Ok please explain what exactly you find wrong with my statement . Is it seriously so wrong to expect a human to have more connection to a child than a dog ? Especially when it comes to taking the life of either ? That ' s wrong to expect ? My God . Yes . It is . As I ' ve said three times now ? there is no should to feeling . Empathy and hierarchy of such is not exempt . Note if any mental health professional ever tells you you should or should not feel something , find a new one . No one is obligated to feel or not feel anything . I ' m not obligated to care about a child or a dog . The fact that I care about dogs more than children is a function of my neurotype and my own shitty childhood . Again I repeat myself You don ' t get to tell someone how they ' re supposed to feel . You don ' t get to tell someone how they ' re supposed to react to trauma . Neither of those things are okay . Again , your emotional experience does not need to be everyone else ' s . It is not realistic to expect such , nor is it okay to try to push your emotional experience onto others . You emotional experience does not dictate the reality of a situation . I ' ve already explained , multiple times , everything you have just asked for I have already provided an answer to every one of your posed questions , and I have already deconstructed and pointed out the glaring flaws in every one of your presumptuous arguments . My God . doesn ' t lend your argument any credence either . If your goal was to show your exasperation , rest assured you have already done so .