The author wakes up feeling optimistic about the world but a letter restores their cynicism and lack of faith in humans. The letter, written by Mr. Allan Gatt, rants illogically about why those who want to abolish animal circuses are insincere. Mr. Gatt claims circus animals have a better life than humans because they have the privilege of touring the world, which the author argues is a delusional point of view that highlights a decline in collective intelligence. The author sarcastically notes circus animals must love being trapped in small, smelly cages for miles and miles under the guise of tourism.

1. No hope for the human race
Whenever I wake up feeling all optimistic and generous about this world, it usually means that
a cold wake-up call is fast on its way. Take today, it only took a letter on this website to remind
me precisely why being sharing the same air as some people can be more of a pain than I can
take. Thank you, Mr Allan Gatt, for restoring my cynicism and my lack of faith in a good portion
of the human race. Mr Gatt had a lovely and extremely logical (and by logical, I mean
delusional) rant this morning, which you can read here – about exactly why those of us who
would like to see animal circuses abolished are “limp, strained and insincere”. We now have it
on Mr Gatt’s good authority that circus animals probably have a better life than us
because…wait for it… they “have the privilege of touring the world”. The argument would be
hilarious, if only it didn’t point to a rather worrying decline in the collective I.Q., given the
amount of people who have been making these same observations. Right. I’m sure every
single lion, zebra and giraffe that is trapped for miles in a stinky, small cage can’t wait to thank
its jail-keeper for the wonderful tourism opportunity. Because constant travel…
timesofmalta.com
http://www.allplacedout.com/no-hope-for-the-human-race/
1/1
Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)