Pokemon Crystal - Pokemon Abuse

(This apparently didn't get uploaded when I thought. Sorry...)
So...
What do you do when you find out an organization is using animals not as animals, but as tools to do dirty work, in a manner you would find a bit appalling?
That's easy - you call PETA.

Okay, well what do you do, then, when the same thing is happening to Pokemon in Kanto and in Johto?
That's also easy - you BEAT THEIR ASSES.

I meant to do this little segment back when I was playing Pokemon Yellow, but it occurred to me later that Team Rocket, your main antagonist, is in both Pokemon Yellow and in Pokemon Crystal.

Meet the team:
Aurora (Growlithe) ♀ - L36
Trunks (Donphan) ♀ - L36
Buzz (Magneton) - L37
Venus (Weepinbell) ♂ - L37
Clipper (Feraligatr) ♂ - L37
Cora (Crobat) ♂ - L38

There's not a lot to say about Team Rocket. They're an organization that started back in the first generation and used Pokemon to capture and strike fear into the hearts of other trainers. Sometimes, more frequently in the anime, they would steal people's Pokemon, or force them to bring the pain to other Pokemon.
After disbanding from having been obliterated by the power of a certain Trainer named Red (yourself, a generation back), they finally make a comeback in this new generation with the same motives.

As stated above, you can't just call PETA when something like this is happening in the world of Pokemon.
Pokemon aren't necessarily animals. After having thought about this for a moment, this interested me. Pokemon are beings, 'Pocket Monsters', if literally translated from Japanese text. Once caught, they are under your control. These Pokemon under reign of Team Rocket don't know that what they're doing is wrong. Their  masters are simply giving orders and, like any other Pokemon from a better-hearted trainer, they obey these orders.
It saddens me...
Especially when you get the same filth from your rival in this generation.
Meet Silver:

This little snot actually becomes a decent trainer as time through the game progresses, but at the beginning, his motives are to become the best Pokemon Trainer ever. How? Why, by stealing rare or strong Pokemon and calling all the others 'weak' or 'useless.'
One reason I love this generation of Pokemon is not that I see Pokemon getting mistreated, used, or hurt through the plot, but because of what a down-to-earth aspect on what the world gives us this generation portrays. You won't find a rival this dark in any other generation of the Pokemon games to date, I can promise you that. Nor will I ever consider any other rival to be my favorite. I love Silver because of what a role he discreetly plays in Pokemon Gold, Silver, and Crystal. He eventually becomes a very caring individual who raises his Pokemon right and allows them to develop as Pokemon should. Still, it's a bit enlightening...

To kind of break character for a moment, I apologize again for the late post. I had this made earlier, and thought it was up already.

Thank you anyway for reading, and I'll see you next time!

- Cheryl-Buddy