Murdering Children

[The Great Chandler]

If there's one thing that boggles anyone is that why would someone have the heart to kill a child? What is the malice behind it?

 

[AnOminous]

Absolute evil.

 

[Chill Fam]

I can't stand any crimes committed against a child. Murder and child abuse [especially child sexual abuse] are the top two that infuriate me the most.

People who commit crimes against children deserve the worst.

 

[ICametoLurk]

Die Crotchfruit

 

[Morose_Obesity]

It's the behavior of lower animals to be jealous and kill other males' offspring before raping the female animal.

 

[melty]

I lol'ed that this topic was right under the Abortion one.

 

[teh forist speret]

The real question is why this even has to be a topic.

I mean it's confusing on a societal level that people would murder children, though it's a vile behavior traced back to lowly animal evolutionary roots.

 

[AnOminous]

It's the behavior of lower animals to be jealous and kill other males' offspring before raping the female animal.

It's mostly animals that are fairly close to human in intelligence who do this, though. It's very common among apes, lions, dolphins and other highly intelligent animals to be able to recognize that offspring from previous mates are actually a threat to them.

Humans are obviously the most likely animals to murder children.

 

[Alec Benson Leary]

I don't really perceive the murder of children to be fundamentally different from murdering adults. To me, calling a meaningful distinction inherently implies that the adult is more deserving of such harsh "judgment" than a child. At the end of the day, you're cutting short a life, it feels like a bad idea to focus on the notion that a child hasn't done anything "wrong" yet but a self-aware adult with the power to consent to things and make decisions has.

It's mostly animals that are fairly close to human in intelligence who do this, though. It's very common among apes, lions, dolphins and other highly intelligent animals to be able to recognize that offspring from previous mates are actually a threat to them.

Humans are obviously the most likely animals to murder children.

This seems like faulty reasoning. A lot of those animals kill others' offspring to protect their own bloodline. I don't think the average child murderer is fulfilling the same purpose.

And while the animals you mentioned all have recognizable family structures, the killing of infants is widespread throughout the animal kingdom, especially within species that don't actually rear their young. Hell, infants and juveniles are the most common targets for carnivores just because they're easier to take down.

 

[Mason Verger]

This thread title was misleading.
Edit:
*deletes uploaded files*

 

[POWER IN MISERY]

have you been around them? they have this awful smell that's like old cheese and piss, and they're little assholes.

 

[Joan Nyan]

Duplicate topic, merge with https://kiwifarms.net/threads/abortion.19994/

 

[cuddle striker]

try this one. I hear it's impossible to do, though.

 

[teh forist speret]

I'll bet this entire site thinks it's okay when Israeli Jews murder children because the Talmud said it's kosher.

 

[BadaBadaBoom]

 

[Calooby]

how the FUCK did you get this video of me?!

 

[Jason Genova]

I don't condone it but it's no worse than killing an adult. The only reason why people think that it is worse than killing an adult is because children are cuter than adults and it's more emotionally painful for them to see/imagine children getting hurt. Same reason why people are more offended by the murder of women than men, girls are simply cuter.

The more cute a thing is the more repulsed we are when it gets hurt.

looks theory strikes again tbh

 

[Yutyrannus]

It's the behavior of lower animals to be jealous and kill other males' offspring before raping the female animal.

Surrogate fathers are actually also peppered around the rest of the animal kingdom. Orcas, macaques, jacanas, tamarins, and hawks have all been documented caring for young that is not theirs. There's also plenty of anecdotal evidence for dogs and cats doing it. Somewhat anthropomorphized, but here's a thing about a male cat fostering kittens.

I don't condone it but it's no worse than killing an adult. The only reason why people think that it is worse than killing an adult is because children are cuter than adults and it's more emotionally painful for them to see/imagine children getting hurt. Same reason why people are more offended by the murder of women than men, girls are simply cuter.

The more cute a thing is the more repulsed we are when it gets hurt.

looks theory strikes again tbh

I don't think "looks theory" is really what's behind this at all. Where's your data about the murder of women being met with more sympathy than that of men coming from? The "looks theory" in the sense that humans instinctually feel drawn to things that look like infants applies more to like, why we love kittens and shit. Not why child murder is a taboo.

 

[Pickle Inspector]

I remember there was a number of attacks in China towards nursery-primary school aged children - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_attacks_in_China_(2010–12)

And the reason gave for them was:

As most cases had no known motive, analysts have blamed mental health problems caused by rapid social change for the rise in these kinds of mass murder and murder-suicide incidents.
...
an underlying commonality between the attacks was the increased frequency of school attacks because, "attackers often seek out the vulnerable, hoping to amplify their outrage before they themselves often commit suicide."

I guess if they're a legitimate psychopath with no empathy they might do it because they know it'll get them the most attention.

 

[Varg Did Nothing Wrong]

It's mostly animals that are fairly close to human in intelligence who do this, though. It's very common among apes, lions, dolphins and other highly intelligent animals to be able to recognize that offspring from previous mates are actually a threat to them.

Humans are obviously the most likely animals to murder children.

That's probably because humans and apes are the only animals that can actually "murder", as in, are capable of specifically targeting and killing a specific other animal for purposes other than food or defending territory.