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exactly. I was watching the making of Halloween and Debra Hill was talking about how she hated to see Micheal Myers kill the dog. Who cares about the teens, but the dog, not the dog.
I find this to be a rather perverse form of sentimentalism. That animal life (well cute animal life, that is - watch how we treat a roach or a rat) is somehow more precious than a humans life.
My mantra when writing is "kill the kid, kill the dog"
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"Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies."
Earl of Chesterfield
"A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well."
Francis Bacon
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