Accidental animal crueltyI once invented a brilliant game - I'd sit at the top of the stairs and throw cat biscuits to the bottom. My cat would eat them, then I'd shake the box, and he would run up the stairs for more biscuits. Then - of course - I'd throw a biscuit back down to the bottom. I kept this going for about half an hour, amused at my little game, and all was fine until the cat vomited. I felt absolutely dreadful.
Have you accidentally been cruel to an animal?
This question has been revived from way, way, way back on the b3ta messageboard when it was all fields round here.
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rob, Thu 6 Dec 2007, 11:13)
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.When the person doing it is capable of empathy, then yep, sadism is about power and sadism against animals is about power and fear of being held accountable (but the return is 'poorer' hence it often esculating quickly). In people who are incapable of empathy, it's more complicated, but that person is rarer than the media would have you believe.
Power is sought in order to overcome insecurity, lumping sadism in with the other 99% of people's problems. Power doesn't work against insecurity long term either, it's a quick fix you have to keep up.
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