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14 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Boulder DA: Pigeon bea... · 1 reply · +7 points

"One of the most dangerous things that can happen to a child is to kill or torture an animal and get away with it". ~ Margaret Mead

14 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Boulder DA: Pigeon bea... · 1 reply · 0 points

The number of heartless comments on this article is repellent in it's own right.

14 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Boulder DA: Pigeon bea... · 0 replies · +2 points

No, it would have been hateful and repellent with any emotion or expression. The fact that they evidently enjoyed the bludgeoning suggests a special lack of empathy and insight. People who kill for fun in a particularly brutal, bloody and painful way are suspect.

No murder is acceptable; those who enjoy murder for its own sake are nonetheless in a class by themselves. There is a reason animal cruelty is part of the "triad of sociopathy," along with starting fires and bed-wetting. We can only hope the two that perpetrated this shameful piece of subhuman torment are merely stupidly insensitive.

14 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Boulder DA: Pigeon bea... · 3 replies · +6 points

A "joyful" attitude while smashing the bones and internal organs of a terrified animal (ANY animal) reveals a brutal lack of empathy. To those who do not take this crime seriously: If you are unable to empathize with a pigeon because you devalue that species, consider your childhood pet, and how that beloved animal might have experienced such a death. If we take such acts lightly we come a step closer acts you would all decry.

14 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Boulder DA: Pigeon bea... · 4 replies · -5 points

The level of cruelty involved is at issue regardless of how the perpetrators view their victim. While one hopes this is "just" an incident of brutal stupidity, there is a reason animal cruelty is one of the "triad of sociopathy" along with fire setting and bed-wetting. These men should take their record with them re future employers, etc.

14 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Boulder DA: Pigeon bea... · 0 replies · -2 points

I entirely agree, Bolder. I hope it comes to pass.

14 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Boulder DA: Pigeon bea... · 0 replies · +8 points

The "joyful" destruction of any sentient creature suggests an aptitude for cruelty. Beating a terrified bird to death is not one bit better than the other acts you mention. "Society" is not the issue: utter lack of empathy is.

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