06-30-2016, 08:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-30-2016, 09:01 PM by LPC.
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(06-30-2016, 01:21 PM)Catherine Wrote: I want to know why there is an increase in such violent incidents. Or do we just hear about them now because people can't resist putting pictures of themselves online.
I'm not sure whether cruelty to animals is more prevalent than previously in history. The UK used to have bull and bear baiting, until the mid 19th century - and that was horrible, with humans enjoying the slow and painful deaths of the creatures. Queen Elizabeth I had cats burned alive to celebrate her coronation. In France, cats were regularly burnt alive - mainly because of superstitions that that they were representatives of the Devil, but also it entertained the masses at festivals. See https://books.google.fr/books?id=V40s-gA...ts&f=false
So extreme cruelty for entertainment is not increasing, I think. It is a feature of some humans' nature, lacking the ability to empathise.
So on balance probably the second suggestion you make, Catherine, is more likely: "...we just hear about them now because people can't resist putting pictures of themselves online."
In a way, that is a good thing, as it their desire to show their cruelty publicly which results in their being caught and punished.
