Yes, because we know about this incident, and are made aware of the atrocity. I'm fairly sure the recent thread about the sex offender over Xbox Live had just as much revulsion to the topic from posters, no?dathwampeer said:Humans are killed every day. We don't make threads about Bob who got stabbed by Tim unless the reason Tim stabbed Bob is something to do with gaming paraphernalia.ShadowsofHope said:Just because animals aren't humans doesn't mean we don't have strong attachments to our domesticated pets. I have yet to see one member on this forum disregard human suffering, but still get outraged over drowning animals in a fucking river like this.dathwampeer said:You know what pisses me off though. Peoples overreactions.
Yes this is horrible and the woman is clearly disturbed. But I hate how people on the internet (and the escapist especially) treat animals as if they're worth more than humans.
You lot see a video like this and start acting as if this is the worst crime imaginable. Hundreds of people murder other humans everyday. But one mentally deficient individual throws a load of puppies in a river and it's 'Hunt the ***** down and burn her!'
But we find a video about puppies being drowned and suddenly it's topic worthy.
You know there is human suffering each and every day, that is without doubt. But do we personally know the extent of that suffering, to each specific case and to be aware of it in order to have such emotions be evoked by witnessing the crime? Not all the time, no. There is a difference.