ON ANIMAL CRUELTY (worth repeating) —“My position is that there is no reason t

ON ANIMAL CRUELTY

(worth repeating)

—“My position is that there is no reason to treat animals other than with the maximum possible care that we would demonstrate to our own children – but for pagan reasons: (a) they are a precious resource we do not understand but value, (b) because anyone who would NOT treat an animal with such care is a danger to the rest of us. And (c) that just as Harlan Ellison recommended, I see our aristocratic duty one of transforming the world into the greatest park possible – not because they are in any way equal to us – but because by doing so we demonstrate that we have become gods. And that is the central aristocratic ambition. It certainly is mine. To seek my place, and man’s place, among the gods.”—