Wednesday, December 19, 2012

What kind of person are you?

                  


        Animals are often good judges of character in people. A lot can be learnt about people from the way they treat their animals or just any animals in general. I see this as a way to how they would treat other human being around them. This is how I classified it. If someone were to treat any animal badly whether it was theirs or not tells a lot about their personality. Most people would treat their pets or animal nicely but when it comes to an animal they see on the street or someone else they wouldn’t care less for it. But for one reason or another I understand it. When someone is close to you, you automatically treat them better than someone who isn’t close to you. You have a connection with them. Just like how we treat strangers the way we do.  

      Some may say animals are of lesser beings because they are lower on the food chain, and some may say there are people who look at other people as lesser beings because of wealth or social status. In some ways I think that if you are “good” you would treat everyone fairly. “Everyone” to me includes the animals around us. My father always tells me to treat other people the way you want to be treated. So why treat anyone or any animal badly? Would you like to be treated badly in return?

     But then again what is considered "good" treatment of animals is up to interpretation. We think "humane" treatment of animals is just. But think of cultures that sacrifice animals for religious practice. They are clearly religious ties into that, yet the murder of an animal is seen as "good" treatment of that animal. And what about rats or other unwanted animal? We only care for them so we can use them as lab rats or to our own advantages.

So here’s my question to you, “Can we really judge a person by the way they treat animals?” 

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