These little animals are trusting, helpless and friendly. To then abuse them as described in the articles on this case....I can’t describe it as anything but true evil. Mental illness, hard luck, bad childhood...blah blah blah. This comes from the darkest, most vile place and there is no excuse for it.
Reasons are not always excuses. I tried to explain that to my kid the other day. A really sweet girl tried to explain why a friend was “cutting” herself and he ended contact with her because he said she was defending the girl. I told him that might not have been the case. I can tell you why we are all deserving of hell, but that doesn’t excuse our actually being guilty of sin. We all belong in hell, and there is an individual reason for each of us. The cruelty to the animal is a symptom, and the diagnosis is not a reason for forgiveness.
“These little animals are trusting, helpless and friendly. To then abuse them as described in the articles on this case....I can’t describe it as anything but true evil. Mental illness, hard luck, bad childhood...blah blah blah. This comes from the darkest, most vile place and there is no excuse for it.”
Yup. At least the reprobate had the good sense to off himself and thus save the taxpayers the burden of having to care him for the rest of his life.