Actions have consequences.
The world would be a better place if the consequences had teeth.
As it is said;
“You kill in jest but the beast dies in earnest.”.
Qualifying which *kind* of animal is okay to torture walks perilously close to the ongoing issue of “what life is”.
Life is, simply life.
Go look up the muzzie beating the puppy with a stick because “it’s just a dog” and then get back to me.
Squirrels? Not so much, they have a purpose.
/johnny
Very well said.
I bet somewhere Bulwinkle is crying.