Read MoreYou know Alex.
He’s our 12-year-old ginger boy, adopted from a homeless shelter in Washington, D.C. when he was a kitten. He’s the only cat in history to have played a hand of poker at the old Binion’s Horseshoe, which happened a few months before the place closed down.
Alex is retired now and living comfortably in Las Vegas. He spends most of his life sleeping.
Read MoreFreedom isn’t just a human struggle.
It’s also a humanitarian one, also.
Read MoreWhat makes us perceive similar things so differently?
For instance, two things can be almost identical. They can be the same size and shape. They can provide the same benefits, or pose the same dangers. So why would one thing be cherished, while the other is feared?
Let’s take the DNA of two mammals (see below). They’re about the same size and shape. They’re closely related as species. They both live in cities. However, we perceive one as a sweet and fuzzy creature, while the other is vermin.
Read MoreRodeos are barbaric. The competitions are sadistic. And cheering such misery is shameful.
Read MoreAmong humanity’s interminable crimes against nature, caging a magnificent creature for its entire lifetime ranks beyond the unforgivable.
But we do it.
It’s even acceptable in most social circles.
But acceptance doesn’t make it right.
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