Kitten stabbed to death in drunken attack

Dudess · 13-09-2008 04:44PM

nacho libre wrote: »

I feel a person with the capacity to derive pleasure from torturing animals may do so with or without alcohol. The alcohol in this case likely acted as a disinhibitor. I think this guy is disturbed and drink is once again being used as a excuse to explain away his vile actions.

Still though, there is nothing to suggest he would behave like that when sober. I'm not suggesting he's a pillar of society when sober or anything and I still hope the ****er gets punished. It's not certain that he derived pleasure from it either - maybe he was just looking for something or someone to lash out at, and sadly the kitten was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

I believe we give rights to those who do not have the capacity to understand those rights and as such we should not inflict needless cruelty on them.

Of course - so do I.

I still fail to see the humour in a report that expresses outrage about this, but other do apparently because the tone of the article is too significant for a mere animal.

Well it's unprofessional reporting - emotion is not supposed to be injected into news reports. That's reserved for features and opinion/comment pieces. It's unprofessional language for similar stories about humans also - tacky, hysterical, tabloidy fodder by a newspaper that masquerades as a broadsheet. And it's cynical too - pitching it in such a manner will help sales greatly.
If it was a feature on animal cruelty then yes, a tone of disgust and anger and upset would be more appropriate. This piece though looks absolutely farcical. I'm disgusted by what happened to the kitten - as I said, I don't even want to think about it too much - but I don't think I'm belittling animal cruelty by recognising the silliness of that reporting style.
Also, I think it warrants some level of news coverage - animal cruelty is a very serious issue and should be highlighted - but an isolated incident is not worthy of a national news piece. A broader story on animal cruelty yes (e.g. the discovery of puppy farms) but not a story - however disgusting and heartbreaking - about a kitten.

Jumpy · 13-09-2008 04:47PM

Dudess wrote: »

WindSock's a girl.

Gah. Why did you not post that before I thanked him. Now I am on the owned list.

johnnyskeleton · 13-09-2008 06:29PM

An Fhile wrote: »

Back on topic. I actually agree with the OP. The same article made the front page of our local paper here. That is understandable because of local interest. The fact that a national paper chose to place it ahead of more far-reaching issues is just strange. To then use such a writing style when describing the incident is best categorised as funny in the sense of bizarre. I appreciate how hideous the crime was. I think we all do. What I don't appreciate is the sensationalist approach taken by the paper. Obviously they knew the story would attract great interest as pets are commonplace and usually loved dearly by their multitudinous owners. The story wasn't reported for its own sake, it was just used to increase sales and profits.

In a week where Fanny Mae and Freedy Mac were nationalised by the US government, Lehman brothers look set to crumble, CSO statistics have painted a very grim picture in Ireland, there were several murders (when the annual murder rate is less than 1 per week) and lots more besides, it is also possible that the Indo want to bury their heads in the sand.

johnnyskeleton · 13-09-2008 06:32PM

Xavi6 wrote: »

Similar story over here in the last day or so -

http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKA945720080911

Animal cruelty is one of the most disgusting things. The animals are innocent, have done absolutely nothing wrong and are in most cases completely defenceless. I wish the kangaroo had of kicked the bollox out of your man.

If I saw anyone kick a dog or anything similar on the street I'd be straight over (and I have done in the past). And God help anyone that intentionally harmed an animal of mine.

I don't think it is a similar story at all, because as Dudess has said at least half a dozen times already, it's the style of the story and the utter ridiculousness of what happend that I find funny, not cruelty aspect.

For what it's worth, I quite like animals, cats included.

Call Me Jimmy · 14-09-2008 12:10AM

nacho libre wrote: »

Those who find it amusing seem to do so because the kitten is an inferior being to us.
I believe we give rights to those who do not have the capacity to understand those rights and as such we should not inflict needless cruelty on them. I still fail to see the humour in a report that expresses outrage about this, but other do apparently because the tone of the article is too significant for a mere animal.

ffs I don't cry about every sad thing I hear and just because one finds humour in the surprising nature of the article doesn't mean they think kittens are worthless/deserved it.

I mean, wtf are you guys smoking?

If someone was laughing at the thought of the guy ripping the kitten to pieces and slinging its lifeless corpse against a concrete wall then maybe you'd have a point but you'd have to tell me that you've never found anything funny that was in any way connected to somebody's suffering for you not to be a flaming hypocrite!

I didn't even laugh at it but I can see how it can be funny. I hate all this high-horse bull****.

WindSock · 14-09-2008 03:30AM

localhothead wrote: »

well , at least he got closer to a pussy than you'll ever get dude

Dudess wrote: »

WindSock's a girl.

Ha ha. Fail. :cool:

paddy316i · 22-09-2008 04:06PM

COH wrote: »

I thought it was pretty funny!

Check the other posts before you post Dudess . . .

Dudess wrote: »

Groan... nobody is saying what was done to the kitten and what the kitten suffered, is funny...

Kitten stabbed to death in drunken attack

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