Catpunching.
When i look at this point of
cat-punching a question comes up within me “What kind of people are
doing something like this?”. I have a reaction of anger and hatred,
going so far as to even wanting to “do something unto those
people”, calling for justice... quite naturally or understandably
you would say? Well, then you are, like me if i would accept that
reaction, part of the problem that cause and perpetuate abuse in this
world, resulting in manifestations like cat-punching or the said
facebook-event.
I mean, the very reaction of anger and
my thought/picture of “wanting just-ice/revenge” or to use force
/violence to stop them is revealing. It shows how the very nature of
a cat-puncher exists within me or anyone that would want to use
force/violence towards another being.
It is a big cycle of dis-empowerment We
react to a person that “punch” or in any way abuse an animal/cat
deliberately with the same anger and hatred that we see them act out
towards the animal, without even understanding where it comes from
and or what does it serve. Does that then make us any different to
them? It is not so easy to exactly pin-point why they do what they
do, yet the person could investigate and find that out for them
selves. Through writing and investigating with self-forgiveness one
can source where this energy impulse comes from and how it was
created within and by Self.
A point is also that the second
facebook-page was named “Valentines Day Catpunching Event”.
Valentines Day is typically a “celebration” of “love”, and it
seems like a sarcastic reference and creates a opposition to the
generally positive value of “Valentines Day”, like a polarity
within the the title. Seems like the authors of the page wanted to
say “we love cat-punching” and deliberately create a
Polarity/Opposition to that which is generally accepted/defined as
“lovely/positive/lovable”, such as cats. This polarity of
“love/hate” is also found within
the people participating in the topic. On the one hand we have the
animal/cat-hater that hate and abuse cats and on the other hand we
have the animal/cat-lover that hate against the cat-haters. Lol.
Personally i have always liked cats and
had quite an intimate relationship with them, so when i see abuse
against them i have thoughts/reactions of wanting to
help/protect/save them. For example through “doing something to
those that abuse them”. Jet is this really going to help/protect
the cats? Or any other animal in this world? Does closing the FB-Page
protect/support those cats or other animals? I mean the people
posting those photos, if they are actually abusing/punching the cats,
most likely continue to do so even if the page is closed down. What
about all the other animals that are killed, maimed, tortured, abused
on a daily basis for various purposes in relation to and as an
outflow of our human activities?
To contribute to the Solution, instead
of the problem, we must stop and understand that which is of abuse
within ourselves. We must stop dis(this)-empowering ourselves through
reacting to unacceptable manifestations in this world, like
cat-punching, and understand how we are collectively and individually
contributing to creating them. Then we have to take responsibility
for our part and stop/change. Obviously there is nothing wrong with
signing a petition, to stop for example cat-punching or other things
that we see and realize are unacceptable, but to really fix the
problem at its core, we must look deeper to find their source/origin
and expand our perspective to include all forms of abuse, against
animals as well as humans.
A good place to start investigating is
here:
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| Art: Anna Brix Thomson |
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