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So, let me see if I understand this. Night Soiled grew up on a farm surrounded by livestock (which he apparently delighted in slaughtering,) but never came into contact with animal excrement? Now his children encounter a small pile of (most likely Racoon) feces in his yard and his first thought is to kill somebody's pet? He's a violent loon who grew up surrounded by cruelty and now he needs his fix. But many people think of their pets as children. I think those people are idiots if they also let those pets roam around when violent crackers like Night Soiled are living among us, but does Night Soiled really want to deal with the consequences of killing a beloved member of somebody's family? Forget the yard...his kid wouldn't be able to safely leave the house, and Night Soiled himself would probably be in jail for felony animal abuse.
What do you think is worse for the kid involved here--that he steps in excrement until he has the sense to stay out of it or that he sees his father having a stroke over this problem and killing an animal?
The appropriate response to a violent person asking for permission to illegally kill an animal is as follows--"No, you cannot ethically kill this animal. And if you can't abide by the laws and customs of our society, you should remove yourself from it".
