Matthew Freeman is a Brooklyn based playwright with a BFA from Emerson College. His plays include THE DEATH OF KING ARTHUR, REASONS FOR MOVING, THE GREAT ESCAPE, THE AMERICANS, THE WHITE SWALLOW, AN INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR, THE MOST WONDERFUL LOVE, WHEN IS A CLOCK, GLEE CLUB, THAT OLD SOFT SHOE and BRANDYWINE DISTILLERY FIRE. He served as Assistant Producer and Senior Writer for the live webcast from Times Square on New Year's Eve 2010-2012. As a freelance writer, he has contributed to Gamespy, Premiere, Complex Magazine, Maxim Online, and MTV Magazine. His plays have been published by Playscripts, Inc., New York Theatre Experience, and Samuel French.
Well... you could make the argument that someone chooses to be a drug mule, but a dog doesn't.
Of course... we all know that poverty is itself a form of coercion, so there's a sense in which someone *doesn't* choose to be a drug mule... but hoestly, that argument gets us to places that involve people having no responsibility for who they are.
So, although I care more about humans (in general) than animals (although I would save a jellyfish before saving Dick Cheney) there is a case to be made that there is something MORE unconscionable about using an animal to smuggle drugs than a human.
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Well... you could make the argument that someone chooses to be a drug mule, but a dog doesn't.
Of course... we all know that poverty is itself a form of coercion, so there's a sense in which someone *doesn't* choose to be a drug mule... but hoestly, that argument gets us to places that involve people having no responsibility for who they are.
So, although I care more about humans (in general) than animals (although I would save a jellyfish before saving Dick Cheney) there is a case to be made that there is something MORE unconscionable about using an animal to smuggle drugs than a human.
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