Re: Ray Bradbury reference (WARNING: Real animal cruelty)

avatarst
"Hopefully they ban the stupid little gremlins and their terrible
parents for life. That’s horrible"
Libba_Loo
"I live in a city with a lot of pigeons. It almost never fails than
whenever you see a bunch of them grouped together on the ground, some
little s--- will charge right up through the middle of them and make
them all fly away in a panic.
"All the while little s--- is laughing and big s--- (mom or dad
whichever) is either also laughing, or on their phone. God forbid you
try to gently tell little s--- that it's not nice to treat animals that
way, that you should respect nature, etc. Guaranteed, big s--- will
suddenly decide to put their phone down long enough to be like 'how DARE
you talk to my perfect angel that way!!!' "
Amata69:
"Parents laughing and taking pictures makes it seem like it's not just
their lack of parenting. I mean, they can surely read and know the kid
isn't supposed to touch the butterflies, but it's like they enjoy
letting the kid do what's not allowed. So in summary, you and your mum
were the only actual adults there."
9Armisael9:
"Probably not a popular opinion with the general public but, I'm totally
okay if places like these with fragile creatures or precious artifacts
ban entry to people under 18 altogether, because getting parents to be
accountable for their children in this day and age is damn near
impossible."
scarletOwilde:
"I went to an open day at a petting farm with my two nephews. They had
activities like brushing long haired rabbits on a table while a staff
member demonstrated how to do it gently.
"This vile feral child, with his parents nowhere to be seen, started to
hit one of the bunnies with the handle of the grooming brush.
"I was at the table with surprising speed and snatched the brush out of
his hand (he wasn’t a really young kid, 8 ish) and gave him a robust
telling off, including asking the little psycho how he’d feel if I hit
him on the head with a big brush?
"The little *+% just laughed and ran off to join his useless mother
yapping with her mates on the other side of the field.
"I was SO angry."
gothicuhcuh
"I don’t think children (reckless, thoughtless, selfish, loves to break
and destroy things) should be in a room full of alive, delicate,
harmless insects regardless of parental supervision. Most parents are
morons and so self centered, what value does a butterfly have to them
when their child is the most precious thing in their eyes? Children are
too cruel to things smaller and weaker than them."
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And if anyone doesn't know the 1952 story "A Sound of Thunder":
From Wikipedia:
"In the year 2055, time travel is a practical reality, and the company
Time Safari Inc. offers wealthy adventurers the chance to travel back in
time to hunt extinct species such as dinosaurs. A hunter named Eckels
pays $10,000 to join a hunting party that will travel back 65 million
years to the Late Cretaceous period, on a guided safari to kill a
Tyrannosaurus rex. As the party waits to depart, they discuss the recent
presidential elections in which a candidate, Deutscher, has been
defeated by his opponent Keith, to the relief of many concerned..."
From LitCharts:
"In 'A Sound of Thunder,' the butterfly is a symbol of the delicate
ecological balance of the natural world. Although it is small, Bradbury
reminds us, a butterfly—like every other creature—has its own role to
play in the environmental order..."