Cruel

I considered briefly naming this post "Cruelty," but that word allows us to get off easy. Watch the horrifying video below, and then ask yourself, "We are this planet's stewards...?"



Good thing you can not see me; I actually sobbed while watching the video. I knew the truth, intellectually, but chose to look the other way. Until today. Even the utterance of the Roman slaves, "Oh, Master, you are but a man" (as the general took his triumphal tour of the city), offers no solace. This video betrays us for what we are, less than human.

Sorry, no noble, uplifting thoughts today.
-- David M Gordon / The Deipnosophist