Ian Goddard wrote:
> At 10:10 AM 1/12/99 -0000, Samael wrote:
You purposely left out that the same study found that people raised as hunters
>
> >The problem being that lots of people feel that people torturing animals is
> >in some way the same as torturing people. In fact, unless you in some way
> >see people as not being animals, then it is the same. Admittedly, a society
> >that sets itself up as either owners or owned must be definition see huamns
> >as 'just plain better', but I have to admit that I'd rather not live in a
> >society where people could torture animals in their own home if they felt
> >like it.
>
> IAN: I agree. There's an interesting correlation
> between serial killers, like Jeffrey Dommer (sp?),
> and torture of animals, such that a high percentage
> of the most brutal serial killers first tortured
> animals, usually when they were kids. They see
> the similarity between humans and animals, but
> only in the worst ways imaginable. With this,
> we can see that the way person x treats animals
> is a measure of how person x could treat humans.
> A society that was particularly brutal toward
> animals would probably be more inclined than
> the less brutal society to effect various
> forms of brutality on the human animal.
Mike Lorrey