^ I gotta say, it's a bit of a stretch to go to torturing animals from this. We don't really know the kid's motivations, but I expect moral outrage was the intended result rather than to offend racially. Of course, it was stupid and DID offend racially and there's no excuse for that.
But either way, it's a far cry from the sort of demented sociopathy that leads people to torture animals.
Nowhere did I say he was torturing animals.
You implied it would be a natural progression. I'm not sure how else to read "He'll end up with a rap sheet beginning with a "prank" like lighting fires to animals and such. Who knows where it could end up?" other than an implication of such.
It is not neccessarily a natural progression from something like this though, is what I am saying.
The point is that behaviors follow patterns. E.g., many people who kill other people start by hurting and killing animals. People who end up hating people for their color or religion or orientation may start by simply disliking or disrespecting them.
I am NOT a black person. I AM a person of color however, and I would be pretty upset to hear that over any store's loudspeaker. Call me sensitive if you will, but I don't find the incident funny or innocent at all. Everytime I get called racially related names it is not funny or innocent.
I did not say the incident was either funny OR innocent.
I did say however that we don't know the kids motivations, which we don't. Some kids say stupid racist things without thinking about it or meaning it to be hurtful, or thinking it will be funny when they are young, some are genuinely malicious hateful little shits. You're making assumptions, I am not.
I am shocked and amazed you haven't called for him to be incarcerated a-la A Clockwork Orange and heavily medicated.
