I like to think of myself as toughened by habitual exposure to the cruel and senseless behavior of those who abuse alcohol but every one has a soft spot, and mine is cats. No, this doesn’t mean I am any less an advocate for those of my own species affected by substance abuse, but maybe because incidents that involve a drunk and a cat are less common they invoke a more visceral response. Regardless of why, these two stories of very mean drunks from last week really irritated me.
Drunk dad forces children to kill family cat.
Drunk man kicks girlfriend’s cat to death.
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Thankfully both will get some forced sobriety in prison, hopefully with an ailurophile cellmate with a bad attitude. While obviously fantastical and it’s doubtful that science will soon grant us a shrinking therapy for mean drunks, one can not help but think that something similar just might lie in store for these cruel and heartless people in a not so pleasant afterlife.
Here kitty, kitty…
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Ugh. All I could think was that those poor kids are going to need so much therapy — I can’t imagine the pain and trauma it would cause to have Dad try to force you to kill your own pet.
I’m not so sure, maybe he means I don’t want to remember this.