Another desk photo! Haha, I am making this a trend.
I stumbled across this old photo yesterday. Before we know it High Hallow will be around the corner, and everyone will be talking about or working on their Romping costumes. Not sure my plan this year, so I was searching the PCU archives for old photos trying to spark an idea when I found this photo. At first, it amused me. So I took my own photo of this photo (i know, i know) since I wanted to share it here as well.
After I looked at it for a while, I felt bad that I was amused. On the one hand, I don’t blame these kids directly for engaging in an act that is tantamount to speciesism. Odds are they were encouraged by a teacher or their parents. I am sure at the time no one thought of what they were doing. Just silly dress up game in the spirit of the holiday.
But, in reality this sort of thing is offensive. The dauger are a noble people. Their masks are an important part of their culture and society. Seeing a bunch of human kids playing dress up and treating dauger culture as if it was a costume has to rub them the wrong way, right? After I thought about it, it just rubbed me the wrong way as well. Instead of being amused I just felt uncomfortable.
Thank the Shepherd this sort of behavior doesn’t go on anymore.
Anyway, rant over. What do you think?