@erik_squires wrote:
"Technically, my post is a parody."
Well done!
I’d like to phrase my $.02 worth of commentary in the form of an allegory:
Once upon a time there was a family whose value system included kindness to other creatures. They received a dog which had a particular behavior disorder. Upon entering the house the dog would run into the living room and defecate on the carpet, and then (being unusually athletic) would jump up on the table and perform an enthusiastic happy dance.
The family tried to communicate to the dog that this behavior was counter-productive, but apparently the family and the dog had fundamentally different and ultimately irreconcilable goals.
Much as it challenged their value system, the family finally realized that it would be best for all concerned for the dog’s status to no longer be "inside dog". They decided that the dog would no longer be allowed inside the house. The dog was free to defecate and happy-dance to its heart’s content, but only outside the house, not inside. The dog adjusted to being an "outside dog", and the family adjusted to their living room returning to its previous feces-free status.
(And no, I was not named after this particular dog.)
Duke
