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**mymnduccete** · 02-25-2006, 09:36 PM

It's an old story but I haven't seen it before.

After 5 years of watching the Bush administration, it does make sense. It would have been too outrageous to believe even 3 years ago. But now...nothing will surprise me.

hmmm .... yeah cruelty to animals IS a potential indicator of psychopathic behaviour in later life ... however, not always. I'd be thinking extreme cruelty where he was acting alone, rather than in a group (groups kind of diffuse responsibility), and escalating levels of cruelty .... starting with frogs, escalating to larger animals ... and more things which involve watching the animal die slowly in extreme pain.

There are other behaviours also in combination with this which would give a clearer indication ... Georgie doesn't really come into that realm from what I've seen.

Some cruelty to animals is not that uncommon among relatively normal boys where opportunities present themselves. Especially cruelty to smaller non mammalian species. Its not nice, and often boys who get into that can be overbearing bullies who may have issues, and turn into some pretty unnice adults, but not always.

I think Georgie may have been quite a revolting little turd as a kid, but that doesn't make him psychopathic.

02-25-2006, 09:36 PM	#2
mymnduccete Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 450 Senior Member	It's an old story but I haven't seen it before. After 5 years of watching the Bush administration, it does make sense. It would have been too outrageous to believe even 3 years ago. But now...nothing will surprise me. hmmm .... yeah cruelty to animals IS a potential indicator of psychopathic behaviour in later life ... however, not always. I'd be thinking extreme cruelty where he was acting alone, rather than in a group (groups kind of diffuse responsibility), and escalating levels of cruelty .... starting with frogs, escalating to larger animals ... and more things which involve watching the animal die slowly in extreme pain. There are other behaviours also in combination with this which would give a clearer indication ... Georgie doesn't really come into that realm from what I've seen. Some cruelty to animals is not that uncommon among relatively normal boys where opportunities present themselves. Especially cruelty to smaller non mammalian species. Its not nice, and often boys who get into that can be overbearing bullies who may have issues, and turn into some pretty unnice adults, but not always. I think Georgie may have been quite a revolting little turd as a kid, but that doesn't make him psychopathic.
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