Onion Quick Comment| Cat Abuse Students Are "Human Flesh", Loving Animals Cannot "Fight Violence with Violence"

Recently, the network rumored that two boys in the second year of high school at the Third Middle School in Yibin City, Sichuan Province, threw a kitten into the water and filmed a video to spread, and when recording the video, the suspected participant laughed, and the kitten then ran ashore from the water. This move has aroused the attention of netizens, some critics have called the two "abuse cats", and there are also Internet rumors that the two students were "human flesh", and the personal information exposure was threatened after being under pressure.

On January 17, the media learned from Yibin No. 3 Middle School that the two boys in the video were indeed students of the school, and after the incident, the two had recognized the mistake and apologized to the public through social media. However, the two boys were still "human flesh searched" by some netizens, and were harassed and threatened. At present, the school has arranged a team of psychological counselors to intervene in psychological counseling.

Two students threw the kitten into the water and laughed when they saw the kitten in the water, which really should be criticized. However, it should also be noted that this kind of behavior is not very harmful, after all, the kitten has not been substantially harmed. What's more, before the incident, the two students also bought snacks to feed the cats, that is, the two did not deliberately hurt the kittens, and the so-called "abuse of kittens" was more like an improvised prank. Adolescent students occasionally do something "out of the ordinary" and need to be educated, not be taught.

Some netizens did not spare, conducting a "human flesh search" on the two students, threatening and insulting. Such an act of "countering violence with violence" should be more severely condemned.

At present, the Internet rioters are "happy", but these two students have encountered great pressure. According to reports, they are "unable to attend school normally at present" and their parents have taken leave to accompany students 24 hours a day to avoid other unexpected situations. The exposure of personal information on the Internet actually caused two students to suffer a "social death". The internet storm is likely to ruin the future of these two children. We must not only oppose the abuse of animals, but also the trampling on the legitimate rights and interests of others in the name of "protecting animals".

It should be pointed out that the incident that occurred in Yibin is not an isolated case. Last year, there was an incident in Dongguan where a "little girl used a door to clip a kitten". Although the child's parents apologized and compensated, the cat owner also said that he would not investigate further. However, a large number of netizens still characterized the matter as a "cat abuse incident", believing that the girl was absolutely deliberate, and continued to carry out online violence and human flesh searches.

Whether it is the incident that occurred in Yibin or the incident that occurred in Dongguan, netizens who are keen on Internet violence like to use words such as "Internet violence is not good, but who will give justice to small animals" to justify their behavior. In the eyes of the public, a person who truly loves animals should not only love animals, but also love others. In the face of animal cruelty, even if they are angry, they will maintain their sanity, rather than countering violence with violence. The shouting "protect the animal" in his mouth actually forced the two underage students to the road. Such Internet thugs, rather than loving small animals, live as they hate themselves, because their actions are contrary to the love and tolerance they preach.

According to the provisions of the Civil Code of the Mainland, natural persons enjoy the right to privacy. No organization or individual may infringe upon the privacy rights of others by means of spying, intrusion, leakage, or disclosure. In addition, the Mainland Cybersecurity Law also stipulates that if the perpetrator publishes his identity, photos, names, life details and other personal information to the public without the consent of the right holder, he is actually providing citizens' personal information to an unspecified majority, and if the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention. The posts exposing the personal information of these two students are traceable and traceable, and even if the Internet rioters only for themselves, they should be closed in time.