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From: mazlack@ernie.BERKELEY.EDU (Lawrence J. &)
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Subject: Re: Just one more Paris observation
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Date: Wed, 22-Jan-86 18:24:38 EST
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>> The oddest thing we observed on our October Paris trip was the
>> obsession Parisians have with their pets, particularly their dogs!
>> On our very first night and every night thereafter, we observed
>> at least 1 Frenchperson bringing their dog to a restaurant with them.
>>
>
>This isn't purely a French phenomenon but rather, at least as far as
>I've seen, a general European one.  We saw dogs accompanying people
>into restaurants (sometimes preceding their owners and appearing to

Actually, I think that this is one of the better parts of Europe. In a
lot of ways, I think that the good old USA is becoming a rather sterile
and antispectic (sp?) place.  We seem to be trying to deny our contact
with the natural world. (Even on children's TV, many of the cartoon
heros are now machines instead of people.)  Accepting animals of a
natural part of your environment is, in part, a recognition that your
are part of nature yourself.  (Of course, if many people are driven
to deny their natural selves by trying to completely hide their natural
odors and pretend that they don't deficate, only "rest.")

Besides restaurants, dogs are allowed on buses,etc. in both Europe and
much of Canada.