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In reply to the discussion: boy says he was mad at his dog so he killed it [View all]coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)I think the kid needs to be looked at closely for his anger issues and the family circumstances). I do not think torturing an animal is an OK thing to do.
I don't think I considered my action toward the frog as 'torture.' (I didn't think about it at all that I can recall.) As I think back on it now, it almost certainly was torture to that frog, but I don't think I had the intellectual or emotional maturity to understand it in those terms at that age. Had some adult confronted me about it at the time, I might have understood the wrong I was doing.
I feel like I'm flailing about. We all have issues but that doesn't mean we should all be locked up for life. I suppose I was merely trying to suggest that not every child who kills an animal or indulges in animal cruelty goes on to become a serial killer.