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Originally posted by pretermitted_child
Well, as a 5th-grader, I would not have been grossed out by a cat dissection.
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I became hysterical and fainted when my 7th grade science teacher put a mouse to sleep under glass (he revived it, of course). Had it been a human it would not have bothered me -- anything involving animals that is not simply loving and respecting them is my weakness.
In his spare time my father was chief of the local volunteer fire department so by the time I was 10 I had been to many fires, car accidents, etc. that involved some pretty graphic moments simply because I was in the car with him when the call went out. The only semi-disturbing moment I had was when I had to clean some "stuff" off of the dress uniform a young firefighter died in on his way to a parade (my dad's department paraded at fairs for cash prizes to help raise money to support the department) ... his mother wanted him buried the next day and there was no time for dry cleaning. He was only a few years older than me and we had grown up together -- it was hard to do.
Back before I hit the corporate world I was invovled in some wrongful death cases (okay, I will admit that the young kid bothered me) and worked for a judge when we had some capital murder cases.....I have seen many photos and at least one autopsy. The pain and suffering of animals still bothers me more because they are just naturally innocent and most people are not.
