Monday 26 November 2012

Dog; or, Hegel was right, Bentham was wrong

He has nosed around
And now he proposes
To lie an the sun and do nothing
Until dinner.
There is a lot to think about.
Puppies have been ignoring his advice
His career as a watchdog is threatened by new technology, in the form of a burglar alarm
The spaniel next door has got a much better basket than him
And should he show solidarity with persecuted pit-bulls,
Threatened with racial discrimination?
Meanwhile in the Far East, it is said, dogs are still being killed and eaten
Surely some action should be taken?
But none of these things concern him at all
As he lies in the sun doing nothing
Which is why, whereas we are human,
He is only a dog.

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