President Trump has recently drawn some flak for calling the criminal gang known as MS-13 "animals". While some believe that referring to humans as "animals" is never justified, and others argue that the term is justified when done in response to behavior, as explained by Dennis Prager in National Review, I think that the real unfairness is toward literal animals. This is because animals kill to feed themselves, or to defend themselves, their offspring, their pack, or their territory. In other words, animals kill out of necessity, in order to survive. On the other hand, criminals have no such need. They kill out of malice, greed, or some other vice from the dark side of our nature, things that have nothing to do with survival. Sometimes, the murder can be downright sadistic. In a sense, the actions of human criminals are worse than those of animals because humans choose to commit violence, without any need to do so. So let's all stop being unfair to animals.
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In other items:
From Voice Of Europe, violence in schools in Vienna increase twelvefold in three years. (If you read German, read the story at Kronen Zeitung.)
From Deutsche Welle, the German interior minister is coming under pressure for his handling of "massive irregularities" in asylum case processing.
From Breitbart London, a German court refuses a request to have former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont rearrested.
From Flanders News, Israel summons three ambassadors to explain their country's votes at the UNHRC.
From Sputnik International, according to British Defense Minister Gavin Williamson, Brexit will make NATO "even more important".
From Radio Poland, Poland's ruling Law and Justice Party is polling better their rivals. (via Voice Of Europe)
From the NL Times, an Apache helicopter pilot will receive the highest honor within the Dutch military.
From the Express, European economists are "furious" over economic reforms proposed by French President Macron and E.U. leader Juncker.
From the Gateway Pundit, some good new on the Trump economy that the MSM won't tell you. (One item needs to be put into perspective. This April, the federal government had its largest-ever monthly surplus. This has to be at least partly due to the tendency of people owing federal taxes to file their returns in April.)
From Russia Today, in a city where carrying a knife is illegal, four men are stabbed in five days.
From Euractiv, Turkish President Erdoğan holds an election rally - in Bosnia.
From International Organization For Migration, the latest numbers in seaborne migrant arrivals and deaths.
From BBC News, a Labour Party constituency boss is suspended for Tweets about ISIS and a female politician.
From the Evening Telegraph, a man in Dundee, Scotland convicted of assault will not be punished until after the end of Ramadan.
From Dawn, Nigerian girls refuse to attend school for fear of being kidnapped by Boko Haram.
From RS-News, mosques in China are required to fly the Chinese flag.
From American Thinker, "jihad via the ballot box".
From FrontpageMag, a former child bride defends herself against jihad denial.
From Townhall, the GOP takes the lead in the Reuters generic ballot poll.
From the Boston Globe, some of Trump's Tweets are written by staffers, who deliberately use bad grammar. (via the New York Post)
From Politico, former President Jimmy Carter thinks that his current successor could deserve a Nobel Peace Prize. (via the New York Post)
From the New York Post, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says that the main responsibility for school safely lies with state and local governments.
From ABC4 News, let them eat (censored) cake. (via Fox News)
And from the Babylon Bee, Democrats warn that defunding Planned Parenthood could lead to a huge drop in campaign donations.
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