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March 23, 2007
Taking a Stand
SLUBLOG.COM
EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
in Schoolchildren"
Chair Bowman, Chair Norton and Members of the Joint Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs. My fake internet name is Slublog, and I am the main writer of Slublog.com. I am here today to present this testimony in strong opposition to LD 1525: "An Act to Promote Compassion in Schoolchildren," legislation that I believe would irrevocably wussify the children of our state.
Childhood is a time of wonder and discovery. There is the wonder of watching a cat commando-crawl across a room because you've put a strip of tape across his head; or the discovery of seeing what happens when you give a dog peanut butter. These are milestones every child should experience.
The bill specifies that children should be taught "the principles of compassion and humanity to all living creatures, including animals and birds." Josef Stalin once said that compassion was a sickness suffered by dogs. Okay, he was really talking about gratitude, but if he saw this bill, he'd probably amend his statement.
This bill assumes that animals and birds are worthy of compassion. Anyone who has been bitten or licked by a slobbering, germ-infested mutt or had to wash disgusting bird crap off of their car knows the folly of trying to treat animals with dignity and compassion. Animals, being...well...animals are inhumane by nature. Legislating the teaching of compassion toward them will make our children victims to their every whim, prey for their all-consuming appetites.
People across this country routinely keep dogs and cats as pets. Few of them know just how evil these creatures can be. While cats and dogs can provide a level of companionship and comfort, the feelings are entirely false. If given half a chance, these animal "companions" would consume us as food. We've all heard stories of people dying in their homes and being eaten by their pets. Teaching children to be compassionate would leave them entirely at the mercy of the animals.
Thomas Hobbes believed that life was "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." He was right. Maine's children have to be prepared to live in such a world. Forcing them to learn compassion would teach them that it is better to be the prey than the predator. Such a situation would be unacceptable, and for that reason I urge you to vote against this legislation.
Posted by slublog at March 23, 2007 08:41 PM
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