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Originally Posted by slapass
Give me a break. It is a dog. Shooting a family pet and raping a women are more then slightly different.
If you were rsiking your life in a war no one really gives a fuck about, I think you might have a little anger and disregard for your surroundings the animals in it. Not saying it is ok but this shit does happen.
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You are over simplifying the problem.
The problem is that when you say this is ok it allows someone to be ok with it. Then the human mind moves on to the next thing. Which is why we all drive cars and use light bulbs. Because we moved on from horses and candles.
Life is a progression and this is the first step to human atrocities.
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Violent acts toward animals have long been recognized as indicators of a dangerous psychopathy that does not confine itself to animals. ?Anyone who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living creature as worthless is in danger of arriving also at the idea of worthless human lives,? wrote humanitarian Dr. Albert Schweitzer. ?Murderers ... very often start out by killing and torturing animals as kids,? according to Robert K. Ressler, who developed profiles of serial killers for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Studies have now convinced sociologists, lawmakers, and the courts that acts of cruelty toward animals deserve our attention. They can be the first sign of a violent pathology that includes human victims.
Animal abuse is not just the result of a minor personality flaw in the abuser but rather a symptom of a deep mental disturbance which stems from a lack of compassion or empathy for the victim. This mentality, in which the victim is seen as an object with no feeling or value, has been termed ?objectification?, and is usually learned during childhood by repeatedly observing violence toward the helpless. Sometimes, the child himself may be the victim of objectification, or the message may be more subtle through the cruel treatment of a family pet. As a result, animals are often the early targets of children as they begin to show this learned objectification; ironically, these animals offer unconditional love and acceptance. Research in psychology and criminology shows that people who commit acts of cruelty toward animals don?t stop there; many of them move on to their fellow humans.
The FBI has found that a history of cruelty to animals is one of the traits that regularly appear in its computer records of serial rapists and murderers, and the standard diagnostic and treatment manual for psychiatric and emotional disorders lists cruelty to animals as a diagnostic criterion for conduct disorders.
A study conducted by Northeastern University and the Massachusetts SPCA found that people who abuse animals are five times more likely to commit violent crimes against humans. The majority of inmates scheduled to be executed for murder at California?s San Quentin penitentiary ?practiced? their crimes on animals, according to the warden.
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Your argument reminds me of the current racial tensions in Los Angeles.
One of the black gang members interviewed about the recent slayings of black youth by mexican gang members said this, "If you let your kids go out wearing pants two sizes too big and corn rolls in their hair you are asking for what happens to them when they are mistaken for real gang members."
I thought to myself.. Fuck... I wish I knew where that guy lived... I'd go over and share some 40's with him.