The difference being that the child was at an event featuring the animals, and the handler of the animal was right there. I will agree, I don't like spiders and if they are in "my space" as in on me (if I'm inside) or somewhere I can't easily get them out of they usually do get smashed, but if I am out some where in there space then I leave them brush them off or leave them be. ESPECIALLY not if I am at an EVENT DEDICATED TO THESE ANIMALS and have someone right there with it that is CLEARLY in "charge" of it.

and ps, with the pit I would probably try to pet her if she seemed the least bit friendly...

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As stated earlier, this is NOT a fear of snakes it is a lot deeper than that! That kid has some serious psychological issues that need to be adressed. That is only going to elavate into much more serious problems.

I would definately be keeping an eye on any siblings or younger children around him!

He is not unlike other children I have worked with in the past. It is a shame, but if the child receives help soon, he still stands a chance.

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I have sucker tattood on my forehead

He needs a father that gives a #@&$! His response( or lack of) only showed the kid that he could get away with what he did with little or no consequences.

The fact that the father was simply "embarrassed" is outrageous. If one of my kids (both LOVE snakes) were to do something like that, I would be livid. Embarrassment wouldn't even be an emotion I was feeling at the time.

I was serious when I wrote above that most "kids" who torture or kill animals become violent offenders of some sort. It is a psychological disorder that can help teach them to not feel remorse or the difference between right and wrong.

This kid wasn't petrified of that snake at all. If he were, he wouldn't have been brazzen enough to get that close to it. He wanted to stomp it, and that is what needs addressing!

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what psychological disorder are you talking about Rich? I am a little confused as to the statement "it teaches them" to not feel remorse.

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I have sucker tattood on my forehead

Off hand I do not recall what it actually was referred to as. I watched a documentary about serial killers a few months back regarding the association of animal killing and torture to those of serial killers.

They listed a slew of serial killers who all had admitted or been caught killing and torturing animals long before they developed their taste for human prey. Psychologists and therapists were all commenting on the various psychological issues relating to each serial killer.

One of the comments was that the killing of animals becomes some sort of fascination with death that ultimately leads the child into not feeling remorse. As they continue to kill, they supress every "normal" emotion that a typical human would feel, and they ultimately become a "predator" like every other "animal" out there. They kill for the rush, and lose all touch with their conscience.

There is an actual term they used for the process, but it evades me right now.

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so basically rather that the disorder teaching the person not to feel, they just become more and more disassociated with remorse because of the disorder...

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Yes, something like that Shell. These kids already have psychological issues that drive them to do things most of us would deem immoral. The killing of animals is their way of venting and feeding their "hunger" and obsessions with death. The more they do it, the easier it becomes. The swap from animals to humans is part of their disease. Once they are so lost in their own reality, the concept of remorse has long become nothing more than a word to them. It is generally so far suppressed that they just don't have the ability to feel it anymore. Its as if it is non-existant.

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thats horrible

I think what you are referring to Rich is the "McDonald Triad", Also reffered to as the "terrible triad"

MacDonald triad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

killer facts

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