Imagine this for a second: You want to buy a cat. They tell you that the cat is Russian. What would you do? 1. Ask the cat to show an ID. 2. Ask the cat a question in Russian. 3. Ask the cat whether she is for or against the invasion of Ukraine. 4. Do not buy the Russian cat and ask for a Ukrainian one. 5. Buy the Russian cat and bring her up with “Western values”. 6. Do not buy a cat at all. “For some Westerners, anything could be weaponized, including cats. Yes, CATS. Amid the spiraling crisis in Ukraine, a ludicrous news story hit the headlines: Russian cats are sanctioned. “The Fédération Internationale Féline, an NGO of cat registries founded in Belgium [sic], announced on Tuesday a ban on Russian-bred cats from its shows, and cat owners who live in Russia are also banned from the organization. This is the tip of the iceberg among a growing number of drama queens in Western countries who have jumped into a so-called anti-war campaign, with their moves going far beyond people
“The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other civilizations were converted) but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.” —Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilisation and the Remaking of the World Order, 1996, p. 51