just kidding:)
I am the same way, I grew up in the city where squirrels were more of an uncommon thing than the norm. Rats are destructive, as I am sure squirrels are also in larger numbers, but I would have no problem wacking a rat, even by just stepping on it, whereas a squirrel would be a harder kill...unless I planned to eat it. I am a firm believer in eating what you kill, unless there is another reason like protecting your property. Most of the squirrels here just hop around on the fences, I don't eat them, so I have no reason to kill them. If they were destroying my property, or if one of these guys that knows how to cook them came to visit, I would kill them. Killing just to kill doesn't work for me...maybe I'm a wuss too:)