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Stop Blaming The Lions
Start Acting Like A Grown-Ass Adult
Little kids. They’re funny, they’re cute and they say the most hilarious things. They can also get up to quite a bit of mischief.
You know that thing they do when they get caught doing something naughty and they’ll whine in what they hope is their most appealing, yet indignant, voice:
“But Sam did it, toooooo…”
It’s funny, but it doesn’t really wash as an excuse, especially if ‘Sam’ is half their age.
“Well, you should know better,” is often the exasperated response from their flustered parent.
Thing is, though, when adults make the same whining excuse, it’s a lot less endearing.
Like when you tell people about the immense suffering involved in the meat industry — the abuse, the exploitation, the cruelty, the killing — and they reply, “But lions eat meat…”
What?
It’s a bit of a lame excuse when your six-year-old tries to pardon their own misbehaviour by blaming their little brother or sister, but a grown-ass adult human trying to blame their own bad behaviour on the fact that they were simply doing what they saw a wild animal do first… come on, dude. Really?
