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Originally posted by X¤MurderDoll¤X
Any relationship with an animal is strictly one way, not much difference between loving a cat and loving a car actually. An easy, shallow, love substitute.
There is nobody who truly loves anoter person who would prefer the survival of an animal over a person. If you think you do both, maybe you should rethink one of them.
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Not true at all. I love my wife above all else, even me, and i can be pretty self-absorbed, but i would jump under a bus to save my dog or one of my rats. I MIGHT shout a warning to my neighbor if they did the same.
Animals are not completely selfish and ignorant (like people. i live in a "Mobile home co-op", in other words, a trailer park. Trust me, people suck.)
I have chosen to segregate myself from most other people. I have been fucked over pretty bad by more than a few freinds, but i had actually made this decision long before then.
People who prefer animals do not necesarrily have severe emothional issues. Cheeba lives in a major city, i dont blame him for not wanting to be around other people.
Animals are innocents. They are not motivated by greed or malice. they wont destroy something simply because they cant have it. They dont try to hurt others simply because it makes them feel better or seeing other people's happiness hurts them.
Innocent adults, hell even innocent kids are hard to come by these days. If you've ever read any of Cheeba's posts about his pets, he is their father for lack of a better term. In this, i can also relate. I'm gouing to be a father for a human baby in about 7 and a half months, and i am looking foward to that too.
what it comes down to is empathy. I dont care if you feel sorrow for car fresheners when they run out of smell, as long as you feel something for
something. that is the important thing:
Empathy.
It's what separates "normal" (or at least emotionally healthy) people from sociopaths, which are human monsters.