Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Rodent analogy

Here is a scenario: A rat was in someone's front door. That rodent should expect not a warm welcome nor an offer of a bit of cheddar cheese, but a bruising and a meter high aerial trip when that someone's foot smash right in the face of that poor thing. Was the cruelty justifiable when all the rat did was only..well..being idiotically there? Arguments would be, rats are dirty, they carry diseases, they feed on trash. Yes they feed on trash because rodent's role in the food chain is decomposition. Not much with the disease. Remember the black plague was not rat's disease, but fleas. Consider a raccoon was standing in that door instead, or a chipmunk, we dont have that in Bohol, but just what-ifs for fuck sake. They wont surely receive such aggression but a cuddle and nice flattering words like "cutie cutie". C'mon, why the difference in approach when they're as much as what a rat is? Raccoon and chipmunks are rodents too. There is just something in rats that makes human hate them. Well maybe, because they are what they are, a rat.

A good analogy to that rat is human behavior. Sometimes you just hate someone else without even knowing why.

1 comment:

LiUniZe said...

I hate rats because they bite…hahaha. Unless they’re all like “Ratatouille”, then I would be glad to welcome them in my own house. Hahaha again (As if I will, they look scary to me).