[gracielove]

Originally Posted by Teresa Ford

I am of the older generation and furbaby, furkid seem weird to me. We have called them our dogs, Doggy Babies, Yorkie Babies or just babies for as long as I can remember. I do not have any prejudice in my heart and am a love child of the 1960s and an old hippie but, am not always caught up on new ways of saying things.
My 21 year old granddaughter gently corrects me when I say something not used anymore like: my grandfather was an Indian, one doesn't own a dog, little people are not called dwarfs, you never say colored person when talking about a child with interracial parents, homosexuals are referred to as gay, and gender can be a choice now ( ? ) Unwed parent, is single parent. A bad person, is damaged. A poor person is never lazy, always underprivileged, I am not fat but, overweight. Christian does not mean a person who loves Jesus, but means someone who is old fashioned and judgmental. Sigh.... I could go on and on but I might say something that is not bad, I mean cool, I mean..............

It does seem as though some people are entirely over sensitive while others are open season for attack. They call good evil and evil good. Of course it is all subjective now isn't it? Ha!
If we can't "own" our dogs then can't they be taken from us by anyone who wants them? What would a dog do without and owner? Run wild in the streets like a stray? What nonsense.