[School Article] December #2
I didn't write this one...but I COULDN'T HELP BUT TO SAVE IT! ...But it still clutters my computer so I'll post this here.
Who’s the Boss Now?
Each night at 8pm there is a steady scratch scratch on my window, followed by a hazy Nyao? This black and white stray tabby, I’ve affectionately come to name Meow (to teach it English of course, if I wanted a cat that said Nyao, I’ll go back to Asia.) She comes by my window just about every night looking for scraps from what was (and in some cases, currently is) my dinner. Persistent, that’s what I should have named her... Night after night I end up feeding Meow nice human food and Hebrew Nationals (and they aren’t cheap). Oh and did I mention she doesn’t drink Vitamin D milk, so I have switched over to 2% recently. Do you want to know the worse part about this? I don’t even own her; she’s a stray cat that has waltzed in through my window.
Now I know I’m not the only one being manipulated by our so called furry ‘friends’. I see it happening everyday. When my neighbor walks his dogs, guess who has to pick up the aftermath? The boy down the street catches crickets for his pet lizard (Some occasions he uses his hard earned allowance to buy the crickets). We’ve all been to the mall and seen a dozen dogs riding in baby strollers. We have become obsessed with pampering our pets and treating them like real humans. I remember a more simple time (well not me, but I’ve done some reading) of when cats kept your house mouse free, when dogs guarded your property and possibly herded your sheep. When did we become the bottom of the dominance pyramid? (That’s cutting it way too close to the food pyramid if you ask me). I only have one person to blame for this. Yes the person I always blame when I’m out of ideas, the media (technically not ‘one’ person)
All these facts can be found in Stephen Colbert’s book. The Media has been confusing society and the role animals play in our lives, with celebrities toting Chihuahua around in purses, Bugs Bunny outsmarting Elmer Fudd, and kittens that wear mittens. Well as great philosopher Colbert shockingly pointed out to me, Kittens don’t wear mittens. Their razor sharp claws will rip up your Granny’s rainy day project just by walking in them. Media has even gone as far as giving them human characteristics. For example, according to this media machine, animals can talk, outsmart human, have feelings, and even comprehending Christ. (Sorry kids, all dogs DON’T go to heaven). It’s clear where people have been confused when dealing with pets and why they are so eager to pamper their companions with phrases like ‘Just a part of the Family’. Sure I can call a rock, family and treat it like another human being, but that does not justify why I’m buying ‘Friskies Fancy Feast 3 Flavors of the Sea gourmet cat food’ and 2% Milk now. (The milk just doesn’t turn pink enough when I eat Trix, must be a lack of D Vitamins.)
We need to set out and do what God put us on this Earth to do, dominate every single living creature. It’s true, have you read Genesis 1:28? “Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground." No exceptions. Its dog eat dog world (better yet human dominate dog world) and if we’re not on top, we are not first either. (And if we’re not first, we’re last). Take a lesson from the Trix kids and be in control, while I go feed Meow, its 8:03 and she hates it when I’m late.
Written by a Senior at my school
Geez, my journal's turning into an newspaper article storage. XD;
Who’s the Boss Now?
Each night at 8pm there is a steady scratch scratch on my window, followed by a hazy Nyao? This black and white stray tabby, I’ve affectionately come to name Meow (to teach it English of course, if I wanted a cat that said Nyao, I’ll go back to Asia.) She comes by my window just about every night looking for scraps from what was (and in some cases, currently is) my dinner. Persistent, that’s what I should have named her... Night after night I end up feeding Meow nice human food and Hebrew Nationals (and they aren’t cheap). Oh and did I mention she doesn’t drink Vitamin D milk, so I have switched over to 2% recently. Do you want to know the worse part about this? I don’t even own her; she’s a stray cat that has waltzed in through my window.
Now I know I’m not the only one being manipulated by our so called furry ‘friends’. I see it happening everyday. When my neighbor walks his dogs, guess who has to pick up the aftermath? The boy down the street catches crickets for his pet lizard (Some occasions he uses his hard earned allowance to buy the crickets). We’ve all been to the mall and seen a dozen dogs riding in baby strollers. We have become obsessed with pampering our pets and treating them like real humans. I remember a more simple time (well not me, but I’ve done some reading) of when cats kept your house mouse free, when dogs guarded your property and possibly herded your sheep. When did we become the bottom of the dominance pyramid? (That’s cutting it way too close to the food pyramid if you ask me). I only have one person to blame for this. Yes the person I always blame when I’m out of ideas, the media (technically not ‘one’ person)
All these facts can be found in Stephen Colbert’s book. The Media has been confusing society and the role animals play in our lives, with celebrities toting Chihuahua around in purses, Bugs Bunny outsmarting Elmer Fudd, and kittens that wear mittens. Well as great philosopher Colbert shockingly pointed out to me, Kittens don’t wear mittens. Their razor sharp claws will rip up your Granny’s rainy day project just by walking in them. Media has even gone as far as giving them human characteristics. For example, according to this media machine, animals can talk, outsmart human, have feelings, and even comprehending Christ. (Sorry kids, all dogs DON’T go to heaven). It’s clear where people have been confused when dealing with pets and why they are so eager to pamper their companions with phrases like ‘Just a part of the Family’. Sure I can call a rock, family and treat it like another human being, but that does not justify why I’m buying ‘Friskies Fancy Feast 3 Flavors of the Sea gourmet cat food’ and 2% Milk now. (The milk just doesn’t turn pink enough when I eat Trix, must be a lack of D Vitamins.)
We need to set out and do what God put us on this Earth to do, dominate every single living creature. It’s true, have you read Genesis 1:28? “Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground." No exceptions. Its dog eat dog world (better yet human dominate dog world) and if we’re not on top, we are not first either. (And if we’re not first, we’re last). Take a lesson from the Trix kids and be in control, while I go feed Meow, its 8:03 and she hates it when I’m late.
Written by a Senior at my school
Geez, my journal's turning into an newspaper article storage. XD;