I can't decide if the video below is hilarious or horrible. Waiting on the beach in Ko Lipe for a ferry, we saw this dog in the sand. It lives on the beach, hobbling between the bars, looking for scraps and love. I don't know what's wrong with it, but it's pretty clear that it can't use its back legs. Maybe his hips were stomped on as a puppy, or maybe something went wrong when she gave birth.
Whatever the case, that motion is absurd. And as soon as I saw it, I started laughing. Too loudly, people were staring at me. A couple of travelers also waiting for the ferry were nice enough to give the pooch a scratch behind the ears, make it feel better about itself maybe.
But I couldn't stop laughing. A dog doesn't know your laughing at it, right? Is it wrong to laugh at a paraplegic dog? Is it anything as bad as laughing in a paraplegic human's face?
I think about these sort of morality questions a lot. We live in a world of grey shades, some people say, and there are no 100% right answers. I believe this, to an extent. But sometimes I think that there is a right answer. Often there isn't, like this dog on Lipe - unavoidably sad and intensely funny. But maybe there is a whiter shade of grey?
This animal has clearly lived off the generosity of others for a while. It can't leave the beach, ever. How could it drag itself like that over the paved street? Luckily for the dog, most people are nicer than me.
Whatever the case, that motion is absurd. And as soon as I saw it, I started laughing. Too loudly, people were staring at me. A couple of travelers also waiting for the ferry were nice enough to give the pooch a scratch behind the ears, make it feel better about itself maybe.
But I couldn't stop laughing. A dog doesn't know your laughing at it, right? Is it wrong to laugh at a paraplegic dog? Is it anything as bad as laughing in a paraplegic human's face?
I think about these sort of morality questions a lot. We live in a world of grey shades, some people say, and there are no 100% right answers. I believe this, to an extent. But sometimes I think that there is a right answer. Often there isn't, like this dog on Lipe - unavoidably sad and intensely funny. But maybe there is a whiter shade of grey?
This animal has clearly lived off the generosity of others for a while. It can't leave the beach, ever. How could it drag itself like that over the paved street? Luckily for the dog, most people are nicer than me.
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