Pets are news in America, must be in Europe too! An 'abandoned' cat was a news for some time! Now after the Presidential elections, the presidential pet is a news and that dog is going to be the 'first dog' like the first lady!
The amount of money spent and care given to pets is really astonishing when millions of people die of hunger in many parts of the world, especially in the so called 'third world' countries from where the 'first world' invaders usurped all their resources in colonial times and later with the tactic of 'occupation' for one reason or other.
In this context, i happened to be an invisible witness to an unfortunate incident today in the rectory where i live. The pastor here has a 'pet' dog called 'maggie.' It is no pet as it not at all friendly to anyone coming to the house. It is addressed as if a person. And everyone else has to adjust himself or herself to that dog, if not they are not welcome! That was what happened today with the new Associate Pastor.
In spite of his stay in this house for almost three weeks, the dog seemed to have barked or chased him and he screemed for help. The help came in the form of another screaming/yelling at him and defending the dog telling that it has the priority here as it was here before he came, implying that he has to adjust if he wanted to live here. When he seemed to have told that i am a priest, he was told, "i don't care that shit!' What a culture and what a civilization!
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