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With the obligatory "Playmobil reconstruction or it didn't happen" request.
Russian police are less than impressed with the instigators of a parasailing donkey stunt which saw an innocent beast of burden hauled into the skies to promote a private beach on the Sea of Azov. According to AFP, several Russian businessmen decided it was a bright idea to use a flying donkey to advertise their stretch of …
После того как сообразили на троих...
Translation : "After we have had it a 3-way split ..."
Context: In Russia drinking alone is traditionally considered as a sure sign of alcoholism. So in order to feel as "I am not really an alcoholic" the local drinking population used to split a Stoli between 3 people. Surreal sight - one person stops by the shop door, takes a glass out of a bag or out of a pocket, couple of minutes, another stops by and not a word is said. Once the critical mass has been reached a third one is around in a jiffie. Once again, without saying a word all 3 go inside the shop, buy a bottle, fill up the glasses and down them.
So after "having a 3-way split organized" having a donkey fly definitely looked like a very good idea...
It's quite ass-tonishing how someone ass-umed this was a good idea. Ass-ide from the distr-ass of the animal, why would this make people go to a beach? "Come to our beach, we will bray-zenly abuse animals for your amusement!" What kind of a pony-and-trap idea is that?
Damned ass-holes.
Having said all that, had they dressed a red-headed midget with a huge moustache up as Yosemite Sam and had it bouncing around on the animal whilst shouting "Yah! Yah! Yah mule! Yah!", that would have been great marketing.
... to highlight the contempt some people have for most life around them. It makes me think the more the Internet continues to do this, the more the horrific attitudes of some people are going to be exposed for the world and so all societies to see. So while its horrific to see, I think its going to force society to learn.
So before anyone else tries to laugh at this news, just stop and think first about what some people in society expect you to laugh at because just think about the frankly absolute terror that poor animal has suffered moment by moment, not knowing what is happening to it and yet the poor animal was subjected to being held up for half an hour and so kept in a state of pure and continuous horrific terror!. Plus if that isn't bad enough we also have to add in the issue of how fragile the legs are on most members of the horse family, so its a wonder they didn't break its legs on take off or landing, yet these organisers prove through their own actions that they show absolutely no consideration or empathy what so ever for any of this. That extreme lack of empathy is a very clear warning sign.
Narcissists I'm sure will continue to try to promote the idea its good and funny to subject absolute terror onto another living thing, (and they will attempt to belittle anyone who says differently, because they too wish to continue to subject horror and terror onto others, simply because it makes them feel powerful over others) plus then we also have their bullied followers who feel nervously compelled to laugh along with the Narcissists, because to stop laughing invites the wrath of the Narcissists down unto them, who wish to laugh and continue their rain of terror on to others (which is frankly psychological abuse and yes it really is society being subjected to psychological abuse by the Narcissists which ends up biasing society towards the wishes of the Narcissists. History has repeatedly shown the horrors for all when Narcissistic attitudes are allowed to dominate in a society which is why its so important to stop these people influencing society).
So whilst the Internet is horrific from time to time to witness news such as this, I think the Internet does have a very important good role to play in finally highlighting the trouble makers in society who cause so much harm to others. (Me saying this won't wipe the smile off the Narcissists faces, but their own actions will continue to help isolate them from their followers).
The lack of empathy shown in that video is horrific yet at least the lack of empathy of Narcissists in this news helps highlight their attitudes as a warning to us all. Hopefully finally the human race can learn to see through these people, because its the only way we will all help create a better world for all of us by finally seeing through and so stopping this minority of horrific trouble makers in society. So I think its very important the news continues to highlight news like this, because each bit of news on the Internet is helping us all to see more clearly and closer than ever before how some people behave towards all life including other people.
maybe he has been asking for it... working the beach for years, giving excited kids and fat tourists rides.... always looking to the skies at the crazy people flying... one day, as he rested in his little tin hut, he dared to dream, to wish that he could join the elite and soar across the skies...
the next day.. those dreams came true!!!
whatever the story, its worked... how many parasail agencies did you know exisited by the sea of Azov??!!
But it does allow me to sit - very precariously I admit - between thinking this was kind of funny (in the same vein as finding Darwin Awards funny) and shocked that anything like this could be done by mankind.
Granted, Darwinians are a self-inflicted lot and that excuses any number of giggles about their state of mind but hold on: where do we all sit with the early space flights? Who here found shooting a monkey or dog to into space amusing? My money's on both of those creatures suffering the odd OMG moment, too, so something only cruel when it serves no purpose *we* identify with?
I'm not condoning it - simply offering an alternative view that we, collectively, might not have considered.
Amongst the passenger pigeon, bison, foie gras, woolly mammoth, fashion and cosmetic industries, Pacific Gyre, dodo, communism and capitalism (amid other fine examples of our kindness to animals or each other) this poor donkey rates about 0.001 out of 10, and definitely isn't worth five whole paragraphs.
Chill man, you ain't going to fix it: better pray for an assteroid!