animal rights

They say that future serial killers often kill animals as children. After hearing a rumor about George W. Bush blowing up frogs as a child, I figured that maybe plain old idiots do, too.

Perhaps it’s just a case of “boys will be boys”? Equally bad, if not worse things—rape, assault, etc.—have all been attributed to the old folksy saying. And while I’ve had trouble with the saying my entire life, many people chalk it up to normal male behavior.

After inquiring after my husband if he blew up animals as a child, as well as several other male acquaintances, I determined that the answer to the question is decidedly no. So what is it that makes people, say, blow up a turtle?

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