I hate humanity

[Drakken]

#JeSuisCharlieDog

[Caliga]

Not defending their actions at all BUT why do people get angrier over pets being tortured/murdered than people?  That makes no sense to me.

[Martinus]

Not defending their actions at all BUT why do people get angrier over pets being tortured/murdered than people?  That makes no sense to me.

I think a large contributing factor, at least for me, is the perceived greater likelihood of such actions going unpunished, at least in rural/primitive areas of the West. I gotta say that my anger significantly subsided when I learned the guy was sent to prison for this.

[mongers]

A sort of a plus is that children or vulnerable adults weren't targeted, though that's not to diminish the animal's suffering and it gives the authorities notice that these individuals need to be watch and/or dealt with, as this behaviour tends to progress into harming humans, sometimes very badly.

[Barrister]

Not defending their actions at all BUT why do people get angrier over pets being tortured/murdered than people?  That makes no sense to me.

I don't do animal abuse files, but I've talked with the guy in our office who does.

And every time he gets a sentence on one of his animal abuse files I always  think to myself "I wouldn't get even a quarter of that sentence if that guy had done the same violence to a person".

[Liep]

so there's a harsher punishment for hitting a dog in the face than hitting a person?

[Valmy]

so there's a harsher punishment for hitting a dog in the face than hitting a person?

If it gets you animal cruelty? I would bet yes.

[Barrister]

so there's a harsher punishment for hitting a dog in the face than hitting a person?

Yup.  Around here at least.

[The Brain]

If the Catholic Church were into animals instead of children it would be a lot more controversial.

[garbon]

If the Catholic Church were into animals instead of children it would be a lot more controversial.

[The Brain]

Stop thinking with your penis.

[Malthus]

People dote on pet animals, often to an absurd degree.

Reminds me of this crazy reality TV program I was watching, called My Cat From Hell. Premise is that this cat trainer goes around solving pet-owner's problems with their pet cats, and films it (as far as I can see he always manages it ... I suspect there is a certain selectivity in what reaches the screen.  ).

Anyway, one of his cases was a man who owned a cat for a long time, who got a new live-in girlfriend (they had been dating for some time but she just moved in). The cat hated the GF and started attacking her all the time. The man stated on TV, and right to her face, that if he HAD to choose, he'd choose ... the cat! 

On one occasion, the cameras were rolling and the GF attempted to feed the cat. The cat lunged at her and bit at her fingers. The GF shouted out something like "Oh, Fuck!!" (bleeped). The guy, with a perfectly straight face, told her "don't swear at my cat!"  .

I'd have been out the door long ago, if I was her - but she just took it.

[Eddie Teach]

Not defending their actions at all BUT why do people get angrier over pets being tortured/murdered than people?  That makes no sense to me.

Because they're helpless and innocent. Like babies.

[Berkut]

Remember the dentist who shot that lion?

If he had gone and shot some African guy, it would not even have made the news, much less been a "thing".

[Berkut]

Of course, if the dog had been thrown off a wall by ISIS because it was gay, Chomsky would say it as our fault.