[mjolnir]

Do you really believe I wrote that serial killers get their start by hunting?

Well, you wrote that "Killing animals for the fun of it as children, however, is often how serial killers get their practical start." So yes, I do believe you wrote that--- since you did write it. Obviously, you meant it as a joke, but without a sarcasm tag, I was helpless to comprehend it... all of which goes to show that, however much said tags dilute jokes, they do serve a purpose for lunkheads like myself. I guess to me, you sounded like Matthew Dowd, the former Bush speechwriter who wrote Dominion; my mistake.

[unspun]

Serial killers tend to get their start in part, by killing animals for the enjoyment, yes. It's a part of the psychological interview process with suspects, to ask.

This of course is very different than healthy hunting (including food, or in rare cases, for culling or protection of livestock). Killing for a mere "trophy" is somewhere in between.

It's all about what exactly one gets his "joy" from -- and that dictates what one does, and how he does it.