Thoreau said it was a tragedy for anyone to kill a moose. The
gentle, harmless creatures reminded him of "great frightened rabbits," and
he was greatly saddened when he saw one shot. Most well-educated
people, and all kind-hearted people of any or even no education,
would likely agree with Thoreau. The hard part is reaching those who either have
no hearts and/or little education. (I daresay less than one in ten
Americans would even know who Thoreau is nowadays.) And
unfortunately, we have plenty of those sorts of human in America today, people
who equate killing with strength, and have absolutely no empathy whatsoever for
the suffering of other species.
I had just started to get over my panic about Palin's pushing McCain
to the top when I heard that Bush is making a big new push into
Pakistan looking for Osama bin Laden. I firmly believe that Bush could
have caught him years ago, but was "saving" him up for an opportune moment,
either for political reasons, or for his personal "legacy." What is
so terrifying for the world now is, if Bush catches or kills bin Laden at
this time, the great moronic bulk of voters would blindly wave the flag and put
McCain into office. (Where - does anyone doubt it -
he would be surreptitiously done away with, so the cute
moose-murderer could become the next pawn of corporate greed-meisters who have
ruined this nation under the Bush-pawn.)
So, needless to say, I am praying for Osama's continued
elusiveness. I am fully aware that this may put me on Homeland
(In)Security's hit list, but what does it matter? If the
Republicans get into office again, the world won’t be worth living in,
anyway.
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