... Today, I want to write about the many accusations of abuse leveled at the carriage industry and also to de-construct some of the distortions and accusations repeated so frequently in the media and on the numerous animal rights blogs and by the citys weak-minded politicians that they have entered the public consciousness. There are three things that stand out as I delve deeper into this story: One is that this sad controversy reminds us that there is a desperate need for traditional journalism when it comes to stories like this, the truth is much too fragile and manipulable to be left to ideologues with websites. And the truth is taking a real beating here, that was almost immediately clear. Secondly, the hysterical assault on the carriage horse industry evokes for me the show trials of Stalins communism, they violate almost every legal and ethical rule of American justice and fairness. The attacks on the carriage horses are the modern media equivalent of a Kangaroo court, there is no response, dialogue, even minimal sense of fairness and decency. What characterized the communist system of law was the presumption that if you are accused, you are guilty. The process went from there. That is much of the story of the carriage park horses – the belief that because they exist and work in New York, they are abused, because work is abuse and the only role for horses in our world is grazing freely in sylvan pastures. Because some people own them and ride them for profit, they are criminals and abusers, ironically subject to chronic insult and vicious abuse. The protesters who gather in Central Park on Sundays even make fun of one of the carriage drivers teeth. ...
Posted on: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 02:36:53 +0000
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