Monday morning at 8am...BBC breakfast morning show. The first words I hear " A bereaved mothers long running battle... " I immediately switch channels without even waiting for the sentence to finish. Why does the BBC think I want to start my day by listening to this misery ? They love it, especially the long nosed Sally Nugent.
Out of the frying pan and into the fire though as an extremely annoying advert is on the next channel involving a man sat at a restaurant table and a dog is along side him eating a plate of food as if human. It quickly gets worse as the camera pans behind to show they both have wagging tails. Are they humanizing the dog or de-humanizing the man ?
This may sound silly but the equalizing of dogs and humans is going on in society. I see it in people walking dogs and their attitudes already. How long before the human devalues themselves to an animal status ? They already resort to an animal status howling and shrieking if they perceive their dog is under threat.
There was a third annoyance but ive forgotten what it was. However I remember turning over to YouTube. The ultimate apparent cure ?
A lot of people claim their dogs are better than people. Frankly, you might dislike me for this, but my terriers were very close to me and loving. When I was sick, my Cairn terrier would lie right next to me. I guess I feel that my dogs were better friends to me than many people, but on the other hand, I can also see how this can "get out of hand" too. My mother was one of those people who put animals before her own children, so I get where you are coming from. For some people, the dogs are a narcissistic extension of their own personality. Some women like those tiny, yapping, aggressive dogs for this reason. And some men like those pit bulls that attack everyone, becaus they think it makes them more "manly."
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