manifest destiny
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If a cruel person burns alive a dog, and burns alive a 6yo child, would you equate them different? There is no wrong answer. I would view them different. Albeit both very cruel. A neighbor shoots and kills my dog for no good reason, there's a definite problem. The same neighbor shoots and kills my kid for no good reason, my level of pissed would be greater. Two different situations. Two very different responses. I place human life above other creatures. That isn't the same as agreeing to torture of other creatures. Sick is sick but not all sick is equal.Two different situations, but cruelty is cruelty, whether it's done to a human or an animal. It's a sign of depravity.
"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men." -- St. Francis of Assisi