I Just Don't Understand

I just watched a video of a young man (if you can call him that) holding a dog from behind by his back legs and kicking him repeatedly in the stomach and ribs, then beating him over and over again while the  dog yelped and cried out in pain throughout this horrendous torture. Finally the dog wiggled free and took off running. The person recording, those standing idly by and the horrible one who performed this heinous act are sick and twisted. There are no words to adequately describe these people. I'm embarrassed to be part of a society that so cruelly disregards life, be it human or otherwise. 

I. Just. Don't. Understand. 

This is not the first time I've watched a disturbing video and felt sick to my stomach, angry to have come across it in the first place, but unable to ignore it. The victim in this one just happened to be an innocent dog, but sadly, I've seen similar videos of humans beating up defenseless humans. I'm not talking about a UFC fight with two consenting adults bashing each other's brains in by choice. I'm talking about the McDonald's employee who decided pulverizing another woman in front of her toddler was a good idea and threatening to kick him too when he tried to defend his mother. I'm talking about the kids who take bullying to a level so awful that the bullied would rather kill themselves than endure any more torture. I'm talking about the every day ordinary average Joe who watches dogs or chickens or tigers or children fight each other - often to death - and enjoys it.

I. Just. Don't. Understand. 

There is pain and suffering and natural selection and sickness and death all over this world. It is all in God's hands.  Why do we have to go and contribute to it by adding more unnecessarily?  I'm certain that God's plan doesn't entail some asshole human beating the ever-living crapola out of a poor puppy.  God doesn't demand that we hurt or kill or destroy anyone or anything. I don't need to quote a bible verse or scripture to know that. It's natural law. Seriously.

I'm not well-versed in politics, and I am not a big fan of war, however, I see the need for military defense and I am so grateful to those who risk their lives to protect our freedoms and keep us safe...but the violence as a result of defending a country is not the same as the senseless violence of cowards who think it funny to see another innocent life suffering. 

I. Just. Don't. Understand. 

I'm not even scratching the surface of all the disturbia that exists in this world. I'm barely shedding enough light on the specific cases I've personally seen. I'm just saying I don't understand any of it. 

People, there is nothing funny about another life suffering. Period.