The Angriest Dog in the World

"The dog who is so angry he cannot move. He cannot eat. He cannot sleep. He can just barely growl. Bound so tightly with tension and anger, he approaches the state of rigor martis"

David Lynch

"Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy"

Aristotle

"There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot. "

Plato

"If it is something so complicated and convoluted that you do not even know if you can help it or not, and there is no way of knowing, you are allowed to be angry."

Amol Parashar

The Angriest dog in the world. The Angriest dog in the world is tied to a leash. The Angriest dog in the world is tied to a leash he can not possibly break with all the physical strength he can gather. The weak Angriest dog in the world.

People behave stupidly on the roads and people say stupid things from inside the house. It makes the dog angry. It makes him sad and incensed to see all the stupidity in the world and the ignorance and it makes him angry that he can only be a mute spectator to this sophomoric circus. I mean, what is it that he can possibly do? He can bark. But if he barks, will they understand? No. He barks at all the stupid little children who throw stones at him. They don't understand. They think throwing stones at an angry but tied dog is fun. And nobody can make them think otherwise. Certainly, not the dog. Is that the only meaningful purpose they can find of their summer evenings? I would have told them to go roam the unknown neighbourhoods instead.

These creatures are lucky to have got their lives as human beings. The angry dog would have liked to be human too (or maybe not, how the fuck do I know, I am a human, supposedly). Atleast he would have had the privilege to use words when he wanted to say something. Or acted upon it if he wished to do something. And what are they doing with their lives as humans? throwing stones and jibes at a hapless dog? Ha.

He would bite if he could break the leash. But he will only be labelled a mad dog at the most, and taken to the grisly dog house at the end of the block and they will put him to death. The children will still be children and the stupid people inside the house will continue to be stupid people inside the house. Will the elementary suicide be of any help? There is only a very mild possibility of that. Will his death make the other angry dogs break their leashes and bite the world? I suppose not, because dogs are known to be the selfish and unemotional kind when it comes to other dogs. And angry dogs can rarely stand each other.

The anger gets inflated with every useless breath that leaves his lungs. The dog is angry because whatever he might choose to do, he will not be able to make the difference he wants to see in the world. He is angry at god, if there is one. He is angry at the world. It looks like some one is gonna get a hurt real bad. I am not going anywhere near this dog!

Dated : 09-Jan-2008