A #dog #bakery in #Madrid today.
I have said with pride that I can’t be offended, that I’m immune to that.
I’m still not offended by the existence of “dog bakeries” — but it gets close to that.
I don’t blame specifically the shop owners (who detected a market need) or the clients (who are vulnerable to whims, curiosity and overindulgence, like anyone who cares for another creature). I blame us all, collectively, for creating a society and a moral code that enables this and doesn’t give a second thought to the logic (or lack thereof) behind this.
Our priorities are so skewed. Our allocation of resources, empathy and attention is zero-sum. We neglect unthinkable quantities of suffering afflicting billions of sentient beings every day but pay for a spoiled caniche to eat a cute cupcake.
@tripu It seems that there is an urgent need to be distracted from horrible things happening.
I think we should not strive to be distracted from calamities and suffering.
@tripu @admitsWrongIfProven Nonsense. Nobody can bear the weight of the world on their shoulders 24/7. We all need distractions from time to time.
@LouisIngenthron @tripu I interpreted it as "we should not be distracted 24/7". Of course focussing on suffering every waking minute is not good or realistic.
@admitsWrongIfProven Well, sure, but you can replace the X in "we should not be X 24/7" with just about anything and that sentence still holds true.
Even objectively good things, like exercise or charitable giving, become bad without moderation.