Torturing an animal or a human is unforgivable.
I don't care how much this girl changed, giving antifreeze to that cow was unforgivable and sickening. What drives a person to hurt something innocent?
shareNothing is unforgivable if the offender is truly repentant.
The whole film boils down to Dulcie rebelling against being taken from the farm as a child. She might have thought she wanted the city when she was a kid "stuck on the farm" but leaving it (and her father) left a hole that she could not fill in the city.
I think the scene at the farm was meant to show that at some level the oldest cow remembered her, Dulcie was hurt by that (making her face what she had missed) and lashed out to make those around her hurt the way she did.
You can see the guilt and pain on Dulcie's face when they try to take the cow to slaughter, and again later when the cow—now distrustful of Dulcie—will not come off the road and is killed by the SUV.
Is torturing an animal ever appropriate, no; is forgiving a teenager for an act of stupidity (even cruelty) possible, yes.
However understandable her reasons, the abuse is not acceptable. I cringed during that scene. It bothered me quite a bit, and is not excusable.
^This.
As evil as things like this may be, people who "refuse" to forgive people who truly regret what they did are immature and selfish.
Windmill, please do not act like you!
I was only able to watch approximately the 1st hour, which included Dulcie giving the cow that startled her in the barn a drink of normal, every-day sweet-tasting antifreeze that made it sick thereby convincing Steve/Stephen to transport it to the rendering plant in an attempt to recoup some of the money that he spent feeding and caring for it before it died and thereafter would not provide any monetary gain.
What other scenes were there depicting animal abuse (since I didn't see the entire film)?
How were they different than the normal goings-on on a (working) farm (as staffed by those persons fulfilling one of the most dangerous occupations in the world)?
[If farmers abuse their livestock and/or crops, then that directly affects their income negatively. IMHO, I don't see how a profitable farmer could do that as SOP. Farming is first and foremost a business (period).]
Just wondering.
You are an idiot!!!
shareYou must be very young, because you are speaking psycho babel. For the last three decades social engineers have taught children to "relate" and "accept other peoples differences" to the point that there are no honest feelings anymore. Forgiveness is not a thing given because someone mouths regret for their actions. Children are the only ones who believe that forgiveness is so easy to get.
Torturing an animal is unforgivable. Making amends requires more than lip service. To really show regret she should have taken care of the cow and tried to remedy the damage. She did not do that. No one is "entitled " to forgiveness just by asking for it.
And your a stupid moron. why is it selfish, or immature, you idiot. If it is anything, it would not be these two traits. I can refuse to forgive anything I see as unforgivable. That does not make me either selfish or immature. It makes me human.
shareAnd your a stupid moron. why is it selfish, or immature, you idiot. If it is anything, it would not be these two traits. I can refuse to forgive anything I see as unforgivable. That does not make me either selfish or immature. It makes me human.
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