Respect All Life

I think it remarkable that at the same time we refer to wise men as "like owls," we refer to physically dirty or morally-wanting people as "pigs" or "hogs."

We point with admiration to the graceful movements of deer, the intelligence and faithfulness of dogs and horses, the grace and beauty and power of America’s visual symbol-the eagle. But we call frightened people "chickens," unconscionable men "worms," "snakes in the grass," or "dirty dogs." Overweight or otherwise

unattractive women in our society are called "cows" or "dogs," and women who gossip are known as "cats."

We are as selective in our regard for humans as we are toward animals; godlike in our selecting what or whom to favor or to discard like trash.

We refer in admiring tones to sexually aggressive males as "animals" but point with disgust to the "animal-like" behavior of people who produce large numbers of children, or whose sexual behavior differs from whatever happens at any particular time to be