November 3rd, 1997, Murder Scenario
I am going to replace the subject of 'cow' with 'child,' in order
to reply to your statement/question that: 'it's better to wear
the skin off a dead child than to go and kill a child yourself.'
First of all being a childrens' rights activist, this statement
is offensive to me? Why? Because I think that the use of the
word 'better' somehow condones the former. But aside from
my gut response, I will elaborate on why I think that wearing
the skin of a dead child is not a good tactic for childrens'
rights. 1) the child is dead and has been murdered and you
participated in the murder. (from a childrens' rights
perspective, to wear the skin of a murdered child that you
participated in murdering, whether that child is part of your
family or someone elses, is unacceptable) 2) the child is dead
and has been murdered by others and you did not participate.
(from a childrens' rights perspective, to wear the skin of a
murdered child is unacceptable even if someone else did the
murdering) 3) the child is dead and has been found by you in a
paddock and you don't know whether s/he has been murdered
or not. (from a childrens' rights perspective, to wear the skin
of a dead child is unacceptable, because you cannot be sure in
a society that openly promotes the genocide of children, if
that child has been tortured and murdered) 4) the child is dead
and you have seen that child die, so you know that s/he hasn't
been murdered. (from a childrens' rights perspective, to wear
the skin of a dead child is unacceptable, because you cannot
be sure in a society that openly promotes the torturing and
genocide of children, what kind of life that child has had or if
that child has been tortured. Also if you saw the child dying, I
would expect that you might have tried to save his/her life) 5)
the child is dead. S/he is your own child, and you know that
s/he has had a good life and s/he died quite peacefully in
his/her sleep. (from a childrens' rights perspective, to wear
the skin of a dead child is still unacceptable in a society that
openly promotes the torturing and genocide of children,
because to do so, means that you will be advertising the skin
to others who might like the look of it, and who might either
support or participate, in the murdering or torturing of
another child to have a child's skin like yours. As you can see
none of the above promote childrens' rights, therefore they
are all unacceptable from a childrens' rights perspective. |
