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That's straight from the TV trope book, this is how movies/shows portray Evil Organization training ruthless spy assassins (except usually it's a dog, and they have to kill it themselves).

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swiftcoder 2 days ago | parent [-]

Most tropes have some basis in reality. I've met a few farm-owning parents who view any kind of sentimentality towards animals as counterproductive.

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TeMPOraL 2 days ago | parent [-]

But that's normal - emotionally boding with a farm animal you intend to slaughter and eat is indeed counterproductive.

The trope is about something different - it's about intentionally making a subject bond with an animal over long time, as with a close friend, and then finally making them kill the animal as a final test of loyalty.

Doing that in real life, and for no good reason, is just sick.

	▲	0x457 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		It is, those people think this practice will speed up process of that bond being understood as counterproductive.