Timothy Noah, of Slate, wrote a column 10 days ago commending the authorities for putting people before pets in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
He wrote another yesterday, following up on the first.
This is one paragraph:
This is not, apparently, a popular view, at least among the sort of people inclined to send e-mails to this column. The hate mail is still pouring in. It was impossible to read them all, but many of the e-mails didn’t even pretend to offer a coherent contrary argument. They merely hurled obscenities my way and branded me a heartless monster. I came away from the experience wondering whether the American public found it easier to feel sympathy for dogs and cats than for low-income black people. I’m not sure I want to know the answer.
Think about that for a minute.