In the example you give about your grandmother's funeral, we don't know how your brother felt about that. He may have had his own reasons for not going.
I believe that humans are more important than animals in the sense that I would always save a human over an animal in an emergency situation, because I think it's the right thing to do, but on a personal level someone may build a close relationship with an animal (even if you believe it to be one sided, it is still very much real to the person). In these cases the animal becomes very important to that person.
For example, I spend a lot of money and time on my cat. I love her. I don't love her anywhere near as much as I love my children, but I do still love her. My cat means more to me than a stranger. My cat means significantly more to me than my college ex boyfriend who was abusive etc.
Sorry if that's all come out a bit garbled, it's very early over here and I haven't had my coffee yet. I hope that makes sense.
I hate animal obsessed people
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I don't think it's that simple.
In the example you give about your grandmother's funeral, we don't know how your brother felt about that. He may have had his own reasons for not going.
I believe that humans are more important than animals in the sense that I would always save a human over an animal in an emergency situation, because I think it's the right thing to do, but on a personal level someone may build a close relationship with an animal (even if you believe it to be one sided, it is still very much real to the person). In these cases the animal becomes very important to that person.
For example, I spend a lot of money and time on my cat. I love her. I don't love her anywhere near as much as I love my children, but I do still love her. My cat means more to me than a stranger. My cat means significantly more to me than my college ex boyfriend who was abusive etc.
Sorry if that's all come out a bit garbled, it's very early over here and I haven't had my coffee yet. I hope that makes sense.