The front page of the paper this morning was probably the sickest story I have seen which has now caused me to think what is wrong with human beings?  I know people are capable of doing bad stuff and there are some sicko's out there, but this was done just to hurt someone.  I'm at a point now that I am seriously thinking of moving out in the middle of nowhere away from society and people like this.  I'm sick of seeing so much pain and suffering people cause to one another and I know it won't get better.  Everyday the front page is something bad, but this just, ugh, I'm just disgusted with people, and the sadder thing is, is that this vile evil worthless human being will not go to jail, probably just a fine.  He deserves death!  Hopefully his name and address will be found and posted on the net, maybe some "Italian justice" will put this scumbag in his place.  

This is the story

http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=83868f6d-a8d7-44be-be18-433a73fc2695

Unfortunately that's the world we live in today.  I just can't understand some people and how they can do such things, I often wonder HOW they can do such things, do they not have feelings like the rest of us?  I don't think about it too much as it angers me and makes me think of doing things not nice to them, but I guess that would make me as bad, wouldn't it?  Fortunately there are plenty of nice people, shame we only really hear about the arseholes.

A sick thing to do for sure. The fact that he shot a kids puppy shows exactly what kind of chicken ass coward he is. Fortunately one man's actions doesn't define an entire race.

And let's not blow this out of proportion. It was, after all, "just" a dog. Sure, it will be very painful for the cancer surviving boy (nice touch by the way) but far worse things could have happened - could have been the boy.

Quoted from The boy who will never become Attorney General He deserves death!  Hopefully his name and address will be found and posted on the net, maybe some "Italian justice" will put this scumbag in his place.

And this is where you count to ten, boy.

The "it's only a dog" thing dun fly with me, if some fucker blew my dog's head off cause they didn't like me I'd be in jail right for my reaction.  killing a pet is unforgivable, and I can't even imagine the amount of pain this kid must be going through, to actually have brain cancer would be such a huge weight for this kid to carry on his shoulders, when I was 12, the worst I had was maybe a broken arm and a 24 hr erection, I have no clue what it would be like to suffer from such a horrible disease, then on top of that, some prick comes along and shoots my 16 week old puppy in the head for kicks, God, I'd be fucked for life, how another human being could do that to another for absolute no reason baffles and saddens me.  I hope this guy gets it good, and from some of the reactions here he's gonna be toast, at least God willing.

I ain't saying it's right, I'm saying that in an time where airliners are used as missiles, where people are gettiing off'ed left in gang related homicides, where priests are sodomizing alter boys, where innocent are being slaughtered in the name of God and women and children are beeing kept locked in basements by their fathers for years and beaten and molested with no end in sight...I personally wouldn't choose a story about a dead mutt to state that the entire human race has gone crazy.

Don't blow it out of proportion.

wow. that's disgusting!

The situation couldn't have been worse. People who harm animals do so because they don't have the balls to hurt a human being.

Someone was killing dogs and cats at random in my neighborhood. Every night, I heard their squeals and whimpers.

One night, I finally had enough, got out of the house and saw these kids hitting a dog with sticks. I yelled at them and they ran away. There were four of them and one of me--and they ran like bitches.

They stopped for a couple of weeks, then they started again until they finally stopped altogether for some reason.

Those kinds of people are the scum of all scums. Dangerous, pathetic, cowardly, sadistic--if that's not just an inch away from a death penalty or a serial killer, then I don't know what is.

The reason we get so many killers, rapists and mass murderers these days is because no one does anything about them when they're young. No one ever punishes them, so they think it's all right to do it.

--Julio  

Quoted from ReaperCreeper The situation couldn't have been worse. People who harm animals do so because they don't have the balls to hurt a human being.

Oh really? So by that rationale it would have been far better if this guy blew the kid's head off? I can see how that could work - have the poor kid survive a bout with cancer and then kill him. Yeah, that seems almost peachy in comparison...

And when a kid gets maimed by a frenzy dog it's the kids fault, right?

Animal cruelty is exactly that...cruel and people who think hurting animals is fun has got some serious issues that needs to be dealth with. But anyone who ranks an animal's life higher than a human's (yes, even the bad ones) needs to check out their priorities cos' they've got issues too.

Quoted from ReaperCreeper The reason we get so many killers, rapists and mass murderers these days is because no one does anything about them when they're young. No one ever punishes them, so they think it's all right to do it.

You seriously think that punishing them is what's gonna make them realize that what they've been doing is wrong - as if they didn't already know this? Of course they know it's wrong - they just don't care and that's the real problem here. Punishment (and by that I take it you mean physical punishment) would only make the situation worse in my book.

In most cases, people who hurt animals come from violent and dysfunctional homes so adding more punishment on them would only further their psychosis. We're dealing with sick people that need treatment. Sure, killing them would be a lot cheaper but it would also be running away from the real problem.

Quoted from sniper You seriously think that punishing them is what's gonna make them realize that what they've been doing is wrong - as if they didn't already know this? Of course they know it's wrong - they just don't care and that's the real problem here. Punishment (and by that I take it you mean physical punishment) would only make the situation worse in my book. In most cases, people who hurt animals come from violent and dysfunctional homes so adding more punishment on them would only further their psychosis. We're dealing with sick people that need treatment. Sure, killing them would be a lot cheaper but it would also be running away from the real problem.

Punishment would make the situation worse? Further their psychosis?
What a load of crap!? Yes they know it's wrong, but so what! They know they won't get punished.

People should be held accountable for their actions no matter what they've done.
If not, they continue to do the same thing over and over again, while others, who play by the rules, are usually thier victims.

Lets get these sickos to thier nine o'clock appointment with the shrink, let them talk about their tender little killer instincts. Let them get away with it.
It all escalates. Most serial killers start by killing animals. They don't get caught, so they go on to bigger things...

Oh wait!
I forgot!
The poor guy who needs to talk about his feelings was getting barked at by a little puppy. It's not his fault he killed the puppy. He was probably really scared.

Shoot! He was probably a hunter who didn't get to kill anything that day... until...

Quoted from CindyLKeller Punishment would make the situation worse? Further their psychosis? What a load of crap!? Yes they know it's wrong, but so what! They know they won't get punished. People should be held accountable for their actions no matter what they've done. If not, they continue to do the same thing over and over again, while others, who play by the rules, are usually thier victims. Lets get these sickos to thier nine o'clock appointment with the shrink, let them talk about their tender little killer instincts. Let them get away with it. It all escalates. Most serial killers start by killing animals. They don't get caught, so they go on to bigger things...

And this is why the death penalty is such a great deterrent, right?

Please, put the Old Testament and your NRA membership card down and report back when you have something intelligent to say.

Of course people should be held accountable for their actions - nobody's saying otherwise. But arbitrarily punishing/killing them isn't gonna solve the problem in the long run. We need to know how people become capable of doing these evil things. Nobody is born evil, nobody is born wanting to do these things - so what is it that makes them do it?

Sure, strapping everybody into the electric chair would be an easy way out but it would also be an act of defeatism in my book. Giving up and giving in.

Most of us respect life, be it human or otherwise, but there'll always be those that don't care. Should we lower ourselves to their level in order to punish them and dish out 'justice'? Or should we rise above it, and address the reasons behind the actions of these people, rather than reciprocating them?

It's a tricky and controversial subject where you're either for one or the other really, but I don't think we should allow people like this to bring us back down to their primitive level.  We're better than that, and we should show them that.  Violence begets more violence in my experience; the cycle needs to stop somewhere.

Well some news, they caught this evil prick and printed his name int the paper along with the town he lives in.  I smell justice is on it's way

Well that's good.

But yeah, this was awful, but people like him has existed all throughout time. It does seem like things are getting worse, but I just guess you just have to be more careful.

Quoted from The boy who could fly I smell justice is on it's way

And you ask what's wrong with the human race?

Quoted from sniper And you ask what's wrong with the human race?

I did, scum like that are, and he's gonna get it good