Does Konmari Method=Heartlessness?

I had another post ready, but this has come up this morning and I think I want to address it here.

On one of the Facebook Konmari groups I'm in, there have been a couple of posts today that deeply disturbed me.

The first and most disturbing one was one lady wanting to 'Konmari' her pet rabbits. I didn't follow up with the thread as it, frankly, offended me and I'm glad that the one comment I saw was someone else saying 'Look...pets are for their lifespan. They aren't things you can just donate and recycle' or something along those lines. I really hope the lady realized what she was even saying and I hope most of the people agreed that you can't just get rid of pets.

Look, my cats piss me off sometimes too. And they can be really annoying but I still love them to bits and would never, EVER think of getting rid of them! I'm in it for as long as they are and that's part of being a pet owner. These are not old socks or that suit jacket from the 80's that's been hanging in your closet for the last 30 years. They aren't decorative items and the fact that someone even thought, if only for a moment, that she could get rid of the family pet and have people agree with her infuriates me to no end.

I'm still debating if I want to stay in that group after that comment came up. It's been bad enough with some of the more 'holier than thou' and judgement-filled posts that have been going in there but this may be close to the last straw. It infuriates me whenever I hear of people thinking that pets are things that can just be given up. Maybe I'm an extremist, but my pets are staying with me, period.

The other post that disturbed me, I've had some time to think about. While I don't agree with the choice, nor can I fathom why anyone would want to get rid of what she wants to get rid of, it's not my call to make. It's not a living, breathing, loving creature so in the end, it's her call. I just couldn't do what she is seeking to do. Even considering even attempting giving these things up causes me to tear up. But you know what? I don't have to give them up! Mine give me joy so they're going to stay with me.

So, that's my blog post for today. I really don't care what people decide to 'Konmari' as long as they are not 'Konmari-ing' family pets who love them and rely on them. I can't imagine a method...or that this method...would advocate something like that. Maybe some people can let go of items easier than I can, but I cannot imagine that this method is asking for their users to become heartless, unfeeling creatures who don't understand the value of a beloved pet who relies on their human for their quality of life.