We'z da Orkz, an' we killz everyfing. But what about punny lil' defensless gits? Dey even worf da time? Not as killy as da oldah ones, dem lil' grots. ----- In any case, being an Ork we love good fights, but what do we do when we approach someone who isn't capable of fighting or are youthful? What is it? Death? Slavery? Ejukate me.
Ask yourself this, is it Orky? If the answer is no. Fight it. Orks have no need for other races, their entire purpose is fighting and winning, everything else is irrelevant.
I can see Orks killing children. They might enjoy watching them die as Orks are cruel creatures. They are not nice guys. They might kill them just as easily as eat them or set them free to hunt later. What they do to their captives (children or not) will vary depending on what the Orks feel like, but I guarantee it would never be a pleasant experience for the captives.
I suppose I never thought of Orks as "sadistic" I always thought that was a Chaos or Dark Eldar thing. I was under the impression that Orks just like good fights, and if good fights aren't presented to them they either krump it and move on or just outright ignore it. I mean, not that I think Orks are nice, but I never thought of them as evil in the sense of cruelty. I just thought they got off to explosions and dakka.
If that is the case because Orks are so much stronger and better than everyone else no one is worth fighting as well all know Orks are the best and the Orks have never lost a fight because if they die it doesn't count. Orks were created for the sole purpose of waging war and it doesn't matter who they're fighting so long as they are. I could be wrong on some Ork stuff as I've never really had much of an interest other than knowing the odd bits.
Hard to break it to you walking, talking, killing, mushroom... thing... Your kind kills children for the fun of their slow screams bugging for a quick death. that's after you start smashing their bones under your mushroom foot... so your mushroom brothers are... not the most... kindest of races to young ones... You wonder why the Imperium does not like orks... that's one of them... and now for my swag...
I just read a thread where a man realized his favourite faction kills children. It's a little heartbreaking. And then I watched a space marine fanboy go on about it, without the introspection that space marines abduct children, perform physiological abuse layered with psychological trauma, and then induct them in to a war where they will probably kill children for not belonging to a creed of blind faith that the founder didn't even want.