uggh.  just witnessed a most disturbing event in an area parking lot--a very unconscious man, who punched his poor sweet plotthound in the face for looking at the open window. 

i know he was unconscious by the utterings that next fell out his mouth: '...bust that ass wide open...'--almost certainly a repetition of something he heard as a child and is now unconsciously spewing at a creature left in his care.  there was little constructive i felt i could contribute to the situation--a pointed glare had to suffice, aware as i was of how friendly my philosophies on consciousness & presumed human superiority would be received by this man.  i can only hope no one intends to actually breed with him--at least until he becomes aware of himself. 

i also soothed the dog as i passed.  it took no more than a kind word to end her anxious barking. le sigh.  let those of us with eyes to see remember how to remain conscious of ourselves & those creatures in our keep.  and for the record, even the bible never issued humankind 'dominion' over the other creatures--the word prior to the many & varied mistranslations was much closer to the english 'stewardship'.