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TUESDAY, MARCH 26. 1963
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
Small
Worlds
Around
Us
rati iy
By
Lynn W.
Watkins
tjlitr & Tribune Syndicate. I96JV
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N.tur. it 'Cruel,' But So
Ii Man'i 'Civilized' Society
The bird on the back lawn, '
probably very hungry, was a j
little late in the take-off and j
was caught and eaten by the
prowling house cat.
The lady of the house i
watched, horrified,, as the cat
pounced.
"Why," she wanted to I
know, "should such cruelty I
be so commonplace?"
The lady is not an exeep-!
tion. Many people stand ,
aghast and bemoan the fact ;
that "nature is often cruel."
We extend our symathy to
the baby rabbit swallowed
whole by a snake, or ire
shocked at the bloodthrisli
ness of a hawk that swoops
down from the sky and strikes
dead a songbird. We shudder
Bl the thought of how heart
less nature seems to be with
many of her subjects.
We gaze with horror at the
shark which rips huge pieces
of flesh from a lesser creature.
We draw a sharp line of dis
tinction between beauty and
the beast, and become horri-
fied when a flesh-eating ani
mal kills and eats a beautiful j
bird, or a wolf or a mountain i
lion attacks a graceful, soil-
eyed deer. I
Civilisation Follows Suit
The law of tooth, talon and i
fang appears bloodthirsty and !
needlessly cruel, yet strange-1
ly enough, the same formula
operates in the most highly
civilized communities. Conk
ing our meat, cutting it with
a knife and eating it with a
fork (instead of tearing it
with our teeth) doesn't con
tradict or cancel the law of
self - preservation. The sur
vival of the fittest applies just
as much to a human as it does
to the wolf or the hungry
mountain lion.
Man, of course, cats mostly
vegetable-eating animals such
as the cow, deer, rabbit, sheep
and wild game. He cats fish,
most of which are flesh caters
them solves. Chickens and
hogs, two favorite and popu
lar entrees on our tables, can
be classed as meat eaters. The
hog can do very well on grain
and other vegetable mutter,
of course, but it will cat flesh
when given half a chance.
The big fish which cats the
' little fish in the lakes and
oceans grows fat and plump
and Is relished by most of us.
At the same time, we Ignore
or deny the "eat or be eaten"
formula that fattened the
fish in the first place.
Credit the Rattlesnake
It seems ironic that some of
us, who claim to be so
squeamish, enjoy pork chops
that probably grew lean, ten
der and very tasty because
the hog was pastured where
rattlesnakes were abundant.
Such are the true fads, and
makes rather poignant the
saying, "It's the truth Hint
hurts."
We should not condemn or
criticize the hog. It, too, is
operating by the same set of
rules that govern all of us.
The digestive processes of a
chicken can change a steady
diet of worms into delicious
white meat and succulent
drum sticks. The expensive
frogs' legs you enjoy on fes
tive occasions were fattened
on worms, bugs and a host of
other crawly things.
You may refuse to admit
It, but when you visit your
local supermarket or fish
store, shopping for chicken,
beef, pork or fish, you are
actually practicing the same
basic procedure as the wolf
or mountain lion when it
hunts for fresh meal, or as
the big fish when it cats the
little fish.
The fact thai the meat ymi
buy comes wrapped and with
a price tag on it - and that it
will be cooked - doesn't alter
the fundamental law of "ir
vival of the finest." The only
difference is in the way you
look at it. Even the most
civilized man, woman and
child operates under the same
cloudy distinction.
Kelly leaves for
Phoenix Convention
Bernard P. Kelly. Medfnrd
attorney, Oregon representa
tive In the National Associa
tion of Claimants Compensa
tion attorneys, planned to
leave today tor the western
regional convention of the or
ganization in Phoenix. Ariz.
Kelly also is Oregon editor of
the NACCA Law Journal.
He will attend the five-day
convention, then continue to
Tucson and Yuma on business
before returning to Medford.
Mrs. Kelly is accompanying
him on the trip.
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