Reply #37: To my knowledge empathy is not a birth defect, so I think you're fine. [View All]

[Matsubara]

But it is sad that generations of young men have had theirs beaten, ridiculed or otherwise emptied out of them by our sick society.

When I was in 5th grade, a bunch of the boys in my school knocked a robin's nest with a bunch of babies down from a light fixture outside the school with a rock, and then they stomped on the baby birds with glee and laughter. Even at that age I was appalled and deeply saddened by it. It's like "us" and "them" are descended from entirely different primates. I feel nauseous just thinking about this stuff.


Oh, and I am not an "animal rights nut". I eat meat and kill bugs when they come in my house. But killing things for fun, especially sweet little helpless and harmless creatures? I can't fathom it.