Canada has a lot of structural problems in the legislative, judicial and executive branches of government which (over time) have lead to a revolving door penal system ...

Nobody really has cows or pigs as pets; also, they aren't nearly as cute as cats.  People generally value life on how close they are to humans, so cute pets like cats/dogs are pretty much top tier (only humans being higher).  IMO, the order goes something like this:

Humans > Pets > Other animals > Insects/Plants

Being cute / good adds bonus points, while being ugly / bad takes away.  For instance, compare criminals to normal people, or scorpions to say, hamsters.  The more we can relate to the lifeform, the more attached we are.  I think many people are capable of torturing insects, for example.  We're also always glad to kill huge aliens that look like insects in the movies.  That's just my observation, anyway.

These microwave killing stories always make me wonder what exactly a microwave would do to something living.  Would it be anything like that frying scene in Total Recall?  (ok, bad joke)

@Slimeattack: I imagine it's a ban on video games, since it's an interactive media.  While movies and other things can be violent, they don't put you in control of actually committing the violence.

As far as I know, microwaves make the water molecules in anything bounce around, which causes the object to heat up. I'm not exactly sure what it would look like having that happen to an animal, but I've seen hotdogs turn out pretty strange. =P

More or less (actually not much , should be a higher penalty) reasonable.

Who the hell would allow killing animals like that.

You're right, killing little kittens for not recieving nude pics is more reasonable.

I wish those bitched BURN INHELL and get fucking ass raped when they get older !!!!

WAit I agree with Fazz:
I hope they get raped, they get their limbs cut off, their skin peeled off, their eyes pulled out and their ears burned up... after seeing all of their loved ones suffer the same.

fckn sad.............

shocked to hear this coming from a teenager....hope they learnt from their mistakes

@ wfz, microwaves work by vibrating water molecules, by giving them energy, and so heating up the water in food, so basically it's not pleasant.

Frankly though, I think the authorities overreacted, no one would give a damn if it was a chicken. I mean we do it to battery farmed ones that have had their necks broken, heads chopped off, feet chopped off and skinned anyway. How is this so much worse?

How'd the authorities find out anyway?

Plus, how was this incident related to violent videogames?

What does a sick couple of bastards microwaving a cat have to do with playing violent video games?

wtf is wrong with people...