Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Man Is An Anti-Social Animal

There were times when most humans were social animals, and lived in perfect harmony with animals around.

Sometimes, they would also take a little bit liberty with each other. Human, owing to be a relatively superior breed, would take considerable more liberty than the other party.

A few examples of human taking liberty would be like horse riding, hen fighting, bullock carts etc.

Animals in turn would sometime bites(like dogs), kick(like horses), shove( like bulls).

Some extreme form of harmonious liberalization would be killing and eating of each other. The only difference would be that humans would kill, cook and then eat. Animals would show a little less compassion, would eat humans raw, and often half killed.

Humans would sometimes encroach upon birth right of some animals like cow calf, pinching their mother's milk. Also, many animals were used and killed for vaccine and drug trials.

But to consider that more animals are killed by animal themselves than by humans, and that human also kill humans - not only for eating, but for myriad of different reasons, and that there are more human slaves than the pet animals(most of these pets enjoy five star treatment anyway) and that it has been never heard about any calf having died of under-nourishment, but human children certainly do, and that many of the drugs discovered through animal trials also benefit animals - it can be fairly assumed that humans have not been giving an entirely raw deal to animals. Rather, human treat fellow human more badly.

It is pretty much even-stevens with balance slightly in favour humans.

Enter Maneka Gandhi, ostensibly human, and the world has never been the same again. That edge has been vanishing fast.

First there would be a ridiculous article in TOI by the ma'am on how milk is injurious to health. If that's that then so would it be to a calf ? But then she would hasten to add it is unethical. I am not sure why !

Then there would be call to stop eating eggs, as that is unethical too. But then what about legal child abortions. Those are much more than just eggs - they are live fetus. No answers.

Then a call to be a vegetarian. I am okay with that, as long as vegetables are around. There are health benefits as well, as red meat is very harmful to the heart and intestines.

A request to stop using carts and tongas. Agree but I would also add cycle rickshaws to that. Why it didn't occur to her? Why does her mind works in an unidimensional way.

Shocker came when it was asked to stop using animals for drug trials. It was then when I gave up on her. My call is that she should have refused the usage any vaccines on her and her kids as a mark of protest. Why only vaccines, every single drug. We know that will never happen.

All these things about the protest against the movies and above statements are nothing but publicity gimmicks. Khaali Dimaag Shaitan Ka Ghar Hota Hai. That exactly what is happening.
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