You applauded this statement: “This was neither a fear response nor was it, because of being at a public zoo, a place where ordinary bored boy viciousness would be done.”
But, as the article actually says, the incident happened at a Catholic fair, not a zoo. Have you ever been to a fair like that? There are rides, games, a few displays, music, food — it’s not a zoo. And sometimes there are carny types with tattoos and weird animals on the periphery — was that the case here? I don’t know, but my suspicion radar is blinking.
A Catholic fair! Well, that explains it. The Catholic Church teaches that Satan took the form of a serpent when he tempted Adam and Eve.
There you have it! Snakes are the cause of all the troubles in the world.
The kid must have been Catholic...his father, too...