FearlessLeader2
Fundamentalist Loon
(Transplanted from closed Scorpion sting thread, as this question seems valid to me.)
Man domesticated Dog to help him hunt and to use their keen senses to warn of danger. He brought Cat into his home to shut Woman up about the mice. He brought Songbird to hear its pretty call.
Can someone explain why Vermin and Reptiles were added to that list? Pets are supposed to be companions valued for their usefulness, beauty, companionship, or some combination of the three. Why are creatures that exhibit none of these traits invited into people's homes?
Some have said that curiousity is a factor. To them I would say that curiousity is what compels us to touch dangerous things, and experience is what prompts us to keep them far far away in the future. So, again, why do people choose to ignore the experience of others and keep potentially lethal animals and vermin as pets?
Man domesticated Dog to help him hunt and to use their keen senses to warn of danger. He brought Cat into his home to shut Woman up about the mice. He brought Songbird to hear its pretty call.
Can someone explain why Vermin and Reptiles were added to that list? Pets are supposed to be companions valued for their usefulness, beauty, companionship, or some combination of the three. Why are creatures that exhibit none of these traits invited into people's homes?
Some have said that curiousity is a factor. To them I would say that curiousity is what compels us to touch dangerous things, and experience is what prompts us to keep them far far away in the future. So, again, why do people choose to ignore the experience of others and keep potentially lethal animals and vermin as pets?