Oct 3 - 7-Year-Old Breaks Into Zoo, Feeds Animals to Crocodile

[RAZRr1275]

Re: Oct 3 - 7-Year-Old Breaks Into Zoo, Feeds Animals to Crocodile

If he's a sociopath, there's no saving him. Watch Law and Order or The Shield sometimes.

I do watch law and order.There probably is no saving him but I'd rather give him a chance then just shut the door on him. If he has a slip up and kills someone he's done but give him a chance.

[fistofrage]

Re: Oct 3 - 7-Year-Old Breaks Into Zoo, Feeds Animals to Crocodile

I do watch law and order.There probably is no saving him but I'd rather give him a chance then just shut the door on him. If he has a slip up and kills someone he's done but give him a chance.

Listen to what you are saying..."If he slips up and kills someone?" If he slips up and kills someone, (probably not if, but when) then the system is to blame. Sad reality is that there are just some evil people out there and no amount of rehabilitation will save them. Don't know if thats the case with this kid, but I'd rather err on the side of caution when dealing with demented individuals.

[rspencer86]

Re: Oct 3 - 7-Year-Old Breaks Into Zoo, Feeds Animals to Crocodile

This kid is clearly a sociopath, put him to death now and save some lives of innocent animals and people down the road.

Australia doesn't use capital punishment. C'mon, Mr. Lawyer. :wink:

[pfunk880]

Re: Oct 3 - 7-Year-Old Breaks Into Zoo, Feeds Animals to Crocodile

I do watch law and order.There probably is no saving him but I'd rather give him a chance then just shut the door on him. If he has a slip up and kills someone he's done but give him a chance.

wat?

[RAZRr1275]

Re: Oct 3 - 7-Year-Old Breaks Into Zoo, Feeds Animals to Crocodile

Listen to what you are saying..."If he slips up and kills someone?" If he slips up and kills someone, (probably not if, but when) then the system is to blame. Sad reality is that there are just some evil people out there and no amount of rehabilitation will save them. Don't know if thats the case with this kid, but I'd rather err on the side of caution when dealing with demented individuals.

I know what I'm saying exactly. He's just a kid right now. There's still a chance to teach him to do right. I'd rather give him a chance to save himself then to just automatically write him off as a psycopath and torture him that way.

[jim416]

Re: Oct 3 - 7-Year-Old Breaks Into Zoo, Feeds Animals to Crocodile

Sad reality is that there are just some evil people out there and no amount of rehabilitation will save them.

This act is SO extreme. It's not like he threw Mr. Turtle over the fence to be eaten by Mr. Alligator. This kid bludgeoned to death 17 animals. Bludgeoned, beat unmercifully, cruelly, over and over until d-e-a-d. He needs to be put some place "safe" from the rest of us so that he doesn't decide to bludgeon to death some playmate.

If he can be rehabilitated, fine. If not, this kid needs to be watched for a long, long time.

Sorry, I don't want my daughter hacked up just because he's only a 7 year old.

[DrJones]

Re: Oct 3 - 7-Year-Old Breaks Into Zoo, Feeds Animals to Crocodile

Wait where were the zoo officials? All the article says is "early wednesday" so I don't think it was like between midnight and 6 AM. As crazy as it may seem the zoo has to face some responsibility too.

That being said that kid is definitely serial killer material right there.

Oddly enough, I visited that reptile center in April 2007. I met Terry the croc, and probably have photos of many of the victims.

It's misleading to call it a "zoo" -- it's basically a couple rooms with snakes and small lizards/frogs/turtles with a small outdoor area that contains Terry and a few larger lizards. It didn't open until noon, I think, and there's only 1 or 2 people that work there. Alice Springs is a pretty sleepy town, mainly tourist operators who take people out to Uluru (Ayers' Rock), which is why I was there. Nobody expects this kind of thing to happen.

I hope somebody teaches that kid "The Code of Harry" before he moves onto larger subjects.

[J0nnD0ugh]

Re: Oct 3 - 7-Year-Old Breaks Into Zoo, Feeds Animals to Crocodile

I can't believe people think an adult's actions are locked in @ 7 yrs old.

[jim416]

Re: Oct 3 - 7-Year-Old Breaks Into Zoo, Feeds Animals to Crocodile

You believe the kid needs major "help"? You believe that it's possible this kid is severely disturbed? Do you believe the kid may be dangerous or a danger to others, or even himself? I don't believe people are saying he is emotionally an adult, but that he is emotionally dangerous and a possible extreme danger to others his age.

Whether it's locked in or not, I don't know. But, it could be. I'm not a shrink and actually haven't much faith in too many shrinks to solve problems other than with massive doses of drugs for the rest of his life.

[ESPNdeportes]

Re: Oct 3 - 7-Year-Old Breaks Into Zoo, Feeds Animals to Crocodile

I can't believe people think an adult's actions are locked in @ 7 yrs old.

Well, sounds like this kid has conduct disorder (http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/facts_f...nduct_disorder) in which case its more than likely he has other co-morbid conditions. It's not something that is easy to treat.

[J0nnD0ugh]

Re: Oct 3 - 7-Year-Old Breaks Into Zoo, Feeds Animals to Crocodile

The kid could be on his way to being a sociopath. If left unchecked. If he gets some help, there's enough time to straighten him out. People here sound like they want to room him next to Hannibal Lecter. Get his parents on the ball & let's try & help the kid.

[jim416]

Re: Oct 3 - 7-Year-Old Breaks Into Zoo, Feeds Animals to Crocodile

If he gets some help, there's enough time to straighten him out

Nothing guarantees he gets straightened out. In the mean time, a very short leash.

[RAZRr1275]

Re: Oct 3 - 7-Year-Old Breaks Into Zoo, Feeds Animals to Crocodile

Nothing guarantees he gets straightened out. In the mean time, a very short leash.

Nothing guarantees that he can't be straightened out either. Give him a chance.

[jim416]

Re: Oct 3 - 7-Year-Old Breaks Into Zoo, Feeds Animals to Crocodile

Nothing guarantees that he can't be straightened out either. Give him a chance.

Geez, you've already said maybe he kills one more person, maybe then we can do something.

Sorry, but I'm going to take a stand on the side of victims( I know they are animals, but they could have been other kids) every single time, and put the responsibility on the suspects to be straightened out. In this case nothing is happening to this kid because, by statue, he's too young to understand what he did. Fine, good enough, but he still did it.

Course, you said maybe just one more time and THEN....lol.

[RAZRr1275]

Re: Oct 3 - 7-Year-Old Breaks Into Zoo, Feeds Animals to Crocodile

Geez, you've already said maybe he kills one more person, maybe then we can do something.

Sorry, but I'm going to take a stand on the side of victims( I know they are animals, but they could have been other kids) every single time, and put the responsibility on the suspects to be straightened out. In this case nothing is happening to this kid because, by statue, he's too young to understand what he did. Fine, good enough, but he still did it.

Course, you said maybe just one more time and THEN....lol.

These are animals. Sure most psycos start with animals and then move on to humans but here's my reasoning

1. He's 7. He really has no idea what he did.
2. I for one would value a human life much more than an animal one.

Give him a while to straighten himself out and with one more incident then let the hammer down. But give him a while.