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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDoesn't it seem quite odd that people are welcoming cats and dogs
caught in Hurricane Dorian, but the government won't welcome people.
We are one fucked up species.
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Doesn't it seem quite odd that people are welcoming cats and dogs (Original Post)
malaise
Sep 2019
OP
I'm always in favor of animal rescue. But yes, it's FUBAR that our government won't welcome people.
highplainsdem
Sep 2019
#2
I think many would offer to sponsor these displaced people, just as after Katrina
hlthe2b
Sep 2019
#3
Not any more odd than billionaires funding the rebuild of Norte Dame in less than a
LakeArenal
Sep 2019
#4
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,276 posts)1. *People* are welcoming cats and dogs, and *people* would welcome
human hurricane refugees, too, if our shitty government would let them.
highplainsdem
(48,725 posts)2. I'm always in favor of animal rescue. But yes, it's FUBAR that our government won't welcome people.
hlthe2b
(101,714 posts)3. I think many would offer to sponsor these displaced people, just as after Katrina
Probably a lot of the same people that open their homes to foster displaced pets. If only the administration would let them come.
LakeArenal
(28,723 posts)4. Not any more odd than billionaires funding the rebuild of Norte Dame in less than a
Week. But cant pay fair taxes well, because
Poor people.
There are many scumbags among our species
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)5. Actually a lot of people are taking care of other people.
lame54
(35,137 posts)7. I can't believe we are...
Letting these drug selling gang banging pets into our country
yaesu
(8,020 posts)9. sociopaths tend to have more empathy for animals than humans. nt
Duppers
(28,094 posts)10. Guess I'm a sociopath then...
Because most people just piss me off.