Primal Instincts

Although I do not have all the facts of the case I can safely put this story in the 'humans are fucked' box.


No jail for rape of girl, 10
Tony Koch and Padraic Murphy December 10, 2007

NINE males who pleaded guilty last month to gang-raping a 10-year-old girl at the Aurukun Aboriginal community on Cape York have escaped a prison term, with the sentencing judge saying the child victim "probably agreed" to have sex with them.

Cairns-based District Court judge Sarah Bradley ordered that the six teenage juveniles not even have a conviction recorded for the 2005 offence, and that they be placed on a 12-month probation order.

Judge Bradley sentenced three men over the age of consent of 16 - aged 17, 18 and 26 - to six months' imprisonment, with the sentence suspended for 12 months.


What is the basis for this action?
What drives men to do such a thing?

Power?
Control?
Sexual gratification?
Peer pressure?
Psychological disturbance?

All of the above?


What it tells me is that humans have a significant primal instinct that allows them to treat fellow humans with utter distain, hatred, contempt, and loathing.

I have no answer to this but to say that humans are quite clearly animals, just trying to survive on this rock.

The only thing that may put us above the animals is our ability to plan and envisage the future.

The thing that puts us below the animals is that we are one if not the only species that gets pleasures from such activity, including hunting.