Equestrianism is my primary hobby, I used to work at a feed store too!
I have heard of that, I know horses are riddem for work purposes, like police work, so I see the point, even if I wish they were free
Yes, animals shouldn't be used as tools for humans, I feel like that is just the clunkiness of the transition, soon we will have robots that serve the functions animals did.
I hope so, machines are more practical and are programmable, they can do much more complex things it just makes so much more sense
Absolutely, they are frightening though, not enough people realize the pandora's box that is automation.
Pandoras box always reminds me of the movie Avatar, where they find the Na'vi tribe on Pandora, great movie!
Honestly, where we are headed isn't far from Pandora. Much like how they interfaced with creatures, we will interface with robots. Realistically, we already are. 
People may not have understood the movie, it is known as an all purpose allegory, meaning it can mean so many things, but I think it just made several very strong points, it was not that broad of a range
I agree, and on top of that, it's kind of like they are riding horses, except they fly!
Yeah, those were so cool to me as a kid, I loved the crreativity in that movie, just so many fresh ideas