The Archive · 1935

GREATER NEED FOR THE SILVER LINING?

SPECIAL PLEADING

As the rabies danger is serious a further attempt will be made to brush Jaside "P.Ks" obstinate special plead-Ing and to bring him down to. brass tacks. His Indian jungle story need pot be seriously discussed. He obviously does not understand that the dog would need the man's protec tion against the Karait, for it would Itself' otherwise have no earthly jehance inthe encounter. The idea would take another any experience canine devotion is quaint, if only because of the apparent assumption that Jsuch experience is lacking. That assumption, being based on inaccurate premises, could be at once dismissed, Dut, in the possibly vain hope of making "PK" perceive that he is really a non-ce-operator with the [Council "in ite efforts to. stamp out rabies, it will be patiently pointed Jout that the muzzling order' is not receiving his support when he makes fan intellectually dishonest attempt to [accuse the Council of authorizing a teruel form of muzzling. Nor is he ess intellectually dishonest when he attempts to drag the red her ring "of propaganda across the {trail. The point that this Journal thas "made and still makes that rabies must be stamped out, In addition to the recognized methods of prophylactic treatment, the muzz ing' of dogs, the destruction of "strays" and the protection of the public against dome with savage ten-Sencles are essential features of the eampaigm. In prosecuting that cam. paulun the Cotnell rightly demands the ublic's support. Indulgence in hair splitting, special pleading. irrelevant} arguments ed hominem. is not the mark of good citizenship, but rather of misplaced tippancy which "PK" will surely be the first to condemn it he can give the subject the reflection which it deserves from this admitted sense of responsibility.

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