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The unwritten theme throughout this article, is the unwillingness of onlookers to see or seek out the nuance and grey of the world. No doubt played out through

by tomxor 5y ago

The unwritten theme throughout this article, is the unwillingness of onlookers to see or seek out the nuance and grey of the world. No doubt played out through social media where the premise of "circus elephant" can't possibly leave any room for anything less than pure condemnation on these platforms.

emc3 5y ago
Sad, but true. I'm all for preventing this scenario from happening in the future by banning the exploitation of these animals. However, the elephant in the story has been with it's owners for over 40 years now. Maybe it's Stockholm's syndrome, but I wouldn't risk the potential torment to both the elephant and the humans in this situation based on that amount of time. So while they should be able to keep this elephant, they should not be allowed to acquire a new elephant in the future.
mc32 5y ago
Twitter is very toxic. It gives very dogmatic people an oversized cudgel to beat others over with. I wish whatever alternative takes shape for the other side of the aisle that Twitter sidelines, makes an effort to neutralize this effect, but I'm not optimistic. It's too alluring. When one tactic didn't work, they chose another, then another, then another. Relentless in their thirst for things to become their vision no matter what. I was heartened by the village public servants serving the public and ignoring the intrusion of these busybodies who had no stake in the locality whatsoever beside some remote association with their "passion". I mean, some big wig like Cher prancing in and calling some French minister to heel. This is outrageous. You want cruelty of elephants, go to Africa and stop the tusk harvesting --oh, right, they might get shot. It's pathetic what gives these activists meaning in life.
- tomxor 5y ago
  It's ironic even, because their cartoon version of reality is so far out of touch that their desires would often do more harm than good to a particular animal. They treat all animals without subjectivity, forcing them to fit their idealized version of reality... this was made particularly apparent in the article for the rescued elephant at Longleat... where the group "Action for Elephants UK" want to take this 60 year old abused (recovering) elephant from her home of 10 years and transport her to a different country. It's beyond insensitive to just assume this is a good idea.
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- Turing_Machine 5y ago
  > Twitter is very toxic. It gives very dogmatic people an oversized cudgel to beat others over with. Yeah, it's basically a distributed mechanism for organizing villagers with pitchforks and torches to burn witches, throw Jews down wells, or lynch blacks. I do not think history is going to agree that this was a good idea.

by tomxor 5y ago

emc3 5y ago

Sad, but true. I'm all for preventing this scenario from happening in the future by banning the exploitation of these animals. However, the elephant in the story has been with it's owners for over 40 years now. Maybe it's Stockholm's syndrome, but I wouldn't risk the potential torment to both the elephant and the humans in this situation based on that amount of time. So while they should be able to keep this elephant, they should not be allowed to acquire a new elephant in the future.

mc32 5y ago

Twitter is very toxic. It gives very dogmatic people an oversized cudgel to beat others over with. I wish whatever alternative takes shape for the other side of the aisle that Twitter sidelines, makes an effort to neutralize this effect, but I'm not optimistic. It's too alluring. When one tactic didn't work, they chose another, then another, then another. Relentless in their thirst for things to become their vision no matter what. I was heartened by the village public servants serving the public and ignoring the intrusion of these busybodies who had no stake in the locality whatsoever beside some remote association with their "passion". I mean, some big wig like Cher prancing in and calling some French minister to heel. This is outrageous. You want cruelty of elephants, go to Africa and stop the tusk harvesting --oh, right, they might get shot. It's pathetic what gives these activists meaning in life.

tomxor 5y ago
It's ironic even, because their cartoon version of reality is so far out of touch that their desires would often do more harm than good to a particular animal. They treat all animals without subjectivity, forcing them to fit their idealized version of reality... this was made particularly apparent in the article for the rescued elephant at Longleat... where the group "Action for Elephants UK" want to take this 60 year old abused (recovering) elephant from her home of 10 years and transport her to a different country. It's beyond insensitive to just assume this is a good idea.
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Turing_Machine 5y ago
> Twitter is very toxic. It gives very dogmatic people an oversized cudgel to beat others over with. Yeah, it's basically a distributed mechanism for organizing villagers with pitchforks and torches to burn witches, throw Jews down wells, or lynch blacks. I do not think history is going to agree that this was a good idea.