[ SECRET POST #2419 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2419 ⌋

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Notes:

Way early because taking dog to the vet. :c

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

You're not alone in this. Animal harm is a serious squick for some people.

I find it baffling that so many people are fine with violence against other humans, but god forbid you kick a puppy. To each their own, I suppose.

[(Anonymous)]

I think a lot of people are baffled, including many of us who feel that way. Logically it doesn't make sense, but it seems to hit a button somewhere. *shrug*

[deadtree]

animal harm is definitely something that I can't deal with, but I think it comes down to the general assumption that people at least stand a chance of defending themselves, while animals (+children) do not. Harming any defenseless creature is deplorable on a different level from harming something that could potentially fight back.

But of course there are people who take it to a crazy PETA-esque level just like everything else involving animals :p

[kaijinscendre]

Yeah, I am fine with adult. But if someone hurts an animal, child, elderly, sick, or otherwise incapable of defending themselves, those are the limits for me. :|

[(Anonymous)]

I'm late to the party but I wanted to say I'm glad you included the elderly and sick. Since I was a child I had this massive aversion to characters who (verbally) abused the elderly. Even just making fun of an old person made me almost start crying and it hasn't changed.

A few days ago I saw a bunch of teenagers immitating an old man's way of walking. I guess he couldn't hear them or simply ignored them as they followed him around. I had to keep myself from punching each one of them.

[kaijinscendre]

I am the same way! I don't know if you have seen Requiem for a Dream, but one of the characters is an older lady. Her story was the one that messed me up the most. Her ending scene had me sobbing so hard, I thought I was going to pass out.

[cassandraoftroy]

Yeah, pretty much this. There's a power differential involved that makes it abusive, rather than just harming someone (which would be bad enough). It takes it to a different level.

[(Anonymous)]

IDK, in a fictional context, at least, this usually makes sense to me. Most of the time characters who kill people either a) are killing bad guys or b) are supposed to have all sorts of complex reasons or whatever. Whereas there's very rarely a justifiable reason to kill an animal (unless it's for food), and therefore doing so makes characters seem totally sadistic.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't see what's so baffling about it. Another adult human is the killer's equal, their peer; in theory, at least, they have a reasonable chance of defending themselves. But an animal -- and especially a domesticated pet -- is inherently dependent on humans, because we have bred them to be dependent on us. Killing someone or something dependent and vulnerable inspires a stronger reaction than killing an equal; there's a level of betrayal layered on top of the cruelty of the killing itself. It's similar to why people react more strongly to harm against children: children are more vulnerable and not as able to protect themselves, so they rely on and trust adults to protect them. Harming a child is a breach of that trust. Is that so hard to understand?