I knew someone would ask. And here's my answer. Keeping in mind that I'm talking about my personal feelings on the matter, I'm not stating anything as a "fact" or anything else.Originally Posted by Bobbafett
Using tongs to push down on a mouse so that it could not take a breath is like mimicking how it would have died if I had dropped him in the bin with my bp. He would have been bitten and the snake would have wrapped itself around it, constricting it, until it could not breath. Then it would suffocate to death. The mouse I killed suffocated. Same thing. I didn't have to touch the mouse, I didn't have to feel it's dying body in my hands.
Breaking its neck, on the other hand, requires that I hold it. In or out of a bag; with or without gloves on, I'm still touching it and I'm still able to feel it struggling against my grip. Then to snap its neck and "pull the head and rear in opposite directions" until I hear a snap, is a totally different story for me. That's a bit more intimate of a kill and I don't think I could do it without becoming very anxious about it. So you see for me they are very different.
I'm not saying you should agree and I'm not saying any of the above is true for everyone or that everyone sees it the same way. This is just how I feel about it.
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