Generally speaking, I am a firm believer in the freedom of expression in most forms. You don’t have to like the art that certain artists create or like the viewpoints that certain people present to respect the right of these people to exhibit their expression. What does bother me is when this freedom of expression is used to harm another person, animal, or creature.

***WARNING: Link to this story contains disturbing photos. Please view at your own discretion***

I was sickened to read about this heart-wrenching story, which Margaret Cho posted in her blog. I am so disheartened by this random act of violence in the supposed name of “Art” that I have difficulty with providing an explanation. Basically, an artist took a stray dog from the streets and chained the dog in an art gallery (as part of an art exhibition in Honduras) for display, leaving the dog there to die from starvation without anyone doing anything. It should be noted that there have been some conflicting viewpoints as to whether this story is a hoax or not. Even still, the fact that anyone would even think for one second that orchestrating an elaborate “hoax” like this would be even remotely funny should be chained up and left to starve to death themselves.

It’s as if I needed another reason to validate my belief that human beings in general are cruel and inhumane. This just proves my point further. The story speaks for itself and there’s also a petition you can sign as well that could potetntially prevent this kind of cruelty from ever happening again.

If you don’t want to view the photos, you can also sign the Petition here.

***WARNING: Link to this story contains disturbing photos. Please view at your own discretion***