Yeah, well, now I’m an adult and I murder mice, rats, voles, moles, gophers, and possums. With the logic used by people on this thread, eventually I’ll be murdering kittens and puppies and then on to people.
It’s the methods and motivation that make the difference. Do you spend time torturing these animals before killing them? And would you get a bigger thrill from killing a pet rat that you know some kid is devoted to, and leaving it mutilated where the kid will find it, than from killing a wild rat who is raiding your trash, and disposing of it in a dumpster?
Ge me a break! You cannot understand the difference of exterminating mice from your house versus skinning an innocent cat alive?