To display old circus photo?

[Sprogonthetyne]

One of the only photos I have with my grandfather was taken when I was 4 and he took my sister & I to the circus. I'm sat on top of an elephant, with him and my sister stood next to it. I'd like to see if I can get the photo digitally restored and add it to my family photos wall (it's a very old Polaroid), but I'm not sure if I'm OK with the idea of remembering/ celebrating the use of circus animals.

YANBU = it was a nice family outing in the context of the time, don't let changes in public understanding/ values detract from memory of time spent with a grandparent

YABU = that elephant definitely did not want to be dressed up in a tent with random kids sat on it. Displaying the photo would be condoning animal cruelty

Sub conscious bias to put YANBU first probably.

i think the question is, why did MN put them YABU first?

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Probably having any pets 😢

I have photos of my mum and dad at a seaside,in the 70s, recently engaged and holding some adorable squirrel monkeys. It's sweet looking back on the photo,but thankfully it's a thing of the past.

Show people the photo and say,
"We had a pet elephant, we were the only people in our street with one. Did you have one?"

Having a photograph of something doesn't mean you're condoning it.

If it did, I'd have to get rid of an awful lot of photos of me sitting on my nan's lap as a toddler while she's holding a cigarette about six inches from my head.

Like others, I have pictures of my beloved Dad in a dress, aged about two. He had two older sisters, it was quite acceptable for boys to wear dresses back then (before WW2) and it was far easier to change a nappy in a dress than trousers.

I have that picture very proudly on display and feel no need to apologise to anyone seeing it, or to explain that my dad was not a cross dresser and nor did he transition. It was normal then.

British fat people still ride those poor donkeys in Santorini rather than be arsed to walk up the hill so I don't think dressing up an elephant is so bad in comparison!

British fat people still ride those poor donkeys in Santorini rather than be arsed to walk up the hill so I don't think dressing up an elephant is so bad in comparison!

I know someone whose mum is Thai. This person (not the mother) happily posed in Thailand as an adult with an obviously drugged up tiger.

I’ve voted YABU for the fact this has even taken up one second of your time