Sunday, January 13, 2008

I See Red When I See Pink


Thank you, Lars Brinkman, for the use of your photograph.

See the cruel man and the cruel tourist inflicting inhumane and cruel treatment on the nice horsey. See the famished horse as he shivers and shudders, breathing in all that foul and polluted Central Park air, pulling those lazy, self-indulgent tourists being pampered by its unethical and tyrannical owner. Doesn't that just make you see red?

I see red when I see Pink. Who is Pink? That's the question I had when I heard that Pink is calling for the ban of horse drawn carriages in the city of New York. So who is Pink? I always that Pink was a color. This Pink is something else. Pink is a sometimes androgynous-looking woman (who can look beautiful when she wants to), foul-mouthed, rocker from Philadelphia. Her notoriety and following among the world's easily-mislead youth gives her the platform to express her ridiculously silly ideas and to promote her favorite cause: the prevention of animal cruelty.

Do i support animal cruelty? No way! I just don't believe that Pink and PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) are always right when it comes to animal cruelty. In the first place, PETA believes that animals and people are equal. I do not. I believe that humans are far superior to the most superior animal. I also believe that God gave us animals to make our labor easier, and for eating. I have no problem with poisoning rats or trapping rats and mice in those cruel snap-action traps. Rats and mice might be Pink’s equal (and that I do not find hard to imagine) but they are not equal to me. And I find a horse-drawn carriage ride most enjoyable and relaxing.

So what does Pink have against horse-drawn carriages? The poor horsey has to walk in his bare feet in the snow. Oh, how pitiful. So do the Sherpa's of Nepal. The poor horsey has to breathe all that carcinogenic automobile exhaust. The poor horsey gets cold in winter and sweats in the summertime. Look, Pink, if you don’t like watching the poor horsies in Central Park or on the avenues of New York, go to India where the animals are venerated and inflict cruelty on the people.

A look at PETA’s home page on their web site is revealing. While I might find something(s) to agree with, I really wonder what PETA would do with all the animals if they had the “rights” that PETA thinks they should have.

But back to horse-drawn carriage rides. Are they really inhumane for the horses? I don’t believe they are. I have had horse-drawn carriage rides in New York, Honolulu, Victoria, B.C. and have seen them in a number of other localities. I have never seen a horse mistreated. That would be killing the goose that laid the golden egg. Sure, they have to breathe automobile exhaust. So, Pink, why are you not concerned about the driver breathing those same fumes? Why are you not concerned about the tourists having to breathe those fumes? Doesn’t the driver have to endure the cold of winter and the heat of summer? Why are you not concerned about him or her?

Some people have nothing better to do than to meddle with centuries-old customs and ideas. I guess that’s the only outlet for those who have no real skills and little wisdom and too much time and money. If you’re really against cruelty, campaign against partial-birth abortion or saline-induced abortion. Than you might be believable.