what I'm we 20s I'm here in San Juan del
sewer where I stayed last night just
going for a little walk here on the
beach this morning
a nice day again and man I was in this
beautiful place the last two meets I was
camping out on this hill with these
hippies and all off grid and everything
it was really amazing and I loved the
place we had a beautiful beach to this
amazing scenery super super nice people
and I really did love it there but I had
to leave early and I was gonna stay
longer but I had an ethical conflict
there that I just couldn't stay around
and it's based on this very unpopular
belief that I have a lot of people hate
me for this but I stand for freedom for
all beings and I don't like to see any
kind of being controlled or kept captive
and to me that includes pets and I know
most people don't like me for this they
love their little furry animals they
want to keep them in their house and you
know they think they're taking care of
them but I don't want to get into an
ethical debate about that but this place
I was saying had like seven dogs and I
love dogs I love all animals I grew up
around dogs I'm not a dog hater but
there were seven of these dogs and they
were constantly like playing around and
trying to steal our food and jumping up
on us and look in their butt and their
genitals and then trying to lick me and
just a lot of different things that I
just didn't feel comfortable with but
that's not really my main issue
it was more the way that these animals
were being treated including being tied
up to chains left locked in the house
locked in the car things like that and
those are things that I kind of expect
from pet owners who say they love their
animals but they still you know tie them
up or leave them locked up or whatever
it is but one day we were going to the
beach and the person I was staying with
it locked up some of the dogs upstairs
and somehow one of them came down and
was trying to like come with us to the
beach and this person picks up the doll
is like trying to get the dog to go back
home and the dog wouldn't go so this
person picks up the dog and like body
slams it into the into the mountain like
into these stairs and starts like
kicking it like trying to get it sitting
through the dog here seated suit suit to
go up the stairs and wow I was just like
witnessing this animal abuse that just
it was so so sad for me to see this and
then later on that day the same person
like smacked this dog on the face I'm
not really sure why and then we went we
went to this beautiful beach
beautiful beaches I've ever been to and
when we left she would have brought some
of the dogs and one of the dogs got lost
and we spent like I don't know a couple
hours in the nighttime trying to find
the dog yes trying to find this dog and
it never showed up that night but one of
the strategies they used to get the dog
was locking the other dogs in the truck
to purposely make them cry and scream
and bark so that it would help like call
in the other dog so and I brought this
up to somebody else I was like hey like
I don't know if this is a really like
ethical way of solving this issue and
they're like well you know this isn't
really time for an ethical debate we
need to find this dog right now and I
brought up the idea that well what if
maybe this dog just didn't want to come
back maybe it wasn't happy maybe they
wanted to you know go on go about their
way and live their own life and they're
like well you know this isn't the time
to talk about ethics and I don't know
when it's not a good time to talk about
ethics but anyways so I just you know I
put my foot down and I left I kind of
made a split decision I said I'm not
going to be part of any kind of a group
of people that's going to support animal
abuse I really just like solidified the
opinion that I hold that I just don't
agree with people keeping animals you
know I think animals should be free I
think this idea that we need to take
care of these animal
is such a fallacy and such an excuse for
people keeping animals in human
conditions and really as hostages that
don't have a choice in the matter
for the most part and I know people say
they love their pets I'm gonna kind of
disagree with you there I don't think
you can love something and keep it on a
leash or stuff it in a box or keep it
locked at home or make all of its major
decisions for it for the animal but
that's just me I know people don't like
me for that you can defend me if you
want it doesn't matter to me I believe
in freedom and that's to me the most
core element of our survival is to be
free and autonomous and be able to live
our lives the way we want to not the way
someone who kind of adopted us or
rescued us or whatever wants us to live
and you know the way that people make
animals go to the bathroom where they
want they decide when the animal is
gonna get to exercise and when they're
gonna get to eat and what they're gonna
eat and just all these things that just
don't sit well with me but if you're an
animal abuser I ain't hanging around you
you know I'm out here exploring this
world and feel so good to be free I've
been in prison and so I know what it's
like to be locked up and controlled and
I'll tell you it is the worst feeling
and I had a home I had a bed and I had
food which is what most people give
their pets I didn't get the belly rubs
but other than that I was basically like
a pet and most pet owners tell me how
great they the life is that they give
their animal and at the end of the road
here but I don't know
that's why I left that's why I'm not
going back until they change their ways
if they want to let those dogs I don't
know I know it's a difficult thing
because I also don't believe in setting
them free but it goes deeper than that I
mean I know that dogs have been bred to
be companion animals they're really
almost the only animal on this earth
that can't really live without human
control I know some of them do I see
dogs that are oftentimes out in the kind
of the wild or walking roaming around
the streets and they find ways to live
but I just you know I don't agree with
the idea of keeping animals captive hate
me if you want but I believe in freedom
I believe in freedom for you and for me
and for every single living being on
this earth that can move they deserve
their right to freedom and I'm not
putting up with anything else so that's
my little rant for the morning man it's
just beautiful here I gotta say I love
Nicaragua just I like to Costa Rica a
lot but I love Nicaragua it's a totally
different feel it's just it's got my
heart I don't know what it is about it
but I'm gonna stay free I hope you do
too and just think about that with your
you're keeping companion animals think
about who's making the choice think
about you know whether this is an
industry that we should be supporting
all the corporate food that they're fed
that's full of all kinds of toxic GMO
products and we have no idea what these
corporations are putting into them and
risking these animals lives so many
every dog I've ever or my family has
ever had has gotten tumors and health
issues
and I can't imagine that they're feeding
them any kind of anywhere close to a
natural diet but that's my two cents
sorry for rambling so much this is just
a very passionate issue to me I have a
big disagreement with most mediums who
think that keeping animals in captivity
is somehow a human thing to do I'm gonna
invite you to take a step further in
your ethical values search to think
really about the freedom for these
animals I know most vegans don't stand
for zoos what's the difference between
keeping an animal in a zoo and keeping
animal in your home okay just because
you're the one that gets the dopamine
rush from the snuggles I feel like
that's sort of exploiting the animal for
human entertainment and you can come at
me all you want and say that oh we're
taking care of these animals and we're
rescuing them and adopting them and yes
it's better than them being in a pound
and yes it's better than them being in
some type of you know a shelter or
something like that but I just think if
the demand wasn't there in the first
place for people to be keeping animals
as pets
then we wouldn't have this big aunt this
big issue so I would encourage everybody
to try to change the paradigm away from
owning animals and keeping animals as
pets and shift towards freedom if you if
you care about that if not then you know
support support pet support prison
support zoos support anything that that
that exploits or keeps animals from
being free you're free to do that if you
want but I'm gonna stick with my freedom
all right peace y'all
