Canine Abuse
A lot of focus these days is on the internet-based, underage-inspired, sexual predators. Thanks to Chris Hansen and Dateline NBC, it's a topic du jour. Seeing that they are on at least the seventh installment of "To Catch a Predator", it's apparent that America enjoys the spectacle of real lives ruined in a live format. Artificial drama can't match up to that--sorry Hollywood.
But while we focus on that particular perversion, slipping through the cracks, is another form of electronic deviance. The ugly practice of canine abuse.
This isn’t a reference to the recent abuses that have come to light in the Michael Vick situation. A few dogs chewing on each other to settle a bet is not that big of a deal. They give out a few bites, take a few on the chin, get electrocuted, and then it’s over. It’s what they were born to do.
There is a far more exploitative and damaging practice that is going unnoticed—the sexualization of bulldogs in funny costumes.
On some sick, evolutionarily unexplainable level, the uglier the dog, the more humans are attracted to it. It is a phenomenon that defies all reason. As I pored the deep recesses of the internet engaged in a harmless search for pictures of noble English Bulldogs in a sporting setting, I came upon a series of images, each more degraded than the last.
Aborigines, for the record, are said to be the ugliest of the world’s peoples, closely followed by Mongolians. Apologies to anyone of either of those descents who might stumble on this, I heard it somewhere.
Not only is someone producing this stuff, evidently there’s a market for it. I won’t hazard a guess to the market’s size in dollars, but I would guess it is somewhere between the size of the markets for cat juggling and amputee pornography.
Something must be done to bring this issue to the forefront of the public’s attention. Let this essay be a call to arms.
But while we focus on that particular perversion, slipping through the cracks, is another form of electronic deviance. The ugly practice of canine abuse.
This isn’t a reference to the recent abuses that have come to light in the Michael Vick situation. A few dogs chewing on each other to settle a bet is not that big of a deal. They give out a few bites, take a few on the chin, get electrocuted, and then it’s over. It’s what they were born to do.
There is a far more exploitative and damaging practice that is going unnoticed—the sexualization of bulldogs in funny costumes.
On some sick, evolutionarily unexplainable level, the uglier the dog, the more humans are attracted to it. It is a phenomenon that defies all reason. As I pored the deep recesses of the internet engaged in a harmless search for pictures of noble English Bulldogs in a sporting setting, I came upon a series of images, each more degraded than the last.
What makes the fetish even more decadent is the inherent unattractiveness of the species. Deny it if you will, but I firmly believe that more Jerry Falwells would come out of the woodwork to shut down the porn industry, if it was producing movies starring Aborigines.
Aborigines, for the record, are said to be the ugliest of the world’s peoples, closely followed by Mongolians. Apologies to anyone of either of those descents who might stumble on this, I heard it somewhere.
Not only is someone producing this stuff, evidently there’s a market for it. I won’t hazard a guess to the market’s size in dollars, but I would guess it is somewhere between the size of the markets for cat juggling and amputee pornography.Something must be done to bring this issue to the forefront of the public’s attention. Let this essay be a call to arms.
posted by J. Bovenizer | 12:42 AM
2 Comments:
Abos may well be one of the ugliest folk, and they are also one of the odest.
Does that mean that in 50,000 years time the Newport Beach crowd will be considered the LEAST attractive..... I mean skinny, anorexic freaks dependent on cosmetic surgey?
Actually some UFO enthusiasts believe the classic Roswell image of the skinny, pale aliens, with their enlarged brains are humans evolved over a few millenia.
This might be where the Newport crowd is headed...
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