Comments on: Maurauding Macacas Murder Municipal Minor Mayor http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/23/maurauding_maca/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: bess http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/23/maurauding_maca/comment-page-2/#comment-174205 bess Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:31:57 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4808#comment-174205 <p>portmanteau, petite chou,</p> <p>I'm so glad you're still around. Thanks for the link. And I see you getting smirky with my "richly grotesque" ; )</p> portmanteau, petite chou,

I’m so glad you’re still around. Thanks for the link. And I see you getting smirky with my “richly grotesque” ; )

]]> By: muralimannered http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/23/maurauding_maca/comment-page-2/#comment-174137 muralimannered Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:35:24 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4808#comment-174137 <blockquote>Who died and made you God?</blockquote> <p>If I remember correctly, there is no major religion that believes in a mortal God.</p> Who died and made you God?

If I remember correctly, there is no major religion that believes in a mortal God.

]]> By: The view from the other side. http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/23/maurauding_maca/comment-page-2/#comment-174135 The view from the other side. Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:04:42 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4808#comment-174135 <p>Incorrigible humans. You are truly the lowest form of life imaginable. First you take over forests and lakes and mountains and denude them or raze them to the ground. Then you build ugly suffocating polluting cities that gradually spread outward, oozing filth and disease, like parasites sucking life out of their host and leaving only lifeless waste behind. Not content with that, you refuse to share space with ANY other species. You kill/neuter/cull/eat/cage any creature that so much as ventures within your precious boundaries. Who died and made you God? You create sanctuaries/preserves/national parks as a consolation to us, so we can be content within the confines of these glorified cages, while you continue to pillage and rape the rest of the world.</p> <p>No other species is as remarkably selfish and heartless as you.</p> <p>It’s not even enough that you hate us. You hate each other just as much.</p> <p>The funny thing is, no matter how often you’re confronted with the truth, you won’t change.</p> Incorrigible humans. You are truly the lowest form of life imaginable. First you take over forests and lakes and mountains and denude them or raze them to the ground. Then you build ugly suffocating polluting cities that gradually spread outward, oozing filth and disease, like parasites sucking life out of their host and leaving only lifeless waste behind. Not content with that, you refuse to share space with ANY other species. You kill/neuter/cull/eat/cage any creature that so much as ventures within your precious boundaries. Who died and made you God? You create sanctuaries/preserves/national parks as a consolation to us, so we can be content within the confines of these glorified cages, while you continue to pillage and rape the rest of the world.

No other species is as remarkably selfish and heartless as you.

It’s not even enough that you hate us. You hate each other just as much.

The funny thing is, no matter how often you’re confronted with the truth, you won’t change.

]]> By: portmanteau http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/23/maurauding_maca/comment-page-2/#comment-174133 portmanteau Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:42:31 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4808#comment-174133 <blockquote>Unfortunately, sometimes reality is as macabre as it sounds. Have seen it as I describe it. The logical conclusion is, as desi uncle puts it, "<b>Indian! Bosch is Indian</b>". :-)</blockquote> <p>khoofia, i enjoyed the ("richly grotesque") literary twists you brought to the thread. the indira+sanjay gandhi allegory sounds like it might be a good read. you have an awesome handle, btw.</p> Unfortunately, sometimes reality is as macabre as it sounds. Have seen it as I describe it. The logical conclusion is, as desi uncle puts it, “Indian! Bosch is Indian“. :-)

khoofia, i enjoyed the (“richly grotesque”) literary twists you brought to the thread. the indira+sanjay gandhi allegory sounds like it might be a good read. you have an awesome handle, btw.

]]> By: portmanteau http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/23/maurauding_maca/comment-page-2/#comment-174131 portmanteau Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:27:02 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4808#comment-174131 <p>ruchira & bess: the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishnoi">bishnois</a>(among many other communities/movements) are a good example of indigenous community which aggressively protect animals.</p> ruchira & bess: the bishnois(among many other communities/movements) are a good example of indigenous community which aggressively protect animals.

]]> By: bess http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/23/maurauding_maca/comment-page-2/#comment-174105 bess Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:20:20 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4808#comment-174105 <p>Ruchira, have you heard of Gregory Colbert? He made a stunning film about the relationship between humans and animals "a 21st century bestiary", called <i>Ashes and Snow</i>. Here's a <a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/15">vid</a> from Ted.com, if you have only 9 minutes to spare, skip to 2:00min in to the presentation. I'm curious what you think of it.</p> Ruchira, have you heard of Gregory Colbert? He made a stunning film about the relationship between humans and animals “a 21st century bestiary”, called Ashes and Snow. Here’s a vid from Ted.com, if you have only 9 minutes to spare, skip to 2:00min in to the presentation. I’m curious what you think of it.

]]> By: Ruchira http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/23/maurauding_maca/comment-page-2/#comment-174098 Ruchira Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:24:49 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4808#comment-174098 <p>Bess, no. And it shouldn't be. But there is often a mindset that when people are deprived and suffering, there is little compassion to spare for animals. India doesn't have organized cruelty towards animals like in the west (corporate chicken, pig farms) but casual and mindless individual cruelty abounds. Kicking / deliberately running over stray dogs, handing a lighted cigarette to a zoo primate, abuse / neglect of sick and suffering domestic animals are common place. While desperate economic reasons can explain some of the neglect, it doesn't explain deliberate cruelty.</p> Bess, no. And it shouldn’t be. But there is often a mindset that when people are deprived and suffering, there is little compassion to spare for animals. India doesn’t have organized cruelty towards animals like in the west (corporate chicken, pig farms) but casual and mindless individual cruelty abounds. Kicking / deliberately running over stray dogs, handing a lighted cigarette to a zoo primate, abuse / neglect of sick and suffering domestic animals are common place. While desperate economic reasons can explain some of the neglect, it doesn’t explain deliberate cruelty.

]]> By: bess http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/23/maurauding_maca/comment-page-2/#comment-174097 bess Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:12:50 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4808#comment-174097 <p>Ruchira, I like your kind heart. And, I'd say, historically it isn't an American (western) sensibility to truly care about animals, right?</p> Ruchira, I like your kind heart. And, I’d say, historically it isn’t an American (western) sensibility to truly care about animals, right?

]]> By: Ruchira http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/23/maurauding_maca/comment-page-2/#comment-174096 Ruchira Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:48:36 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4808#comment-174096 <p>The plight of stray animals in India, cows (the other revered beast) and tonga pulling horses included, is one of the sorriest sights. And I am not saying this with an American sensibility. I left India as an adult. I felt the same way when I lived there. But then I have always been an unapologetic and ardent animal lover. I was routinely laughed at when I went berserk over the plight of an injured animal on the road or screamed at tongawallahs who mercilessly whipped their skeletal horses.</p> <p>The marauding monkeys of India are probably the best off. They live in groups, are self sufficient and take care of their own.</p> The plight of stray animals in India, cows (the other revered beast) and tonga pulling horses included, is one of the sorriest sights. And I am not saying this with an American sensibility. I left India as an adult. I felt the same way when I lived there. But then I have always been an unapologetic and ardent animal lover. I was routinely laughed at when I went berserk over the plight of an injured animal on the road or screamed at tongawallahs who mercilessly whipped their skeletal horses.

The marauding monkeys of India are probably the best off. They live in groups, are self sufficient and take care of their own.

]]> By: bess http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/23/maurauding_maca/comment-page-2/#comment-174095 bess Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:35:42 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4808#comment-174095 <blockquote>Have seen it as I describe it.</blockquote> <p>It's your power of description that makes it richly grotesque.</p> <blockquote>Bosch is German, they make great appliances. </blockquote> <p>Ja, Genau. Ennis, isn't time for a food post? (batting lashes)</p> Have seen it as I describe it.

It’s your power of description that makes it richly grotesque.

Bosch is German, they make great appliances.

Ja, Genau. Ennis, isn’t time for a food post? (batting lashes)

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