But let's move on. I've seen two things recently that's made me think the world is now in such a cruel place that I'm questioning our ability for collective salvation. The first thing is this week's disgusting suggestion that the baby polar bear cub born a in German zoo, Knut, ought to have been euthanized because his momma rejected him and his brother. Of all things, a so-called animal rights activist vehemently fought to have the cub snuffed because he believes it's the divine order of the animal kingdom. And worse, there were plenty of supporters for this hypocrite.
Now, granted, I'm over-sensitive because polar bears and tigers are my favorite animals, but for crying out loud; if mankind thinks it's doing the animal world a service by acting as judge, jury and executioner based off of certain behavioral patterns that humans collected, not spoken for by the animals themselves, then mankind commits animal genocide. Does this clod realize that polar bears are an endangered species at-large? I salute the German zookeepers for keeping Knut alive, and despite the argument that having an animal rely on humans to take care of it, what's the difference between this and our personal pets? The zoo argues that Knut can be grow up to stud future cubs, and this is what it's all about, as far as I'm concerned; preserving life as best as we can. If the animals suddenly ruled the world and judged over mankind, how would we be looked upon?
The other thing that annoyed me was the proposed question on MSN as to whether or not Big Bird should die. I mean, goddamn it, Marvel Comics just executed Captain America (until they see fit to write him a resurrection like Superman, of course), so that's one American institution flushed down the toilet, but why Big Bird? Are we so jaded by our cybernetic, seen-it-all, give-me-now society that we have to even suggest ripping something so pure as Sesame Street? Seriously, am I wrong here?
