So true Face. I thought the same thing when I saw this on the news this morning. Very sad. This boy needs serious help and this zoo needs to work on it's security.
I'm not sure feeding reptiles to a croc or even hurting the crock qualifies as serial-killer-in-the-making. When I was a kid, I killed a salamander, mainly because it scared me and it made my skin crawl. People have the same reaction to snakes and lizards. Kids also kill bugs with magnifying glasses or tear wings off of flies. As adults, we view this as cruel but for kids it's just something their curiosity leads them to do.
I don't think any of these things are the same as putting cats in microwaves or drowning kittens. And while I hate for the argument to come down to the cuteness of the animal in question, I believe it matters.
Cruelty to animals on this childs level is generally a good sign of psychological problems. This isn't the same as killing a salamander because it scared you or even squishing a bug. This child willfully broke into a zoo with the intent of killing these animals by feeding them to the crocodile. That is in no way the same.
And cuteness is not a factor. I worked with a kid who cut up fish with scissors. He had issues.
I must speak more on this, as I see the comments.....
In my book and in situtations like this, animal life is of no less value than human life.
And just to give you some background, that is mostly how I feel from minute to minute anyway. It its circumstancial though when it comes down to it.
I can already see this boy's family life and his background. He is troubled. And if you were anyone with some faith, you would think that this boy is really craving for help. As much as I hate to admit it, you would be right. From whatever aspect, he needs help.
Skylace said it right when he said, "Cruelty to animals on this childs level is generally a good sign of psychological problems. " .....And those problem can be attributied to any number of things.
If this boy is able to see the vaule of all life on earth, and the earth it' s self, then there is no need to hold this over his head for his whole life. He will have taken on that role himself. And in this case, he will become a leader and a great man among many. BUT if this kid does not understand the full implifaction of his actions, then I am afraid his is as good as a dumb American is and will carry on to produce childern. The possibility, I am afriad, is for the second opition. Perhaps this is what keeps leaders great.
Interesting post Ron, but you don't need to have a faith to see that the boy needs help. I'd be instantly worried, purely on a practical level, that he might want to be so callous to people or (more likely) their pets in the future.
What keeps leaders great is the lies they get away with. You can fool some of the people some of the time and all that...
You do not need faith to see the boy needs help. I get I was just giving an easy one away on that.
But Faceless, come down to my level or a moment. We are taking an elevator trip.
Realisticly we know these are neither pets or people. They are exibits. They are animals that are rare and kept for a reason. They are even perhaps rehabilited animals used for public knowledge and welth amoungst the people.
However, and this is when we take the elevator, to look in this child's mind. He understand greatness, but not the importance of it's lasting. For example, you do not feed animals to eachother in the zoo. If we would have thought it was a good idea, then we HAVE DONE SO and the animal would not be here for you to view, or anyone else, anymore. This perhaps why, just maybe, the zoo should have comment cards. lol
What keeps leaders great is not the lies they get away with but the lies that they learn from committing.
I don't consider live animals to be exhibits - I stopped that thought when I was about 9 years old and saw a polar bear swaying from side to side in insane frustration at being locked in a concrete enclosure...
I don't see your point about this child's understanding of greatness at all. Maybe your elevator has a few cogs missing? If you want to play conspiratorial mind games, I can tell you a place to go.
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