I'm glad I didn't bother you enough where you decided not to respond, I love a response!
So, I'd have to disagree with you when you say "they deserved to die"... not to make what happened to you in HS sound invalid, or rather, your feelings towards it as invalid... but I'm really more the type of person who rejects all morals -because I don't see them as being based on any sort of fact/evidence. I am not religious because of this very same idea. I'm just leaning towards what your saying as being sort of a moral interpretation of your situation.
Though, I am glad to read that you would likely not consider killing what you see to be as an innocent/kind-hearted person...
And it is evident that you are not devoid of all empathy, especially because of the affection you feel towards animals, as you mentioned earlier. I'm assuming this has a lot to do with your negative experience in HS and you have somehow applied that to life in general... which makes perfect sense because it was part of your learning process for life, which is what HS really is for most people (it was for me -and I had many horrible experiences is HS as well- I just came to a different conclusion than yourself, which I find interesting).
Anyway, again I hope you don't get angry with me, I am really just genuinely interested in reading the feelings/opinions on a subject from another person that I seem to feel quite differently about. :]]