Saturday, January 3, 2009

'In'human

This morning I came across a very gory sight on one news channel. I am saying "came across" and not "saw" because I did not view it for any more than a few seconds. But yet, it was so horrible that it got etched very well in my mind within that short time frame. There was a creature called "C". There were creatures called "H". There was a pool of blood. The "H" creatures were murdering the "C" creature. At a point, "C" just lay down hopeless and lifeless. But yet "H" would not stop. They went on torturing "C". Don't know what was left behind to torture any more. But these would not stop. Pain and helplessness was written crystal clear on the face of "C". That expression haunts me so much that I am unable to even describe it in writing. Wondering how a reversal of roles would have been. What if "H" is in the place of "C" and "C" is torturing "H"? But for "H", it could just be unthinkable. Because "H" does not like any trespassing. "H" wants "C" to be where it has to be, but "H" will not be where it has to be. It can and will be anywhere and everywhere. In fact, all places belong to "H". Then where will "C" be? Simple. "C" cannot be. Not just anywhere. Just cease to exist. No wonder "Humane" and "Human" are different words with different spellings and pronunciations. Oh, yeah. Needless to say, different meanings, too. But then again, inhumane is in human.



"C" = Cheetah
"H" = Humans

1 comment:

Absolutely Serendipitous said...

I think you are referring to the incident where a cheetah accidentally entered a village in search of food. I watched that new clip. Rather than calling forest dept, people took the charge. somebody should have restored the animal back to its natural habitat. I wonder who is the real encroacher…human or animal.