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Human life is precious: we cannot jeopardize it
by Buddhadev Kar on Mar 07, 2007 05:32 AM   Permalink

Let us remember the words of wisdom of the Bible: Man is made in the image & likeness of God. Man is the APEX of God%u2019s creation.
Man can think, reason, choose, create, feel, go beyond nature%u2019s clutches, touch the skies & plumb the ocean.
There is ONE most important thing to be understood: One man HAS NO RIGHT TO COMPARE THE LIFE OF ANOTHER HUMAN BEING TO THAT OF A BEAST.
Man enjoys such an exalted status in God%u2019s creation, that despite his %u201Csinfulness%u201D, God does not hesitate to incarnate in the form of Man.
While love for animals is good, let us make it very clear that THE IDENTITY OF EACH & EVERY ONE OF US %u2013 THE VERY EXISTENCE OF EACH & EVERY ONE OF US, DEPENDS ON THAT OF OTHER HUMAN BEINGS, NOT STRAY DOGS.
By debasing the value of human life & repeatedly comparing it with that of animal life, animal-lovers are infact militating against human life & happiness & freedom itself.
The notion of %u201Cbalance of nature%u201D is a misnomer: it simply isn%u2019t true. You%u2019ll never find stray dogs roaming & marauding the streets of ANY European or American or ANY developed country: they ALL enjoy a much healthier, safe & peaceful life.
Our EXISTENCE & IDENTITY depends on HUMAN BEINGS, not stray dogs: there is not a single person in this world, who can live without OTHER HUMAN BEINGS: but each & every one of us can live without stray-dogs. The total elimination of stray canines in the developed world shows that human life IMPROVES when these source of pollution are eliminated.
Remember that more than 40,000 people die out of rabies in India, whereas western nations have attained a fully rabies-free society.
We cannot allow STRAY DOGS to kill our children in the name of miscreants & criminals: in principle, miscreants & criminals & mad people are imprisoned, restrained, stopped, punished, hospitalized, & segregated from society.
A stray dog is an absolutely unthinking, whimsical, amoral, unpredictable & dangerous BRUTE. They are NOT trained, they cannot be restrained, made to see reason, tamed, or stopped.
We cannot allow them to damage the lives of OUR children, perfectly innocent & harmless, & destroy our lives.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ONE QUESTION TO EVERY ANIMAL LOVER: WHAT IF THE CHILD MAULED, MUTILTAED AND/OR KILLED BY STRAY DOGS WOULD BE **YOUR** CHILD, **YOUR** SON or DAUGHTER, **YOUR** AGED PARENTS who cannot run fast from pursuing dogs??

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