Talking pawlitics

We are going through a presidential election at the moment here in
Finland and the media (including, unfortunately, social media) is
absolutely saturated with political (and truth be told,
not-at-all-political) views of the remaining two candidates and every
minor aspect of their lives. Even though I am also definitely voting
and do hold certain political views, in the midst of all this turmoil
and media hype I can’t help but envy dogs for being totally oblivious
to what is going on around them.

And better yet, they just don’t care. Just like they love their owners
for who they are, they really wouldn’t have the attention span to
start debating politics (unless it has something to do with food, and
even there quantity often wins over quality – simple as that). They
live in a beautiful, simplified world stripped of politics, beliefs or
moral grounds. They act based on instinct and past experience and they
really seem to have a good time at it. I don’t see any political
fanatics out there wagging their tails as much.

As I feel like I am bound to boil over with this media jibber-jabber
in the upcoming two weeks, I have made the conscious decision to try
to avoid watching the news and ignore all political views on the
social media. I will take after Nala, and try to be totally oblivious
to the outside political world. I will focus on good food, good
nights’ sleep and occasional exercise and eagerly wait for these two
weeks to pass – wagging my imaginary tail.

More play, less politics.