The Abby-abusing dog, Hollywood, got returned the the Humane Society at the last possible minute before the two-week trade-in time ran out. With her health improving from her bout with kennel cough, she had grown more aggressive with my little dog Abby. Hollywood's now-former owner, AF, has six months to find the right dog as a replacement.
But there's a bigger lesson here than just a big dog being mean to a little one.
Abby's not a bold dog. When my mom's little dog Scooter comes to visit, if Abby is eating and Scooter comes to see what she's eating, Abby will move out of the way and let him eat, and when he leaves, she'll get back to her food. She doesn't defend her dish (or her family) from intruders.
What Hollywood did, though, when Abby was eating, was to stick her nose up to Abby's nose and wait a moment. As soon as Abby backed off a little, Hollywood would lunge for Abby's head or neck, and we'd have to come and rescue Abby.
It's an instinct that some creatures are born with--the desire to dominate, the desire to find weakness and exploit it.
This is the jihadists' instinct, and they've said as much themselves. The only response that works on them is force. Not timidity. Not appeasement. Not concessions or negotiations. Force. The kind of force that will send them back to a place where they're confined and unable to harm the innocent. And we'd best not forget that.
3 comments:
Outstanding analogy Skye.
I find when that when I'm in the shower in the morning, I think of correlation's like that. Every day things that make me think of how the jihadist work their will and bully the world around.
Maybe I need a blog?
JT,
Maybe I need a blog?
It's about time you started asking that question! Maybe you need to answer it.
JT,
Get a blog page. Just do it.
Skyepuppy,
Being fulfilled or stimulated in any way by dominating is generally indicative of a poorly adjusted human being, is it not? From what I've read, domination plays a big part in their social interaction.
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