The Occasional Solipsist

I guess its a function of my general cynicism, but I have a really hard time feeling sorry for people that are victims of a natural disaster that everyone saw coming. The images we keep seeing of people crying over lost love ones, police shooting looters, etc, etc don't take the toll on me that they do on others.

Some people would argue that I have become desensitized due to constantly being bombarded with these types of images.

Those people would be wrong though.

I just don't have a lot of empathy for idiocy.

I guess I figure if you're that stupid to live in a city below sea level, you kind of had it coming. Same would go for people living on a volcano, or a fault line, or some other soon-to-be disaster area. I mean, seriously, people can be really fucking stupid when it comes to turning a blind eye to danger.

But the obvious exceptions to my uncaring attitude is always children and animals, neither of whom get to make any decision about where they are going to live.

So it was with total disgust that I listened to the reports of the multitude of pets that evacuees were being forced to leave behind as they fled the city. And I'll admit it, the news footage that I had a little cry over were the scenes of pet owners sobbing as they realized their pets were going to die as they left them behind.

And then I came across the following video of what the American authorities are actually doing when they tell people they are gathering pets together to be evacuated.

The link will follow, but I WARN you, if you are squeamish, you might not want to watch this clip. The real nasty stuff happens off camera, but its still pretty awful.

View the clip here for as long as its up. If the link stops working, drop me a comment to let me know and I'll host the file myself.

Bastards.

Good luck keeping your respect for humanity after viewing this one.

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