Humans and Non-humans

As we can tell from recent news reports, the relationship between humans and other species is on the mend. Even the fish (who have historically resisted strong ties with humans) are starting to help, as is made clear by this case, where a trout returned a severed finger to its rightful owner.  We commend the trout for his sacrifice, and note that, while Haans Galassi, the human who lost the finger, did not accept the gift, the trout has done his fellow trout a great honor.

All is not bright and sunny, however, as there are still some incidents of violence and some bad feelings.  It appears that some non-humans, angered by their being defined as not being human, have started to form pockets of armed resistance, being armed to the teeth.  In Oregon, a group of hogs decided to rise up and overthrow their farmer, and, as is typical when rage is the primary motivation, they went too far and ate him. While we condemn oppression and inequality wherever it may be, we do not ever condone violence as a solution to such oppression.  Violence breeds more violence, increasing the tensions and inflaming passions on both sides.  The pigs set out to improve their situation, but after they ate their farmer they had nobody with the expertise to run the farm.  It is very reminiscent of a mutiny on a ship where the crew kill the officers and leave themselves drifting on the ocean with insufficient knowledge of navigation or handling of the ship to reach any destination.  This particular tragedy has ended, but we ask all of our supporters to take care not to respond with violence, even when violence is used against them.

The Board of Dictators has been discussing the topic of what to call our supporters that are not human for some time, as we recognize that non-human defines them in an offensive way.  We have not, as yet, found a term that works better, but if you have a suggestion please submit it to your local GPD office at your earliest convenience.  In the meantime, we recommend that you use the species' name when referring to supporters instead of the blanket title "non-human" wherever it makes sense.