little bitty girl

Something happened on the weekend and I just cannot get it out of my head so I thought I would empty my spleen here.

I was walking from the market when I happened to chance upon a family hanging out. I was alerted to their presence by the high pitched giggling of their pre-teen daughter. I looked over when I realized the son who looked to be about nine, had picked up a huge ice rock that was slightly bigger than a baseball. He took quick aim and threw it as hard as he could on the back of a nearby pigeon.

A loud "thud!" was heard while the pigeon squawked and awkwardly tried to fly away. It finally managed to fly after a couple minutes much to the delighted squeals of the two kids while the mother looked benignly on and the father was obviously bored by it all.

"How could you?!" I said pointedly at the parents.

The mother looked back rudely and said, "Mind your own business! He's just being a little boy..."

"No," I flashed back. "He's learning to be an asshole."

Then the father stepped in and told me not to swear around his kids and just wait until I had my own kids. It probably wasn't the best reaction but I was so angry. I cannot believe that those parents would let their kid do something so inanely cruel just for a few laughs. I know that people think pigeons are pests but it's still a living thing.

My parents would have been livid if that were me. I would have gotten such a sore behind when I got home. And I am not saying that they should have hit him, but to just stand there and allow him to act in such a way is just ridiculous.

That's truly how assholes in the world are created.