Serial Killer in Training

**ICantSpellDawg** · 10-07-2008, 04:58

Originally Posted by Evil_Maniac From Mars

I thought millipedes were mostly vegetarians, and the ones kept as pets generally are fed with cucumber or other vegetables? Perhaps it is centipedes that you're referring to, or are there species of millipedes that are carnivorous?

You are exactly right - I take it back

Watch a video of a centipede eating a mouse and you will lose a few hours of sleep. Those owners make this kid look fantastic.

This is a daily occurrence. The problem with his actions was the ownership issue.

**Koga No Goshi** · 10-07-2008, 05:10

Originally Posted by TuffStuffMcGruff

You are exactly right - I take it back

Watch a video of a centipede eating a mouse and you will lose a few hours of sleep. Those owners make this kid look fantastic.

This is a daily occurrence. The problem with his actions was the ownership issue.

Just out of curiosity, Tuff.... if it could be proven that they were no one's legal pets, would you have no problem with the video of soldiers throwing dogs/puppies off a cliff that surfaced on youtube awhile back?

**ICantSpellDawg** · 10-07-2008, 05:37

Originally Posted by Koga No Goshi

Just out of curiosity, Tuff.... if it could be proven that they were no one's legal pets, would you have no problem with the video of soldiers throwing dogs/puppies off a cliff that surfaced on youtube awhile back?

I don't like torture, waste or callousness when taking life. If someone was to feed dogs to an alligator It would upset me, but only because I keep dogs as pets. I'm sure that farmers get upset when they have to kill their chickens. I would hope that they would kill the animal first instead of feeding it alive, but it is not necessary. Do you get upset when someone feeds mice to snakes, or rabbits to wolves? What about when people feed cows or pigs to other people?

The thing about feeding crocodiles is that when they eat, they don't have to eat again for an excessively long time, unlike mammals. There really isn't "wasteful feeding". They store really as much as you feed them. The more you feed them the longer they can go until the next feeding.

I stand by my point that the theft was the crime the child should be punished for. They should also give him a crash course on being less callous when he takes an animals life if indeed that is what the camera shows.

Can I get an Amen, or is everyone here a vegetarian now?

**Koga No Goshi** · 10-07-2008, 07:13

Originally Posted by TuffStuffMcGruff

I don't like torture, waste or callousness when taking life. If someone was to feed dogs to an alligator It would upset me, but only because I keep dogs as pets. I'm sure that farmers get upset when they have to kill their chickens. I would hope that they would kill the animal first instead of feeding it alive, but it is not necessary. Do you get upset when someone feeds mice to snakes, or rabbits to wolves? What about when people feed cows or pigs to other people?

The thing about feeding crocodiles is that when they eat, they don't have to eat again for an excessively long time, unlike mammals. There really isn't "wasteful feeding". They store really as much as you feed them. The more you feed them the longer they can go until the next feeding.

I stand by my point that the theft was the crime the child should be punished for. They should also give him a crash course on being less callous when he takes an animals life if indeed that is what the camera shows.

Can I get an Amen, or is everyone here a vegetarian now?

Eating another animal to survive is not immoral. I asked the question because you said earlier in the thread that, to you, it all comes down to ownership. That would open up a rather wide range of very cruel behaviors as acceptable, such as someone buying pets to torture them or kill them in unusual ways. I was just curious what your stance was on cruelty for cruelty's sake to animals.

**ICantSpellDawg** · 10-07-2008, 07:18

Originally Posted by Koga No Goshi

Eating another animal to survive is not immoral. I asked the question because you said earlier in the thread that, to you, it all comes down to ownership. That would open up a rather wide range of very cruel behaviors as acceptable, such as someone buying pets to torture them or kill them in unusual ways. I was just curious what your stance was on cruelty for cruelty's sake to animals.

Did all of my posts in which I've said that I was against the cruel killing of animals satisfy your curiosity?

I didn't see his actions as excessively cruel; at least any more cruel than the act of killing an animal to feed another could be. Wasteful or callous probably (although I'm sure the crocodile appreciated it).

I think that this case comes down to ownership. Had he tortured the animals before feeding them to the croc the case would have been about ownership AND cruelty to animals. A quick bludgeoning for an 8 year old is about as quick and to the point as it gets, I'll allow it.

**pevergreen** · 10-07-2008, 08:10

1. Its Australia. The outback as well.
2. Its the Northern Territory, just leave it.

**Husar** · 10-07-2008, 14:05

Originally Posted by TuffStuffMcGruff

Watch a video of a centipede eating a mouse and you will lose a few hours of sleep.

Of course I went to Youtube and did that, won't lose any sleep over it but I think insects have something about them that makes me freak out a bit, perhaps their outer skeleton that makes them look so mechanic or something.