The Greatest Show on Earth?
This week, the circus is coming to town.
My children will not attend. Surprised? Call the authorities if you must, but we can't participate in anything that makes mommy throw up. Many meat-eaters justify their dinner-time decisions because they don't know...not for sure anyway...that the dead animal was tortured beforehand. Besides, a person's got to eat. Fine.
We know for sure Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus treats their animals with cruelty. Such abuse has been documented, filmed, and filed away. Don't believe PETA? Okay, check this out.
Does anyone out there really think animals were put here for our entertainment? If you believe in God, do you also believe animal abuse is ordained or excused? I'd like to hear justification for teaching children that torturing God's creatures is wholesome family fun.
Still pro-choice across the board, but this kind of sh*t is deplorable. Period.
posted by kate @ 6:00 AM
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For what it's worth, I just think the circus is dumb to begin with.
I went to the cirucs for the first (and probably last) time about six or seven years ago and it was just terrible. It wasn't entertaining at all.
If one wants to take their kids to see animals, then head to the zoo.
Using animals in the circus is insulating and humiliating for both humans and animals. Do people really think they are spending quality time by watching circus animals perform unnatural ‘tricks’? I think those who attend and support these circuses are less intelligent than the animals they are watching.
You want to watch an elephant with your children, watch a nature program and learn how devoted they are to family (thus strengthening the bond in your own). Or, if you want to watch a tiger or lion do something amazing, watch a nature program and learn how they can be deadly hunters.
Don’t be an idiot by supporting the circus.
... by "you" I mean the general masses that go to the circus (don't want to offend the wrong people).
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