Jody Mena
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at 4:28am on April 26th, 2008
Dogs don't possess higher intelligence, so their love and loyalty is instinctual, and part of their nature.
Higher intelligence is necessary for both kindness and cruelty. Unfortunately, since your average person tends to be more cruel than kind, that means your average dog is indeed nicer than your average person.
"But Jody," you say, "I believe that most people are basically good!"
"Ah," I reply, "but you see, kindness and cruelty are in the eye of the beholder, and since humans are greedy by nature, they are more apt to be kind to themselves before being kind to others. If one takes for oneseolf, then others have less and they see one as cruel. Since one is singular and the others are many, more people see that person as cruel than kind, and therefore one would be classed as 'cruel'. Since we are all judged by others, often from a single encounter with strangers, and since few of us are wholly altruistic, especially with strangers, we are therefore all of us 'cruel' at one point or another. So we are all, inherently, meaner than dogs."
"You have a twisted mind," you tell me.
"I know," I reply "you should try living in here. Its MADNESS..." and then I giggle hysterically and go back to counting invisible butterflies.
Back to the topic at hand...
Dogs are much nicer than people. Humans are greedy by nature. Dogs, with their pack mentality, are naturally loyal and solicitous. On the whole, dogs are far more pleasant to be around than people. ^_^