"It has been argued that 'such animals are not "human" and should be destroyed and not allowed to breed, lest they weaken the fabric of humanity'... "

If we were to advocate such draconian measures I would suggest the fabric of society as already being in tatters. Once society gives up on children (and do remember that it is adults that make children) then we will truly get the society we deserve.

I take your point about streetwise and mature... but I think most would understand the point I was making, ineloquent as it may have seemed to you.

Seldom are there bad dog or bad children. Just bad owners and bad parents. There will always be exceptions, of course, but then these people need our help not our slaughter of them. What will have become of us if we so sanction putting children down?

We are all animals incidentally

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