That's too brain stupid for human psychology, snoop. It's not a contradiction in terms. It has to do with insecurity and intimacy and vulnerability.
People allow themselves to care for animals, retarded children, and anything else they can feel superior too -- and moreso than other people -- because they feel there's far less risk of them hurting them back. Hurting them back the way people can. That's where the superiority is critical.
what you mean with retarded children too, oh boy, another scary thoughts coming, I hope I got you wrong there.. Maybe everything is not about being superiority, maybe it is unconditional love, is that impossible? can't humans love unconditionally? without expecting something in return? I feel sick for telling this, but I am generous with people too, to ones I know or I don't, multiple times I helped poor people, without showing myself, so they won't feel ashamed of taking the help, or feel themselves they owe me something. Is that something to do with insecurity too? I love helping the weak ones, it's true, but I didn't get this pet because it's week, because I wanted to live with it. And you really don't know how much a sacrifice pets need to raise them. And I am not scared at all if it hurts me back one day (even if this is not the human hurting you are talking about), and if it does hurt me one day, or one of my family member, I will take the responsibility and won't abandon her, would do my best to teach her the right way. You are way mistaken if you think it is very easy to raise a pet and giving up of it if anything goes wrong..
It's easy to play big defender to someone or something one sees as inferior being "bullied". But when that thing is one's equal -- when it has the capacity and capabilities to harm one as much as one might see someone else capable of hurting it -- they may back off in a big way. It's too much of a challenge. There's real danger and risk involved. Far safer to be protector of things that you can always dominate.
again, how do you know that I don't care about humans also? there are millions of examples you can find in here. what are you bringing this comparison anyway, two different subject, being sensitive to animals makes one not sensitive against humans? I don't see a bit of connection in here.. You gave example of your mother, did she run off of the responsibility in raising and defending you when it was needed?
I'm not saying you hate people or you don't love animals. I'm saying it's clear that the very thought of animal torture drives you insane where you would prefer it doesn't exist and you can live in denial, whereas that does not seem to be the case at all with human torture. You are not treating them equally.
I felt the same way about he first clip, when they were disrespecting her with taking of her clothes, it was disgusting, but I have seen much worse torture that drove me nuts too, for that I didn't comment.. and the I watched the third clip. when an animal was being tortured or got killed. These are the two clips I saw, and commented on the one that drove me nuts. By the way, why are you arguing about me in person, and not about the idea of how wrong it is to torture and kill animals, am I the subject here?
Thank you for proving my point above.
In short: loving animals more than people is an emotional cop out for people who cannot handle the risk of something their equal.
I didn't prove your point, actually you proved me that you are not getting it. Humans are not superiors to animals, and this is a general statement, notice the word, general. I would feel more sorry if my cat dies, instead of someone in China or France or Armenia. Do you know what I mean? or you think I should cry over people that dies every second, and I shouldn't feel anything if the cats I raised for 5 years die?
