This actually happened

http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/12/1382073.aspx

We are 3 months away from the year 2009. This isn't the plot of some emmy nominated movie, not yet at least anyway, this actually happened to 3 real teenage girls by their "families". This isn't some isolated incident perpetrated by some sicko, this was not only condoned by the community but it seems whatever "government" they have actually played a role in aiding it. The worst part is it's not even front page news. Could you imagine a dog killing it's own offspring because it associated with a dog of another breed? If you can't that makes two of us, because it would never happen. Substitute dog for any other "animal" and the result would be no different. Just having a brain capable of higher level thinking and opposable thumbs does not necessarily mean that you are an evolved, intelligent organism at the top of the food chain, superior to animals. It does not mean that you are human like you or I, at least i hope it doesn't. Can you imagine if we all were judged by the acts of all others that are considered to be like us? How can shit like this be defended.