Logic means penning War and Peace to provide justifications for people who do bad things? Got it.

I am definitely serious (kind of). "Far-fetched" is exactly what this plan was. There is a picture of this plan next to "far-fetched" in the dictionary.

I... have never seen Pretty Little Liars. But your mother sounds like she's got a good head on her shoulders.

To be fair, in absence of other evidence I'm going to assume it WAS an offhand comment/something to kill the time at recess. As you implied, if it comes to light that they were stockpiling hand sanitizer, I would revise my opinion, but as it stands this just seems like a weird kid revenge fantasy. Which the parents…

My understanding is that the surrender fee only applies if you admit the animal is yours.

I joke but in all seriousness, this is not just the most disturbing part of this story, it's the only disturbing part. Kids plot and plan and have weird little fantasies, some of which are violent because kids are violent and have no consciences. I was as shocked as anyone by the Slenderman stabbings last year, but…

Uh, no, friend, the most disturbing thing about this story is that by 4th grade, none of these kids had ever learned a lesson that "two can keep a secret, if one of them is dead."

A 5-second google search shows me there's an RSPCA rehoming center in Ayr, where she got the dog. At the very least, she could have called them.

Haha, I once had a Metrorail employee in DC tell me to "Call Metro" when I went to inform him that there was a car running with no air-conditioning in the blistering DC heat. I was like, you're wearing a uniform that matches the building you work in! As far as I'm concerned, you ARE Metro!

Gotcha.

Transsexual and heterosexual aren't equivalent in that sense. Being trans has nothing to do with sexuality.

Funny, I thought it had something to do with establishing guilt or innocence.

I, for one, will absolutely never forget this. If this is the way they want to do it, fine. I hope they choke.

It's not a cute smile. Too much gum. Personal pet peeve. Would not bang.

Can someone explain the appeal of Jeremy Renner? As far as I can see, he has a face like a potato and constantly looks like he might be wearing eyeliner, but it is never as attractive as the emo-band lead singers of my youth.

A 5-second Google search tells me there's a RSPCA rehoming center in Ayr, where she acquired the dog. Even if she didn't know where it was/couldn't get there, she could at least have called them.

To be fair, though, a painless death is still a lot better than the gamble of leaving a dog to be picked up - the cars, the cold, the hunger, and the wildlife can lead to a nastier more prolonged end than putting an animal to sleep.

And what about all the people she left this strange unknown dog around? What if he had fear-bit someone? What if he was vicious? She just put all those people in danger when she could have surrendered him without explanation at an RSPCA shelter.

A part of the problem I haven't seen discussed yet is - she left it in a fairly busy station! What if the dog was vicious, which is not too terribly hard to imagine given what we know of its recent treatment? What if it panicked and fear-bit someone? The lady didn't know the dog, it could have been dangerous as Shar…

I was about to say, Good luck, kid! The minute you stop looking exactly as cute as your 1st grade photo, it's the train station for you! Hope everything you need fits in a suitcase!