TheNoNamedOne
05-15-2008, 07:41 PM
The biobigot through personal likes and dislikes favors one animal for protection and adoration, and the other for villification and killing. And no, that is not dependent upon threat of disease or danger that the biobigot chooses some to kill, but simply on prejudice:
Noble eagles, nasty pigeons, biased humans (http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/04/29/healthscience/29angi.php)
In sum, I was suffering from a severe case of biobigotry: the persistent and often irrational desire to be surrounded only by those species of which one approves, and to exclude any animals, plants and other life forms that one finds offensive. ...
Biobigotry is different from the impulse to avoid organisms that can hurt or sicken us, like yellow jackets, mosquitoes or poison ivy, or to fend off traditional household pests like mice and roaches. Rather, it is the dislike we direct toward creatures that live outdoors and generally mind their own business, but that behave in ways we find rude, irritating, selfish or contemptible. The squirrels are gluttons, the crows are schoolyard bullies, the house sparrows are boring and look like mice when they skitter along the ground. How we love those noble falcons and eagles that lately have blessed us by nesting on our skyscrapers and bridges.
An excellent article those quotes come from that I encourage you to read. Perhaps it will pique a little to cause thought on the point.
Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth. --Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Noble eagles, nasty pigeons, biased humans (http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/04/29/healthscience/29angi.php)
In sum, I was suffering from a severe case of biobigotry: the persistent and often irrational desire to be surrounded only by those species of which one approves, and to exclude any animals, plants and other life forms that one finds offensive. ...
Biobigotry is different from the impulse to avoid organisms that can hurt or sicken us, like yellow jackets, mosquitoes or poison ivy, or to fend off traditional household pests like mice and roaches. Rather, it is the dislike we direct toward creatures that live outdoors and generally mind their own business, but that behave in ways we find rude, irritating, selfish or contemptible. The squirrels are gluttons, the crows are schoolyard bullies, the house sparrows are boring and look like mice when they skitter along the ground. How we love those noble falcons and eagles that lately have blessed us by nesting on our skyscrapers and bridges.
An excellent article those quotes come from that I encourage you to read. Perhaps it will pique a little to cause thought on the point.
Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth. --Edwin Hubbel Chapin