Pets

Something Interesting, yet random that I found myself thinking of this fine morning.

I was going to pick up my dog from the groomers and something very interesting sprang up in my mind. How people treat their animals is a good indication on how they treat themselves and above all else, other people.

I have a professor who lived in Israel for some time. He has a son who lives there and he adopted an Arab boy who lived there, who is now an adult with his own business and family.
He remarked in class one day that the Israelis there treat their animals as an extension of themselves while the Arabs treat their animals, well like animals.

This was so profound to me because of everything we see on TV. Jews for the most part are clean, well kept, and in many cases wealthy, this is not a stereotype but just an observation on my part. The Arabs of the middle east we see on TV always seem to be very dirty people, poor, causing problems, killing people by the masses, the very opposite of their Jewish brothers in the region.

Side note: Jews and Muslims both see Abraham as their ancient forefather. This is why I call them brothers.

So is it any wonder that one treats their pets as they treat themselves, and the other treats theirs how they treat themselves?

Now lets throw in a constant to make this claim a little more sturdy.

Americans have pets, sometimes many and by many I mean pets by the butt-load. Americans are the most obese people on the face of the planet. Does it comes as any shock that our pets are the fattest pets in the world. Interestingly enough, we don't eat our pets and we have no reason for fattening them up like other nations need to.

Side note 2: Any person who mistreats an animal needs to die. Now I'm no hippie animal rights activist like some, but come on people, just let nature be!

So in conclusion I love pets and I feel that most wholesome people love pets too, so lets respect them, it makes us look better in the long run.

Blessings