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**luffyplayaz** · 08-01-2011, 09:00 PM

I believe what they have found is, serial killers typically abused animals in childhood. Which makes sense because empathy usually develops in children around age 2-3, but with the sociopath the brain development of empathy (or compassion) does not occur. That is where the "bad wiring" begins.

It does not stand to reason though that every child who abused animals lacks empathy, is a sociopath, or will grow up to hurt human beings. There is something to "kids being kids" just doing bad tings out of immaturity or because no one taught them otherwise.

It is disturbing though when someone who was cruel to animals in childhood looks back and sees nothing wrong with it. I hope such people aren't passing these attitudes on to their own spawn.

08-01-2011, 09:00 PM	#36
luffyplayaz Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 455 Senior Member	I believe what they have found is, serial killers typically abused animals in childhood. Which makes sense because empathy usually develops in children around age 2-3, but with the sociopath the brain development of empathy (or compassion) does not occur. That is where the "bad wiring" begins. It does not stand to reason though that every child who abused animals lacks empathy, is a sociopath, or will grow up to hurt human beings. There is something to "kids being kids" just doing bad tings out of immaturity or because no one taught them otherwise. It is disturbing though when someone who was cruel to animals in childhood looks back and sees nothing wrong with it. I hope such people aren't passing these attitudes on to their own spawn.
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