FTLComm - Tisdale - June 9, 2000

Though their lives are short there is every reason to believe that horse can have outstanding and rewarding lives. Just a few moments spent watching them in their pasture makes you realise that they have a lot going for them. With in their society they have a social order which we humans not only can understand but can easily identify with, but unlike us the horse has a quality of life that few of us ever realise. Horses never have to do homework, pay income tax, appear as a wittness in a court proceeding, learn to drive, watch television or make conversation with fools. They are above or perhaps beyond, what seems so miserable in our human lives yet they are so remarkably like us. It is in their nature to be trusting and horses tend to be honest not just some horse, but all horses.

You will not find horses surviving on their wits alone but rather on their physical ability. There are no horses who are politicians, when I think about that a minute I resent the use of a term about some people being described as horse's hind quarters. It would be a good idea not to let these trusted and pleasant animals know that dumb humans are often the butt of a joke at horse's expense.

Horses do not make speeches promising things that they could never do, in fact, it is the horse's lack of verbal vocabulary that makes him or her so endearing. Horses certainly have a language, a swish of a tail, nod of a head, perked ears, a whole series of complex gestures to tell each other and humans what they are thinking, but they do not use deception, they certainly can demonstrate emotions but they are even honest when it comes to being upset.