The Cat Thread, with possibilities of hunting stories involving cats

[Simon]

Originally Posted by Not Now John

Breathing is also an early trait among serial killers and rapists.

I'm being serious NNJ.

And by "cruel", I mean cases like how one boy stuffed firecrackers down cats butts and set them off...

As far as I can tell, hunting doesn't necesarily fall under "cruel".

[Wilton61]

I had a classmate who did something similar to that... the firecracker bit. Years later he ended up in a great deal of trouble both mentally and legally. No sane person would hurt another creature without a darn good reason.

[Halohailer]

It's sad how people treat animals and even other people these days. We need more hippies.

[Botley]

I think there are quite enough hippies thank you very much!

[Vera]

At my home, cats have never missed.

[Chaos Fire]

yes, more hippies! but honestly, is it really right to blow the head off a cat just because of the situation it was born into? Think about that.

[Halohailer]

Originally Posted by Chaos Fire

yes, more hippies! but honestly, is it really right to blow the head off a cat just because of the situation it was born into? Think about that.

You're right. The government wouldn't issue a death ummmm whatchumacallit to all the tribes in Africa because they weren't born in a clean, healthy, modern society. That would be "inhumane".

Off-Topic. Of course I'm sure it was "humane" when they killed Terry Schiavo. But lets not get into that.

[fairjess]

Yes, in the interest of keeping things happy and whatnot, let's not get into that, at least in this thread.

Thanks-

jess

[GeraldTheMouse]

Originally Posted by Simon

I'm being serious NNJ.

I think he was too. Just because serial killers and rapists tend to do some particular thing while young doesn't mean that everyone who does that particular thing while young is in danger of becoming a serial killer or rapist.

[Not Now John]

Thanks.


That is exactly what I meant.

[Simon]

Originally Posted by GeraldTheMouse

I think he was too. Just because serial killers and rapists tend to do some particular thing while young doesn't mean that everyone who does that particular thing while young is in danger of becoming a serial killer or rapist.

Ofcourse not. All I was trying to say was that criminals who have displayed animal cruelty in their childhood also seem to be more prone to aggressive violence against humans - i.e. serial murderers.

And it's not me just saying so: The DSM (IV) lists Animal Cruelty as a "conduct disorder".

Since the late 1970s, the FBI has considered animal cruelty to be a possible indicator of future serial murder. The FBI documented the connection between cruelty to animals and serial murder following a study of 35 imprisoned serial murderers. The convicted murderers were asked questions regarding their child-hood cruelty toward animals. More than half of the serial murderers admitted tohurting or torturing animals as children or adolescents (Humane Society of theUnited States, 2001).

@ :: http://ddl.uwinnipeg.ca/viol_cr/file.../reading11.pdf

How you can compare "cruelty towards animals" with "breathing" and call it "being serious" eludes me...

[Botley]

Maybe we should have hippy hunting season.

[DeathTöngue]

Nah. Endangered species, you know. Plus, they're not much challenge, being pacifists and all.

[Bride of a Bull]

Actually, getting back on-topic, there seems to be a lot of unfounded hysteria connected to this problem of feral cats in Wisconsin. It has been claimed that no such "Cat hunting season" is planned and that collared and tagged cats would, of course, not be considered feral.

So perhaps granny should get a collar for her kitty in Wisconsin.

The damage wreaked by feral cats is huge and they must be stopped!

[GeraldTheMouse]

[quote=Simon]Ofcourse not. All I was trying to say was that criminals who have displayed animal cruelty in their childhood also seem to be more prone to aggressive violence against humans - i.e. serial murderers.
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Yes, and I'll bet that if the FBI conducted a survery interviewing 35 inmates about their breathing as youngsters, they'd find a curious similarity in the responses.

New rule: Just because a governmental body conducts a survey does not validate its legitimacy.

Likely, a survey of all persons (not just incarcerated criminals) with questions about animal cruelty might be much more illuminating and well worth the FBI's time. It is quite possible that 98% of all children are especially cruel to animals, and thus the propensity of serial killers and rapists toward same activities means absolutely nothing.

Now do you see?