Lament for Lady

[grrm]

... well, sort of

Comments

[oncloud999]

Oh dear. If they're upset about Lady, I wonder what will happen when they find out about... everything else.

[moonshineray]

I was thinking the exact same thing.

[rogueapprentice]

Yeah, this might not be the show/book series for them, sadly.

[mollydot]

Maybe nothing, if they were more bothered about Lady than Micah.

[doubleplus]

In all honestly, if you're driven to swear off the show because of that scene, it probably just as well. No spoilers, but this world ain't My Little Pony.

[errantly]

Seriously. We DID all see the way The Mountain's horse was treated last night, didn't we?

[perpetual]

Yes. And then some of us watched some My Little Pony as an antidote.

Life is all about balance!

[corvuskeeper]

An outstanding idea!
My wife and I recently sponsored a young husky who happened to be born with underdeveloped eyes and completely deaf.
I will give these folks a visit as well!
Thank you, sir.

Sadly, I will miss your Indianapolis visit. I am glad we caught you last time on your AFFC tour. We fly out that evening to France for a much-delayed honeymoon in the South and Paris. I already warned my wife I could be found sitting in a cafe pouring over Dance. "F$*k the Louvre" I believe was how I summed it up. ;) We will see how that pans out.

[gislebertus]

I've always wondered what it is that makes an audience not react to violence visited upon innocent people, but they come undone when it occurs to an animal. A sad commentary at times, i think.

While what happened to Lady was ugly, it was a singular act of capriciousness. Mycah's death is one that highlights the systemic injustice of the entire society, and I remember while reading the book having the conflicting feelings of "that's really awful" and "that's really honest."

Thanks for that.

[flamingophoenix]

I don't think it's a sad commentary; it's just that some people are wired differently. Cruelty to an animal (or, for that matter, to a child) is far worse than cruelty to an adult, because adults at least have a modicum of choice about their environment and actions; children have far less choice in the matter, and animals almost none at all. So while one may accept that animals are lesser beings than humans, this lesser-ness in a way makes cruelty against them *worse,* because they are so fundamentally incapable of protecting themselves.

Worse?

[humansfirst]

Cruelty against animals would be "worse" than cruelty against children? Funadementally incapable of protecting themselves? Did I miss the nice fangs most of them come with?

Yes, some people are apparently wired differently. Some of us are sane and sadly some of us are apparently...insane.

Re: Worse?

[flamingophoenix]

Hey, I just offered my best guess about their motivations. This isn't *my* opinion here.

I had forgotten about Mycah until later on, so I was just doing an animals-to-adults comparison. I got nothin'.

[spicytoys]

I was so upset when she died! I read every night before bed, and I was planning on going to sleep after that chapter, but I didn't want to go to bed on such a sad note, so I stayed up to read another chapter. DARN YOU!!!!