11-24-2018, 12:42 AM
... this is..expected responce, sadly. But then again, humans who claim to love captive dolphins (platonically..) often use same defence..'dolphins enjoy this and that' ...reality is darker ..and more complex. My point more about how much humans can change their ..views. Of course we all want to defend something we invested our time (and even full life)..but ...should it be done like before, or something can be left behind? Of course not riding horse is not end in itself, it just tip of the iceberg ... I agree moving around together IS big difference. And humans not very good ..walkers/runners, compared to (horses | dogs | dolphins | many_others). But then again, what stop humans from developing more ..unusual views? Even at imagination level only ..we are blocked?
Also, I think it was in another thread, but speaking about more open activism ... may be this case? https://malcolmbrenner.com/2018/11/03/th...omment-271
at least I learned about whole existence of this zoo phenomena thanks to Malcolm, BUT I already was trying to find my way in life after some sad and long enough time around/with captive dolphins ....
Still, activism as way of changing something bigger and powerful and NOT wanting any change is ..not working, lately? Not just about animal activism, but political ..or any significant one. Something like this happened ..everywhere? And today, with faster communication, and better use of some way too common bugs ....... things fail even better, I mean faster and more completely!
Now our self-control works, on most fundamental level? There are real limitations, it seems..Not everything can be changed by just power of will. I tend to think it has something to do with (micro)chemestry vs electical aspects of our thinking. But this alone is not useful...we can't easily change those parameters... but may be we can ..develop some resistance? Or at least set of individual (?) workarounds ... like, drinking or not drinking some tea at specific hours, looking out for your mood fluctuations over year/day/month ....
Also, speaking about dog (Grey) who thankfully still lives with me ...I recently (this oct) learned how it feels to live with crying dog ...not like I passed this test of life .....a lot of explosions on my side (I can walk with him every 4 or even 3 hours , but every 1 hour was too much ...even if necessary!). My dog even developed (thankfully not permanent) separation anexity - he was trying to follow me _everywhere_, literally .....o.o . I wonder if horses can cry. I mean, of course they can .... just .. it might be unusual to recognize at first.
