how awful! as a cat lover myself I wish whoever treats animals and humans with cruelty shall die in hell (blehhh) I can’t help but cry when I saw this, I can’t believe it… masyado namang makasalanan mga ibang tao sa china, bakit naman ganun ano? noon nabasa ko yung tungkol sa mga babies na kinakain, (gasp) ngayon mga pusa??? aaargh, terrible people, I swear makakarma yang mga yan. siguro kaya marami ring sakuna nangyayari sa bansa nila dahilan na rin sa mga ginagawa nila (cries)

by the way I saw you through mybloglog, thank you for peeking, I’ve been a reader of yours for quite sometime now, never leaving comments, I just lurk, but I can’t help but comment on your post here about those cats. and while I was reading through tracy’s blog doon ko nakita blog mo. ^_^

nice to meet you…

take care and God bless!

First of all, I’m going to lay down the culture card. Since, both you and Helga are appalled at the treatment of animals in China AND the morality/manners of the chinese were brought up. Unless one has studied the chinese culture, seen their history, and even attempt to speak their language, we are just not in any position to judge their morality and manners by any of our western inspired ones. Note this isn’t a defense of China, its people, and their ways, just a reminder that when judging such things, perspectives must be considered.

The same thing applies to the treatment of animals. We obviously see things from our own culturally influenced perspectives and force the application of it on other cultures and other people. That’s the biggest mistake PETA makes.

As for this entry, clearly one missed the fact that the majority of the entries in this blog was written with tongue firmly in cheek, and it is so in this entry. Distilled down to its basic plea, it is just Helga saying, please don’t hurt the cats…because I like cats. Something should be done about it, yes…like please don’t hurt the cats. There is no hypocrisy in it, though some would try to grasp at that straw, just a very human (and Helga) plea to not hurt another sentient being, one she obviously adores. The yes-I-eat-burgers-and-love chicken double standard was called out before the entry ended, intentionally I might add, to draw attention to the fact that there was no real activism implied. To say that one contradicted herself in a self-confessed “no point” argument is an exercise in futility. The phrase “over your head” comes to mind though.

It is funny how the comment thread has gone from animal rights advocacy to human rights. Some people will jump at a chance to get on ANY soapbox, even one as slippery as this classic Helga construct. HUHLOLZ!

We’ve moulded a society whereby cows are food and cats are pets, you cannot be surprised that people feel it’s unethical and sick to treat the cats in this way?