But it seems more like a game to the kids. They show up early. They pick the best stones and they protect them because they want the best ones. They're almost giddy to be able to do this to someone yearly. They can hardly wait to be able to murder someone. But I agree that if it were a parent they would have a harder time but if you've seen the movie the daughter actually does help in the murder of her parent, though she is older than say a 5 year old doing the same thing, and basically the next day, she's mourning but they ignore the fact of HOW the parent was killed.
Re: dehumanization
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