The crushing truth about Internet freedom

While cruelty to animals has been a longstanding feature of man's dominion over nature, "snuff bunny videos" are a relatively new cultural phenomenon, thanks to the Internet. Since you probably haven't seen one, I will briefly describe what happens. A number of skimpily dressed young women in stiletto heels stand around in a barely furnished apartment. In one corner is a cage with dwarf or baby rabbits.

One woman pulls out a bunny, fondles it, puts it in the pocket of her mini dress and sashays around the room, encouraged by her friends. She then places it on a table, lays a thick plate glass on top, sits on it and bounces a bit until there is a crack, signaling the animal has been crushed to death.

Variants of what are technically called "crush films" (who knew?) include impaling the rabbits with stiletto heels and grinding them into the floor. The young Chinese women in the videos I've seen speak simple English, such as "hello", "how cute!" and "it's dead!" because the videos are predominantly for a foreign audience.