Dances with Wolves said:
That's disgusting. I'll never understand anyone who can do that. I could go on a huge rant but I dont think I could say anything that hasn't already been said. There's not enough consequences for actions these days.
Wolves.
There just are not the polite words to express the emotional response to such behaviour. Evil truely is one of the few words thats comes close. It's like conscience does not exist for these kind of people. Emotional attachment has been severed probably at a young age.
The potential for debate is endless. between possible causes e.g. child abuse, mental trauma etc. to psychological and medical issues e.g. chemical imbalances, upbringing or lackthereof etc.
I have a hard time even thinking about shooting an animal with an air rifle for legitimate hunting reasons unless its a mercy killing; specifically a rabit with end stage miximatosis. So I can't even begin to comprehend someone thinking an act like the ones mentioned above is anything other than "That is sick and depraved, and unjust."
On the whole I quite agree with the comments made by gregorach, and i don't have much time for arrogance like that of falling rain. The cut and thrust of debate is what makes life interesting. If everyone agreed with everyone, nothing would progress past its basic stage of development because everything would be good enougyh as it is, no-one would challenge anything and say "that could be improved upon."
In contrast to this I do agree with bambodoggy because the deffinition of evil is a highly relative term.
If I was to briefly state my own beliefs. I do believe a sub standard upbringing is a primary factor. followed by abuse. And it is important to realise the difference between being disciplined and abused. I was "smacked" as a child, but there is a big difference between getting a smack around the bottom or legs and being beaten and bruised or beaten. Usually in my very limited experiance. The people who commit these disgusting acts usually have family and emotional and relationship problems, usually supported by lack of self confidence and a history of abuse.
Wolves.
Mr contradictionary................. Make your mind up Dances with wolves either they have reasons and need understanding or they don't.
You can call me arrogant if you wish. I'm just not one of these mamby pamby people who believe that ALL nasty pieces of work need understanding and therapies. I'm sure some people have demons but it's not a blanket excuse for miss treating or abusing children or animals or other human beings. I had a friend who had 2 brothers. One was a nice person as was my friend, but his older brother was a bully at school and enjoyed hitting people for no reason and was always in trouble with the police. The parents were good people and treated all 3 sons the same. My friend was the middle son. The older brother lead a life of crime and ultimately ended up dead from a drugs overdose. They all got treated the same by their parents and the 2 surviving brothers are perfectly decent respectable people, so I do not believe that all these nasty people all come from traumatic upbringings. The older brother............Paul chose the path he proceeded down, and paid the price. He was a nasty person and I hated visiting my friend Guy, when his older brother was there because he was a bully and tried it on me too. So I've been bullied as a child but have not turned into a sadistic wretch.
