How can we write about cats today when 132 children have been slaughtered?

Pakistan school children shot
Pakistan school children shot
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Sorry this is not about cats. I just don’t feel like it after hearing the news. How can we think of cat welfare in Pakistan when the Taliban shoot 132 children at a school? How can we expect the welfare of feral cats in Islamabad or indeed domestic gas in households in Pakistan to be improved, to be even thought about or considered when we have such a dark, dark day in the history of humanity as has happened today?

Do we know why the Taliban did this? Personally, I have lost track of what their mission and the meaning of their existence is. Are they Islamic extremists willing to turn the clock back to mediaeval times? And how did they decide that shooting 132 children at school would help to achieve their goal? No goal, absolutely no objective of any sort can justify this depraved crime.

The welfare of domestic and feral cats in Pakistan can never be addressed properly until these sorts of crimes cease, until people respect people. How can we expect people to respect the domestic cat if they can’t even respect other people and their views and opinions?

For my part, it almost seems pointless to discuss and write about the domestic, feral and stray cat on this website when such dark and depraved human behaviour is thrust into our faces on television.

In addition to the mass slaughter of innocent children for no apparent or justifiable reason in Pakistan, we have a background in this country, the UK, of paedophilia the like of which we never truly comprehended. It appears to be everywhere and it appears to indicate that humankind is essentially a very damaged creature capable of depraved behaviour which is not far from the surface at all times. I am referring to the long series of child abuse crimes by the establishment which are now belatedly coming to light.

And we are coming up to Christmas, a time of celebration and goodwill to all men. And all that people are thinking about is how many TVs they can buy on Black Friday! Christmas has been debased to the point where it is simply a consumer nightmare.

It’s a black, black day in the history of humanity when 132 children are slaughtered for some stupid, misguided, crackpot idea that leads to nowhere and achieves nothing other than misery for us all and particularly the families of the children so mercilessly shot down.

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32 thoughts on “How can we write about cats today when 132 children have been slaughtered?”

  1. I have been mourning the loss of so many children for months now. ISIS has been beheading and dismembering children for over a year now.And I have thought about the animals there,they do not fare well. It is much more than heartbreaking. I thought of Ashan and his family as soon as I heard and feared for them and the cats. I am pleased to see he is here and safe.Mankind is corrupt and corrupts the spiritual beliefs of others and uses it against the world. Personally,I think the US and allies should step up and put an end to these groups.In the interest of world safety and peace,they need to be squashed. It is spreading worldwide and needs to end.Sporadic bombing does little,boots on the ground will stop it.Nobody likes war,but this is just the barbaric out and out slaughter of innocent people.When you harm a child,animal,or a woman,the line is crossed.Political correctness is going to kill us.

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    • I agree it has to be stopped. In effect there has been a war going on for a dozen years now. It is too much. Thousands of people are killed annually and it is indiscriminate. Muslim killing Muslim. I find it totally crazy and depressing. It is hurting and destabilising the world.

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      • There is no justification for the Taliban killing those children and their teachers. I really feel for their families and friends.

        This isn’t really anything to do with religion. The Taliban and ISIS are just a bunch of mercenaries who enjoy killing and torturing people who don’t bend to their will. They want power, but since they cannot rule by respect, they do it by instilling fear.

        Sadly this is nothing new. Throughout the history of the world, there have been many atrocities committed in the name of religion or allegiance to one’s own country. Humans are a violent species and for as long as we inhabit the earth, violence will be ever present.

        I think Nathan summed it up perfectly when he said “If we persist to be “pests”, the planet will shake us all off like a bad case of fleas.”

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        • Thanks Michele. It seems that true cat/animals lovers are more sensitive to the notion that humans are pests or like bacteria invading the planet while human alpha males who are using and abusing don’t get it.

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  2. This makes me feel very sad for all the good people in this world, no matter which country they live in, because good human beings worldwide have to live amongst the bad.
    It makes me very sad for animals too because until all humans realise and respect that the lives of all other humans are precious and until the killing is stopped, there is no chance for the lives of animals to be deemed precious too.
    We write about cats because we care about cats but it doesn’t mean we don’t care about people and other species of animals too.
    We can break our hearts for those children and their families and with sadness as to the state of the world, but we can’t stop bad things happening.
    One day it will all end but the good people will suffer with the bad and we can’t stop that either.

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