Donald McCaig Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/world/middleeast/tehran-city-council-elections.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geonni banner Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Thanks for posting this. Vote for the Vet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Elle Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliepoudrier Posted May 18, 2017 Report Share Posted May 18, 2017 Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islanddog Posted May 20, 2017 Report Share Posted May 20, 2017 I can see how having pets can be seen as a threat to an entrenched polital system--owning animals forces us to think of the other, and to see things from a radically different point of view & thereby change us in fundimental ways. To put it in a lighter note--I've lived with dogs long enough to feel the urge to chase at the sight of a leaping squirrel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Elle Posted May 20, 2017 Report Share Posted May 20, 2017 Good point, Islanddog. I was wondering, after reading the article, why that regime is so opposed to people owning pets. The only thing I could think of is that having companion animals is proven to have the effect of making people calmer and happier, and people who are calm and happy are harder to control than people who are frightened. I know that I can come home from a hard day of dealing with difficult people and stressful situations and within minutes my dogs will have me calmed down and thinking that none of it really matters all that much, after all. Sometimes when I am feeling really bad emotionally, just taking the dogs for a walk helps. Their immense joy at the most simple thing, their skill at living only in the moment, is my salvation. Animals have always been my greatest teachers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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