Listening to a radio phone in this morning I was as gobsmacked as the presenter at the enraged tone of callers wanting to rant about how Prince Edward should be ostracized / horsewhipped / hung drawn and quartered because he used a stick while trying to separate two dogs fighting over a pheasant. Nobody can confirm whether or not Prince Poncey actually hit the dogs but whatever happened it has The Great British Public up in arms.
Strangely, as it kicks off in Israel and Palestine again nobody seems to be in the least concerned about two tribes of religious fanatics each trying to exterminate the other in a 5000 year old squabble over a scrap of semi desert at the eastern end of the Mediterranean.
But then we are a nation of animal lovers.
Another incident over the holiday concerned a man who carelessly but accidentally killed his hamster. This again excited the kind of sad acts who call radio phone - ins. The consensus was the man should be banged up for such a heinous crime. One caller even promised to contact the RSPCA and demand they initiated a prosecution.
Nobody however demanded the imprisonment of a man who accidentally caused the death of his young daughter when a television he was carrying dropped on her. Evereybody seemed to accept the death was a freak accident that will haunt the parents for the rest of their lives.
So for many people the death of a child can be a tragic accident but the death of a hamster, no matter what the circumstances, must be cold blooded murder and the perpetrator deserves to be punished.
Yeah right. What a strange nation we are.
Examples of the very darkest irony there: be back later with something more lightweight.
rithompson
Did you see my post on the "animal rights" bullies?
Similar sentiments there.