While I agree with you, I'd like to point out: > even if we don't act as perfectly as we could/should be. We don't even treat them anywhere close to perfectly

While I agree with you, I'd like to point out: > even if we don't act as perfectly as we could/should be. We don't even treat them anywhere close to perfectly, in fact we treat them in the most horrific way imaginable. To most that is tolerable, but it bears repeating.