Tuesday, January 23, 2007

The Circus - Part Deux

Okay, we went to the circus. My kid loved it. I'm still mortified that they use elephants - huge, gigantic animals forced to stand with all four legs on small round stands, forced to jump onto their hind legs - I still think it's wrong. I think the tigers are wrong too. They were all hissing and swatting at the guy with the "whip" and half way through I swear I was rooting for the tigers to just swat the guy a good one. The little dogs (poodles and such) were cute. The elephants play quite a small part - one little bit where they make them do ridiculous things and then mostly people riding/parading them around - why don't they just eliminate them from the show? It's just wrong. We actually had to cross a picket line of people who felt this exact way. I'm weak..had to go in anyways. Ahh the things we do for our children. I freely admit I'm a hypocrite on this one. Never again will I go...I promise.
I'm not even gonna mention clowns....