Prompt:“The most vicious cowboy has more moral principle than the average Indian… I don’t go so far as to think that the only good Indians are the dead Indians, but I believe every 9 out of 10 are.” - Theodore Roosevelt
The cowboys broke into the Indian’s world without an invitation, and later require the Indians to adhere to their moral principle.
People tend to think it is easy to judge good or bad, moral or not. It is so easy that they forget that those standards are constructed by themselves. We believe that slaughtering animals for food is a moral thing to do when it fills our stomach. The victims probably wouldn’t agree if they get to speak. I am glad that at least human are not requiring the animals to recognize that being killed is a moral thing for them. However, here we are, asking the Indians to follow our moral standards. We tell ourselves that we do so because we are more civilized than the Indians, that the Indians should also appreciate the opportunity we generously offer. In fact, we are doing this only because we are more experienced with the brutal violence. We tell them what is the civilized thing to do because we are better at killing our own kind.
I guess killing cowboys is also probably a moral thing for the Indians. They just don’t tell the cowboys.
-Leon
The cowboys broke into the Indian’s world without an invitation, and later require the Indians to adhere to their moral principle.
People tend to think it is easy to judge good or bad, moral or not. It is so easy that they forget that those standards are constructed by themselves. We believe that slaughtering animals for food is a moral thing to do when it fills our stomach. The victims probably wouldn’t agree if they get to speak. I am glad that at least human are not requiring the animals to recognize that being killed is a moral thing for them. However, here we are, asking the Indians to follow our moral standards. We tell ourselves that we do so because we are more civilized than the Indians, that the Indians should also appreciate the opportunity we generously offer. In fact, we are doing this only because we are more experienced with the brutal violence. We tell them what is the civilized thing to do because we are better at killing our own kind.
I guess killing cowboys is also probably a moral thing for the Indians. They just don’t tell the cowboys.
-Leon
No comments:
Post a Comment