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I'd cut off his penis too.
A willingness torture animals is actually one of the best indicators of homicidal tendencies.
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And I've always thought it was the willingness to cut off a man's penis that is actually one of the best indicators of homicidal tendencies.
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"Some serial killers display one or more of what are known as the "MacDonald triad" of warning signs in childhood. These are:
Fire starting, invariably for the thrill of destroying things, for gaining attention, or for making the perpetrator feel more powerful.
Cruelty to animals (related to "zoosadism"). Many children may be cruel to animals, such as pulling the legs off spiders, but future serial killers often kill larger animals, like dogs and cats, and frequently for their solitary enjoyment rather than to impress peers.
Bed-wetting beyond the age when children normally grow out of such behavior."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_killer
"Psychological studies have shown that individuals who take pleasure in inflicting harm on animals are more likely to do so to humans. This should not be confused with people who simply kill or harm animals for practical purposes (such as food, lab experiment, animal husbandry). One of the known warning signs of certain psychopathologies, including anti-social personality disorder, also known as psychopathic personality disorder, is a history of torturing pets and small animals, a behavior known as zoosadism. According to the New York Times, "[t]he FBI has found that a history of cruelty to animals is one of the traits that regularly appears in its computer records of serial rapists and murderers, and the standard diagnostic and treatment manual for psychiatric and emotional disorders lists cruelty to animals a diagnostic criterion for conduct disorders. [1] "A survey of psychiatric patients who had repeatedly tortured dogs and cats found all of them had high levels of aggression toward people as well, including one patient who had murdered a young boy.""
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruelty_to_animals