Comments on: Nothing much https://glendalarke.com/2008/02/nothing-much/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 10:35:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Glenda Larke https://glendalarke.com/2008/02/nothing-much/#comment-22805 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:42:00 +0000 #comment-22805 Yes, it is an excess, and shows up an imblance in our world. At least, though, it isn’t maltreating animals as well.

I think Jo has the right of it – breeding animals into disease and ill health – just to justify a perverse human need to have a particular look in one’s pet – is horrendous. Seen those Persian cats with their faces pushed in? They look obscene and they can’t breathe properly. Yuk.

]]> By: Jo https://glendalarke.com/2008/02/nothing-much/#comment-22804 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:11:00 +0000 #comment-22804 What really gets me, is not the doggy treats or cafes, but what we have done to the dogs themselves, the Peke is a very good example where its nose is now so squished it can’t breathe. German Shepherd with back legs so angled they can barely walk, etc. etc. Just been watching the US dog show in NY. It just disgusts me what has happened to some of these animal.

]]> By: Anonymous https://glendalarke.com/2008/02/nothing-much/#comment-22803 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:29:00 +0000 #comment-22803 Humanising pets is a sad indictment on a culture of growing excess.
Ther have been comments about the similarities between the current state of the USA and the high point of ancient Rome before the fall.

]]> By: Helen V. https://glendalarke.com/2008/02/nothing-much/#comment-22802 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:31:00 +0000 #comment-22802 How sad. A cat and dog live with me and I wouldn’t be without them but that is plainly ridiculous.

]]> By: Anonymous https://glendalarke.com/2008/02/nothing-much/#comment-22801 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:48:00 +0000 #comment-22801 That picture seems to symbolise the excesses of our Western culture, a kind of revelling in our material wealth. As Patty points out, the “bottom billion” are still out there without enough to eat.

It also reminds me that a peculiar consequence of our culture is that pets are child substitutes in the lives of many couples. While it’s weird, in our over-populated world maybe it’s not so bad.

]]> By: Glenda Larke https://glendalarke.com/2008/02/nothing-much/#comment-22800 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:41:00 +0000 #comment-22800 Yeah, me too. Plus, I want to know why dogs need chairs…

]]> By: Anonymous https://glendalarke.com/2008/02/nothing-much/#comment-22799 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:34:00 +0000 #comment-22799 I dunno… In a world where millions of people don’t have enough food for thermselves, never mind their children, I find this a little… sad.

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