British Academics Brings PC Madness to a New Low: If You Call Your Animal a “Pet” You’re Insulting it, Owners Should Be Called “Human Carers”…
And it doesn’t stop there, “wild animal” is also a derogatory term, they prefer “free-living” or “free-roaming.” You really can’t make this stuff up.
LONDON — Animal lovers should stop calling their furry or feathered friends “pets” because the term is insulting, leading academics claim.
Domestic dogs, cats, hamsters or budgerigars should be rebranded as “companion animals” while owners should be known as “human carers”, they insist.
Even terms such as wildlife are dismissed as insulting to the animals concerned — who should instead be known as “free-living”, the academics including an Oxford professor suggest.
The call comes from the editors of then Journal of Animal Ethics, a new academic publication devoted to the issue.
It is edited by the Revd Professor Andrew Linzey, a theologian and director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, who once received an honorary degree from the Archbishop of Canterbury for his work promoting the rights of “God’s sentient creatures”.
In its first editorial, the journal — jointly published by Prof Linzey’s centre and the University of Illinois in the US — condemns the use of terms such as ”critters” and “beasts”.
It argues that “derogatory” language about animals can affect the way that they are treated.
“Despite its prevalence, ‘pets’ is surely a derogatory term both of the animals concerned and their human carers,” the editorial claims.
“Again the word ‘owners’, whilst technically correct in law, harks back to a previous age when animals were regarded as just that: property, machines or things to use without moral constraint.”
It goes on: “We invite authors to use the words ‘free-living’, ‘free-ranging’ or ‘free-roaming’ rather than ‘wild animals’
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All I can say about the UKers is they have thrown out the true God of teh Bible and He has given them over to…madness..(and their enemies)
I swear… the world has officially lost it’s freakin mind.
Why…..WHY, do we give any credence, coverage or acknowledgment to these god damned “intellectuals”?
**shaking head in disbelief**
Companion animals..? Damn, what’s next? Kinetic Military Actions..?! Oh, wait…..
Al Qaeda has companion animals, they’re called goats.
Go Frack off…what an insane critter for even suggesting such BS.
I cannot believe the world I’m living in at times.
I think AlQueda’s goats are girlfiends not companions.
I love my animal but, give me a break with all the crazy shit! I swear, i feel as though every nut, lunatic, crazyass, delusional, evil, sadistic, freak has come out of every nook and cranny since Obama took office…
Heaven forbid I should insult my cats. Or my chickens. Does that mean that I
need to pay them a “living wage” too? I give them room and board, but what if
they want to take a vacation or something?
And as for my chickens, does taking their eggs constitute stealing, or am I
just charging them rent? Do they get to choose where they want to live/
Should I open the gates to my yard and let them see if they might not prefer
to live in my neighbor’s yard? Does my protecting them from predators count,
or did buying them from the farmer in the first place constitute slavery? Who
gave him the right to sell them in the first place? Does this mean that I now
have to “free” them? Can they vote? (do they have to make it to 18 in order
to do so, or only 18 in “chicken years?”) Are they Republicans or Democrats?
How do I tell? Can chickens collective bargain? Are they unionized? Do they
have a “right” to poop on my patio, or can I insist they do so on the yard?
What if they are “expressing themselves” when they poop on my patio – are they covered by the “freedom of speech” clause in the Constitution?
So many questions – so little mental capacity on the part of the animal rights
“academics”. But then again I suppose that brains are wasted on the
incompetent.
Im sitting here reading this with my cat Fat Albert on my lap.
He is now DEMANDING equal post time and the title of Prince Albert.
He is so superficial
I agree with one part, the term ‘wild animals’ should be reserved for muslims.
It’s OK to be different from the norm, just so long as you are not different from liberal expectations.
If you deviate from your assigned PC roles, YOU WILL BE PUNISHED!
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Socialism: A kinder and gentler form of fascism.
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Free-range chickens are now to be called “Coopless’.
Alright. That’s it. All in favor of changing their name from “Great Britain” to “Not So Great Britain” raise your hands…
My 13 year Golden hasn’t complained about what I refer to her as!
In fact she tells me with a big smile “thanks” for those yearly SD pheasant hunts!
She also thanks me with licks ,for good food and lots of love!
Boy there are some real fucked up people out there, and they seem to be multipling fast!
So I guess calling my little Isabella a bitch, would be frowned upon.
“We invite authors to use the words ‘free-living’, ‘free-ranging’ or ‘free-roaming’ rather than ‘wild animals’
I invite you to go pound sand. Anyway, we’ve already got a word for many of the ‘free-living’, ‘free-ranging’ or ‘free-roaming’ animals around here. We call them ‘dinner’.
“We invite authors to use the words ‘free-living’, ‘free-ranging’ or ‘free-roaming’ rather than ‘wild animals’
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Pre-cooked?
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Here is some “Real” stuff,
Lawmakers in Tehran have recently proposed a bill in parliament that would criminalize dog ownership, formally enshrining its punishment within the country’s Islamic penal code. The bill warns that in addition to posing public health hazards, the popularity of dog ownership “also poses a cultural problem, a blind imitation of the vulgar culture of the West.”
Read more here :- http://goo.gl/Dpt6i
We put up with this PC nonsense for years. now that they feel empowered, they have gone into overdrive and we are shocked at just how completely nuts it is. We absolutely cannot allow this insane stuff to continue. We have to stand up to it as never before.
Fur persons…..
WTF UK, really?
Personally, I don’t call my critters “pets”. They’re more like fuzzy children…..that poop in boxes. And the dog thinks he’s a cat……a very large cat.
I think we need to ask the animals what they want to be called. Isn’t it a bit much to assume that we would know what they want to be called? Isn’t that imperialistic? Rude?
Let’s just call them what they tell us to call them.
Well, Wease has scoured the internet’s bowels and discovered… ass-hatted, animal-respecting moonbats waving copies of a birth certificate.
And what do these academics recommend we call muzzie savages?
I am going to leave right now and grab a few copies of this animal ethics journal. Should be some great cage liner. My birds and Guido the iguana are tired of pooping on the NYT.
As Styne said on Rush today, this is a prime example of what so-called smart people (like the messiah) produce.
Hairy bags of mostly water?
That’s a bunch of silly wild ass shit made up by a pack of humanoid critters with too much time on their paws.
“We shall not be able to think clearly unless we discipline ourselves to use less than partial adjectives in our exploration of animals and our moral relations with them,” they say.
Why is it when these when these clowns use ” exploration” and “moral relations ” I’m thinking it’s more the thin edge
of the wedge of “accepting” a man and his other species
female/male “partner” relationship.
Instead of wild animals, refer to them as free ranging, free living or flash mobbing.
Maybe we need a Cultural Revolution for these eggheads; they need to be
forcibly removed from their ivory towers and relocated to farms, where they
can shovel shit out of barns and stables. I can hear the weeping and gnashing of teeth already.
And what do British Academics call it when I call them an ASS?
Mickey Shea,
Mao did that, it was called the Cultural Revolution.
“You must be an intellectual. Only an intellectual could say something so stupid.”
–George Orwell
Couldn’t we bring back dunce caps, for academics?
I call Duke; my golden retriever. Douchy sometimes, does that mean im going to Prison? If so, I hope its a Liberal PC Prison where I can have hot cakes, beer, and Cable TV everyday…
Mark Steyn says that in 20 years, this may be the norm.
My God, the world has completely lost its mind. The human race is hurtling toward racial suicide. Does it occur to anyone that Heinlein’s “Crazy Years” underestimated the possibilities?
First, let me know when pets stop drinking from toilet bowls and pissing on the floor, morons.
May he have a chance meeting with a “free-living” bear.
These same academics want to rename Britain Airstrip One.
@ Mickey Savage
And what do these academics recommend we call muzzie savages?
How about “demonically challenged” ?
When a dog or cat pays some bills, then they can be a human carer.
I dont object to calling them “animal friends”, because they are. But thats about where I draw the line.
“leading academics”
What the heck do they lead? Nothing. Senseless horseshit spouted by hair brained freaking liverals.
Bye Britain. Rot on your shithole island by yourselves.
Where do they find this crap and when do they find the time to come up with this? Don’t these idiots have jobs? I think the “Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics”, as well as any “academic department” which includes the phrase “studies or ethics” need to be shut down and these bastards sent back to the mental homes that they came from. This is like mental masturbation or something!
“We invite authors to use the words ‘free-living’, ‘free-ranging’ or ‘free-roaming’ rather than ‘wild animals”
I use the phrase “free fire zone targets”.
lol @ Random.
That was funny as hell…..”did buying them from the farmer in the first place constitute slavery?”
rofl
Random I know an attorney that would be happy to represent your chickens…. his name is Wile E. Coyote. Hes a genius.
Aren’t these the same idiots who invented “Pet Psychiatrists”?
I guess i misread it, the pet owners are the human carers lol
Im still shocked they havent tried to reverse the roles, and call the pets the owners. Im sure its coming
What happens when Mr. Free Range Chicken meets Mr. Fox?
Before I have sex with my “companion animal”, AKA Goat, I always take her out for dinner, and a movie.
JUST KIDDING!!
We don’t even like movies.
Does this apply to only the noun “pet” or also the verb?…if just the noun…can you still “pet” your “companion animal”?
I did not see gerbils specifically mentioned but I did see hamster…need clarification on this please.
What the fuck is a budgerigar?…I’m pretty sure it’s a bird but it also sounds like the medical term for the anal wart infection on Barney Frank’s ring muscle.
@GRIZZ-
A Prince Albert is a genital piercing…might want to consider a new name…but then again I don’t know you so…I’ll mind my business.
Matt…..why do you know that?
and dont mind your biz,because I can tell your a sick fuck.
Once again.open invitation if your ever in Colorado for beer and bud.
I love my Wiem, Max more than my wife ( Sometimes ) He`s my constant companion, K9 early warning System, He even sleeps in bed with me. ( Yuk I know ) And he always has Shotgun. But he`s just a freakin dog. but at least he`s a consertive republican, as he growl`s whenever I say Obama, Or liberal MFer`s. Or have I ruined him and now he can`t form his own opinion. Cause “Pets tend to be democrates, free room & board food, healthcare toys, meaty treats. who ever came up with this, Give that Retard a cookie.
@Max & Eric:
Awesome, another Wiem person.
My Wiem, Riley, is by my side 24/7. Even naps on the couch with me. One of the coolest dogs ever. Hard headed as all hell, but fun. He guards the house when I’m out working late. The wife doesn’t care for being alone at night.
Don’t blame us Brits for the lunatic pronouncements of a crazed professor. Let’s face it the US has more than it’s fair share of crazies.
Hey I’m all for anything that gets me closer to marrying my horse so I can sign her up for obamacare. Keeping her heathy is getting to be a real bite outta my wallet.
Doesn’t Britain have enough problems on its plate right now without getting into this?
lmao I knew the comments would not disappoint.
Wildness. I LOVE IT! A perfect word, if you look at their definition of it, for the state of existence of Progs,Dems,Public Union leaders, etc. Absolutely PERFECT! We can now say to them I love your WILDNESS!
THIS can be our CODE word for them. We know the defintion is Uncivilized,Unrestrained,Barbarous. They will walk away,thanking us;cocky, with a smile on their face ,thinking to themselves: FINALLY some recognition from those dumb conservatives. PERFECT!