Thread: Pets, and why people have them.

Originally Posted by KelJu

So you believe people love animals out of weakness of character? I have heard people hint at that before without just coming out and saying it. Family pets provide an endless supply of amusement, comedy, and love. If that is weakness of character, everyone on earth who is having a good time is weak of character.

I have seen the toughest and strongest of people watch a wife walk right out the door with no reaction at all only to break down into a sobbing ball of self pity in later months when their dog gets hit by a car and killed. There is a reason for that. Pets are loyal and honest. They don't deceive, lie, backstop, manipulate, or fuck your girlfriend when you are out of town. They find a place in our hearts.

They are who they present themselves to be. That alone is a quality that humans lost a long time ago, and is one of the reasons I trust a damn cat more than I trust my own brother. Human's are smart, but they are not half as loyal and honest as most other mammals.

The comedy is nonstop. Young cats and dogs spend their day doing stupid shit that is as hilarious to me as the most well prepared joke ever could be. The love comes from a bond of trust. The sadness and empathy I feel when I see animal cruelty remains one off the few links I still have to my humanity. It is a violation of a pure spirit. I feel the same way about abused children. Sure, they may turn into shitty adults one day, but a child has a pure spirit and I have empathy for them, also.

Most people are ugly and evil on the inside lacking any empathy for the weak. The torture and mistreatment of the weaker souls is funny to those people, and they laugh about it. I don't think it is very funny at all. I think if you laughed in my face about someone torturing an animal, I would smash your nose. I'm not pretending to be white knight here. I am a cold, coarse, and stuck up dickhead who usually doesn't give a flying fuck about the suffering of others. But I have a soft spot for animals, because I believe they are innocent.

Not sure how I missed this, deep indeed. Very well put gave me a clear vivid picture on how you view the subject.

people have pet to keep them from punching people at the mall for being stupid