On Tuesday, a writer observed that while there had been several recent letters expressing outrage about mistreatment of animals, none had appeared condemning the horrific death of a three-month-old baby. Unfortunately, instead of focusing her anger on those responsible for the murder, she chose to disparage her fellow writers. Consider the following: “As a society have we become so anaesthetized, due to abortions, that the lives of animals are more important than a child’s?” It might be gently suggested that the absence of letters disavowing human suffering doesn’t prove an acceptance of it or an indifference to it. Concluding otherwise on the basis of nothing other than assumption and conjecture, is for the lack of more appropriate word, stupid. In many cases, evils of this nature tend to bring people closer and remind them to hug their loved ones more often. (Sadly, loud public expressions of outrage aren’t going to bring Madilyn back to us.) In this instance however, the writer takes it upon herself to question the compassion of those who did not respond in what she has determined to be the only acceptable way. A book of fairy tales also offers some sound advice: “Judge ye not lest ye be judged.” And of course, I may be wrong about everything.
Dan Postema
Everett
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