Writer's Block: Bird by Bird

[uberreiniger]

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Since I don't know if there's a bumper sticker for this, I'll just guess the bumper stickers the person who wrote this is most likely to have:

RESPECT OUR MOTHER! (w/ picture of the Earth)
"COEXIST" (written with religious symbols in place of letters)
KEEP YOUR LAWS OFF MY BODY!
YOU CAN'T HUG YOUR CHILDREN WITH NUCLEAR ARMS!
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS - END WAR!

And a "W" with a slash through it. There did I miss any?

In case you haven't figured it out, no I don't think keeping birds or any other kind of pet is inherently cruel. As far as I know, birds like other pets are bred in captivity and that's the life they know. You may as well say that it's cruel to make humans dependant on electricity and indoor heating and grocery stores when we were meant to live in caves and grow our own food. Sure our pets are captives; just as captive as we are.

It gets hungry up here on the soapbox. Anybody want to split a bucket of KFC?

Comments

[technicolornina.livejournal.com]

I'd have to agree. I mean, okay, it's one thing if your kid brings home a garter snake and wants to keep it in the bathtub, but if you let your parakeet fly free, it's going to be dead by the end of the day.

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

The cat, of course, will shift all suspicion onto the dog.

[technicolornina.livejournal.com]

*sneeeeeeeeeeeeeerk*

WIN.

[donkeyjon.livejournal.com]

I love the Family Guy episode with Death on a date with your classic activist chick. I wish I had the power to simply touch someone and make them drop dead. I'd likely use it far too often.

[rustie25.livejournal.com]

That power is way too dangerous in your hands. No, you cannot have that power!

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

I completely sympathized with Death in that episode.

[ravenbrenna.livejournal.com]

It's only cruel if you are actually cruel to the bird. I mean, let it fly around on occasion. Not outside if it is a domestic bird obviously. That would be bad.