen the movie but I get...Dear Dave:<br /><br />I haven't seen the movie but I get what you are saying. And as usual you have totally nailed it. But how to change it? I don't know. Because it has to change absolutely for everyone. As long as we can incarcerate and torture even one human being - we can do it to anybody.<br /><br />ColleenColleennoreply@blogger.com