An Unpleasant Poem

[Erthona]

There is no doubt in my mind that abuse of animals is worse than people, with the exception of children. They are innocents, and do what they do because they know of nothing else. They have no conception of right or wrong, or even less understanding of human preference, which can be arbitrary and against their instincts. Then there are the animals (I think mostly dogs) who are beat because the human is mad, and instead of dealing with their anger properly they take it out on the animal whose only crime is to be there. However, if you rant and preach about the subject, you discredit yourself. In other words you end up having the opposite effect from what you want. BTW, did you catch the "sonnet" I posted for you in the members area. It's one of my first attempts, it is for the most part pretty bad. I thought it might give you hope.

Dale