By Alan Abel
Last week in St. Louis I met G. Clifford Prout Jr., leader of an unusual organization called the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals, or S.I.N.A. for short. It is Mr. Prout's belief that all domestic animals should wear clothing for the sake of decency. He points out that we human beings, who are biologically animals, share our food, our love and our homes with our pets. Then we should also share our decency with them.
The S.I.N.A. philosophy for clothing all animals was initially prescribed by Mr. Prout Sr., who passed away last year leaving a will estimated at $400,000 to his son. There was a provision in that will that the inheritance was to be spent solely for promoting decency and morality through S.I.N.A. Since his father's passing, Cilfford Jr. has been diligently spending vast sums of this money for his dedicated cause, traveling all over the world, lecturing, and forming new S.I.N.A. chapters.
According to Prout, children habitually dress their dogs and cats because of a socially learned stimulus to look decent. Little Johnny sees his parents clothed. He looks at himself and he is clothed, but Rover the dog is stark naked! Unable to ignore the sight of Rover's immodesty, the child puts doll clothes on him. But how do his parents react? They rip off the clothes, calling Johnny a baby. He cries and trouble begins as a double standard is permanently fixed in his young but impressionable mind.
Mr. Prout added that when children are denied the healthy habit of dressing their pets, they rebel against their parents, school and community, in that order.
"Try and explain to a three-year-old girl why her cat must remain in the nude," he said. "You can't. She becomes frustrated over the prevailing hypocrisy and joins a gang engaged in street fighting, muggings and robberies. School dropout, unwed mothers and other forms of antisocial behavior called juvenile delinquency are these youngsters' expressions of their contempt for the adult world they will inherit. So, the sooner we clothe these naked animals the better our chances are that we'll bring up young people to become decent citizens.
There are now over 25,000 honorary members of S.I.N.A. who have taken the pledge to clothe all animals, including those of neighbors and any strays prowling backyards. These determined moralists carry emergency animal clothing in their cars, can spot a naked animal at fifty feet, and then clothe him in twelve seconds flat! (Mr. Prout himself holds the present world record for catching and dressing a dog in nine and-a-half seconds).
"Decency Today Means Morality Tomorrow" is the motto composed by Mr. Prout that is prominently displayed in every member's home, framed on walls, carved above fireplaces, embroidered on pillow cases, or chiseled into front sidewalks.
"Naked animals are everywhere and must be clothed to protect our children from the sight of indecent nudity," explained Mr. Prout as we parted. "You tell a clothed dog to get off the couch and he will. Naked cows grazing are actually hanging their heads in shame because they are forced to be nudists in a clothed society. How can you deny that? Remember, decency today means morality tomorrow! Don't ever forget; a nude horse is a rude horse."
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The S.I.N.A. philosophy for clothing all animals was initially prescribed by Mr. Prout Sr., who passed away last year leaving a will estimated at $400,000 to his son. There was a provision in that will that the inheritance was to be spent solely for promoting decency and morality through S.I.N.A. Since his father's passing, Cilfford Jr. has been diligently spending vast sums of this money for his dedicated cause, traveling all over the world, lecturing, and forming new S.I.N.A. chapters.
According to Prout, children habitually dress their dogs and cats because of a socially learned stimulus to look decent. Little Johnny sees his parents clothed. He looks at himself and he is clothed, but Rover the dog is stark naked! Unable to ignore the sight of Rover's immodesty, the child puts doll clothes on him. But how do his parents react? They rip off the clothes, calling Johnny a baby. He cries and trouble begins as a double standard is permanently fixed in his young but impressionable mind.
Mr. Prout added that when children are denied the healthy habit of dressing their pets, they rebel against their parents, school and community, in that order.
"Try and explain to a three-year-old girl why her cat must remain in the nude," he said. "You can't. She becomes frustrated over the prevailing hypocrisy and joins a gang engaged in street fighting, muggings and robberies. School dropout, unwed mothers and other forms of antisocial behavior called juvenile delinquency are these youngsters' expressions of their contempt for the adult world they will inherit. So, the sooner we clothe these naked animals the better our chances are that we'll bring up young people to become decent citizens.
There are now over 25,000 honorary members of S.I.N.A. who have taken the pledge to clothe all animals, including those of neighbors and any strays prowling backyards. These determined moralists carry emergency animal clothing in their cars, can spot a naked animal at fifty feet, and then clothe him in twelve seconds flat! (Mr. Prout himself holds the present world record for catching and dressing a dog in nine and-a-half seconds).
"Decency Today Means Morality Tomorrow" is the motto composed by Mr. Prout that is prominently displayed in every member's home, framed on walls, carved above fireplaces, embroidered on pillow cases, or chiseled into front sidewalks.
"Naked animals are everywhere and must be clothed to protect our children from the sight of indecent nudity," explained Mr. Prout as we parted. "You tell a clothed dog to get off the couch and he will. Naked cows grazing are actually hanging their heads in shame because they are forced to be nudists in a clothed society. How can you deny that? Remember, decency today means morality tomorrow! Don't ever forget; a nude horse is a rude horse."
For more information, place the movie Abel Raises Cain on your Netflix list and while you wait for it to arrive in your mailbox, listen to this:
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