The Eleventh Commandment of Romania
"Thou Shalt Not Love!"
by Malcolm Plant - In a polarized land where compassion is dying and the introduction of a 'Slaughter Law' provides for every animal on the street to be dragged away and killed, one women exemplifies natural protective compassion and love.
Here stands the line between humanity and inhumanity. Starkly represented!
On one side are the puppet-representatives of a government who seeks to extract maximum profitability from the ongoing slaughter of hundreds of thousands of dogs... and here is one woman to whom this dog is her friend... her companion... emotionally attached.
Harsh legislation in Romania discourages ownership... in many apartment blocks, the closest someone can come to ownership is to care for one of the 'community dogs' who live and depend on local people. This satisfies both the community, that they can care for the dogs and of course the dogs regard this as their 'home'.
But then comes the 'Slaughter Law'. A cold wind of terror insisting that ANY animal on the street be removed and after 14 days they are 'slaughtered'.
A Law of Terror. A Law of Division! A Law of Humanity Diminishment! A Law which creates a grotesque profitability based on death.
How low can a country fall? How long can a government flounder in the sewers of inhumanity? How long?
Here stands the line between humanity and inhumanity. Starkly represented!
On one side are the puppet-representatives of a government who seeks to extract maximum profitability from the ongoing slaughter of hundreds of thousands of dogs... and here is one woman to whom this dog is her friend... her companion... emotionally attached.
Harsh legislation in Romania discourages ownership... in many apartment blocks, the closest someone can come to ownership is to care for one of the 'community dogs' who live and depend on local people. This satisfies both the community, that they can care for the dogs and of course the dogs regard this as their 'home'.
But then comes the 'Slaughter Law'. A cold wind of terror insisting that ANY animal on the street be removed and after 14 days they are 'slaughtered'.
A Law of Terror. A Law of Division! A Law of Humanity Diminishment! A Law which creates a grotesque profitability based on death.
How low can a country fall? How long can a government flounder in the sewers of inhumanity? How long?
To Monica Muntean, the brave woman in this picture, WE say this:
"There is a world outside Romania where compassion and regard are manifest, towards both people and animals... They respect your strength... your integrity and your quest to defend the weak and feeble.
You may sometimes feel alone, but be assured that an ever increasing body of support is coming from every Western European and North American country. In a world where inhumanity is anathema, a mighty crowd stands beside you and is gathering to challenge a country whose governmental philosophy is increasing being defined as 'Thou Shalt Not Love!‘".
"There is a world outside Romania where compassion and regard are manifest, towards both people and animals... They respect your strength... your integrity and your quest to defend the weak and feeble.
You may sometimes feel alone, but be assured that an ever increasing body of support is coming from every Western European and North American country. In a world where inhumanity is anathema, a mighty crowd stands beside you and is gathering to challenge a country whose governmental philosophy is increasing being defined as 'Thou Shalt Not Love!‘".
The Eleventh Commandment of Romania:
"Thou Shalt Not Love!"
Then we would invite discourse with the Patriarch of The Romanian Orthodox Church to respond to challenges that he is benignly acquiescing to the erosion of spiritual principles in Romania, as attested to by world expert opinion.
Romanian governance promotes the edict 'Thou Shalt Not Love'... and we invite the Patriarch to respond to the challenge that in the Christian central philosophy of Good and Evil, encouragement by inaction promotes the latter.
About the pictures:
A woman (Monica Muntean) embraces her dog that was taken from the streets by dog catchers who she tries to convince to release in Bucharest April 3, 2014. Her dog was later released by the dog catchers back to her. (REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel)
Happy Ending
Patratel, Monica's four-legged friend, was finally released back to her by the dog catchers... because she did
NOT let loose... because she did NOT give up!
NOT let loose... because she did NOT give up!