To be confused as to why we’re not all sociopaths?

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This thought was triggered by the other thread where a child accidentally kills a hamster but seems to show no remorse; the child is widely being labelled a sociopath on that thread.

Are we not all then sociopathic when we gleefully tuck into our lamb chops that someone has killed for us? What’s the difference really?

As I said children who are sociopaths usually have other signs like constantly breaking rules, setting fire to things and wetting the bed. All together not in isolation.

And in a child it's conduct disorder

Interesting to read on another thread's people really hate Katie Price because of the accidental death of some of her pets, due to negligence I assume. But the public don’t have the same attitude towards people who purposely kill animals (to eat them)

I think one of the more sociopathic elements is the arbritrary division of animals into either food or pet category - one is ok to kill for pleasure (eating) the other must be protected, pampered, cared for. But they’re all sentient beings, you can have a pet pig or chicken. It is quite ridiculous when you think how people love and care about an animal they know, that sits on their lap and cuddles up to them, but not one that they haven’t met yet, which would behave in exactly the same way given the opportunity.