One consequence of Deepavali (Diwali) is scared dogs. I spent most of yesterday comforting my dog and trying to distract her from the unexpected and (from her view) unexplainable loud bangs from time to time. (She’s gotten more used to it compared to last year, and I’m not gonna complain about spending time with my dog.)

But that made me think, someone should make a movie about dogs in the middle east, and how the bombs and invasion and drones affect them. America doesn’t respond much to news of innocent civilians lives ruined and even to children being murdered, doesn’t result in any concrete change, but footage of dogs being hurt or malnourished will get more concern. Those are more likely to go viral on Instagram etc., and get the emotional response appropriate to what’s happening.
Brown people’s lives obviously don’t matter by this point, but dogs are still cute, right?