“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: RORY SAYS CAREFUL WHEN YOU USE THE EXPRESSION “NAUGHTY PUPPY”

RORY SAYS CAREFUL WHEN YOU USE THE EXPRESSION “NAUGHTY PUPPY”

I continually hear the expression “naughty puppy” bandied about by humans. It implies malicious intent on innocent little puppies. Indeed, we can be mischievous, rambunctious, silly and even destructive but that is in our nature as puppies. There may be actus rea but rarely is there mens rea. Put another way there is the act but rarely is there any intent to do so. We lack the full mental capacity to discern between right on wrong.

I may be just reaching 5 months of age but I watch quite a bit of news whether it be local, Canadian, American or international. I see violence and brutality of the human race omnipresent yet has anyone coined the expression “naughty human?”