Thursday, 30th November 2006
As I trawl through the online newspapers each morning I become increasingly aware that the only satisfying page is the one containing the cartoon, although now and then the letters' editor does allow something profound to slip through the net. As for the news items, generally I am left feeling starved, a hundred questions on my lips as to background information, the whys and wherefores, the essential, the nitty gritty - they seem to be all glitzy packaging, empty of product and I wonder that reporters do not have more enquiring minds.
This morning I read a brief news item stating that police arrested a woman in northern New South Wales for engaging in an indecent act with a horse. I have a lot of questions. The report said that the police were called to a paddock at 9.00 am where they found the 35 year old naked woman with the horse. I have a lot more questions. The lack of further details certainly stimulates the juices of the imagination. The time of day itself is thought provoking - nine o'clock in the morning, the exact hour when the workforce is settling itself down to another day of slavery. Was this some kind of political statement? Was the woman taking a sickie or a day of annual leave? Was she on the dole? If the latter, there may be a serious case to be made that giving people welfare payments can lead to bestiality.
As to the horse, was it her horse? Or was it borrowed? Or stolen? Was it her husband's horse being used to provoke jealousy? Was it a mare, gelding or stallion? Had they been seeing one another on a regular basis or was it a one off? Perhaps one thing led to another - it's hard to know when to stop with a horse - for heaven's sake, one can embrace it, blow up its nose, whisper in its ear, kiss it, nuzzle it, stroke its withers, slap its flanks, get astride it and bounce up and down on it. When does it become indecent? When does the law step in? At what point do we assume that the horse turned its head around and said, "Oi, don't touch me there!"
The crux of the matter, of course, is whether the horse consented.What do you reckon?
As I trawl through the online newspapers each morning I become increasingly aware that the only satisfying page is the one containing the cartoon, although now and then the letters' editor does allow something profound to slip through the net. As for the news items, generally I am left feeling starved, a hundred questions on my lips as to background information, the whys and wherefores, the essential, the nitty gritty - they seem to be all glitzy packaging, empty of product and I wonder that reporters do not have more enquiring minds.
This morning I read a brief news item stating that police arrested a woman in northern New South Wales for engaging in an indecent act with a horse. I have a lot of questions. The report said that the police were called to a paddock at 9.00 am where they found the 35 year old naked woman with the horse. I have a lot more questions. The lack of further details certainly stimulates the juices of the imagination. The time of day itself is thought provoking - nine o'clock in the morning, the exact hour when the workforce is settling itself down to another day of slavery. Was this some kind of political statement? Was the woman taking a sickie or a day of annual leave? Was she on the dole? If the latter, there may be a serious case to be made that giving people welfare payments can lead to bestiality.
As to the horse, was it her horse? Or was it borrowed? Or stolen? Was it her husband's horse being used to provoke jealousy? Was it a mare, gelding or stallion? Had they been seeing one another on a regular basis or was it a one off? Perhaps one thing led to another - it's hard to know when to stop with a horse - for heaven's sake, one can embrace it, blow up its nose, whisper in its ear, kiss it, nuzzle it, stroke its withers, slap its flanks, get astride it and bounce up and down on it. When does it become indecent? When does the law step in? At what point do we assume that the horse turned its head around and said, "Oi, don't touch me there!"
The crux of the matter, of course, is whether the horse consented.What do you reckon?
posted by Rosie at 11:47 AM
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