Should I? Shouldn't I?

I am not asking myself this question, but it seems that everyone else in the State of California is (and I think they are all opting for the former). I cannot be Governor because I cannot promise to uphold the laws of this State. You see, there was a silly bit of legislation on the ballot that made eating horsemeat a felony. Not only eating horse, but selling a horse out of state, if you knew that the horse was going to be used for human consumption. I would not enforce such idiotic laws.

In fact it was with great joy that I barbecued horse steaks for the family in Italy last year. My Mom said, "great, this is the pony that I always wanted as a child." It went well with pici with mushrooms.

It is not that I dislike horses. I love the sight of a horse running, standing, walking, rearing, etc. They are magnificent animals, but they are that: simply animals. I love bull bovines as well, especially when they are in the ring participating in the art of the bullfights. I also love them in boef gardienne de la comargue. None of this precludes my love of the sight of a wild bovine grazing on the hillside, tossing its horns through the air, roaring in May, charging other bulls for supremacy. It is all a matter of order and proportion. The proper place for animals in an animal-human relationship is to serve and be used by humans for food, clothing, shelter, art, entertainment, transportation, etc.

We must thoroughly repudiate any and all claims to "animal rights." One time I encountered a fellow who said, "oh, I definitely think that animals should have more rights." How do you respond to such a defective view of natural rights? He views rights as a function of a social contract and then wants to extend that to creatures incapable of entering into a contract. At the same time he believes abortion to be a good.

If only this fellow were a freak, a moron, someone who slipped through the cracks of our education sysytem. Instead his understanding is the understanding most people have in our society about the nature of government. They talk about inalienable rights without understanding what that means. They wish to extend "rights" at the same time they wish to trample natural rights.

And that is what most of the candidates for governor are going to be offering. Ugggh.