Question and Answer Time.
Yes, the below questions are real questions asked by friends about my life and said choices and such. YES these were my real responses.
Are you part of PETA or something?
Um, NO, I am not a PETArd. I am an animal rights activist and that is usually as far as it goes.
Why do you value the lives of animals more than people?
This question is implying that animals aren't people.
Just answer the question, Kit.
It isn't that I value animals' lives more, it's simply that animals cannot speak... They cannot sit in a shelter and tell the workers "I have a human, her name is BlahBlahBlah and her phone number is BlahBlahBlah". They can't tell the hunter they have families to care for. They can't tell the abuser that they're in pain, nor can they tell the dogfighter that they're done fighting. Animals need a voice, and the fact that I can give them one is why I work harder for them than I do for humans.
If your mom and a dog were on the traintracks about to get hit by a train, honestly, who would you save?
The dog.
No, Kit, be real here. What would you do?
I'd pick up the dog first, then shove my mom out of the way. She's a big girl, I'm sure she knows to move away from the train.
I've only seen you have compassion for animals, like, you don't care about humans. I've never seen you compassionate about anything or anyone else besides your close family. What's up with that?
Umm... Excuse moi? I have compassion only for animals... Okay, I can see where you get that. HOWEVER, that is most certainly not the case. Simply because I'm more likely to pass a suffering human than a suffering animal does not make me non-compassionate towards humans. Humans, in their nature, are more adaptable than most pets now-a-days. If a human is left on the street, he or she has the means to find a way to take care of his or her self.
If a pet (young or old) is dumped, they don't know what to do. All they've known is to have a human care for them, but when no one is there they will starve, be hit by cars, attacked by the strays who grew up without humans, etc. Animals have no chance at life without humans. I see all the bullshit in the world, I'm not ignorant. I know people around the world are dying of starvation, disease, war, infections, and natural disasters... but I can't change that. Animals are dying of the same things, however, they have one more on their list... Man.
Animals are forced to live in fear of the people who were put here to take care of them. Animals, just like children, depend on humans to take care of them. Humans can take care of themselves, so I tend to drop the issue on them more often than not... That does not mean I don't care. That does not mean that I don't live in pain every day knowing that people around the world are suffering and hurting just as our animals are.
I am compassionate towards all. Not just you. Not just me. Not just the animals. All.
Okay kittens, my little vent is over. Those questions just rather irked me today so I had to vent. Meow, kittens.
