Garnett
12/18/2012 4:31:00 PM
On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:36:29 -0500, Garnett <1cot@none.com> wrote:
>On 17 Dec 2012 16:20:02 -0600, "Fred E Brown" <fredebrown@nowhere.com>
>wrote:
>
>>> I'd suggest Holder and friends should begin by pointing how just how
>>> putrid -- and pointless -- hunting and killing is. Is that how
>>> civilized people get pleasure ? Go from there.
>>
>>You are erroniousley assuming the people hunt for the pure pleasure
>>of killing animals.
>
>I know they do. I hunted when I was young. And nothing gives a man
>a bigger sense of power than to look down the barrel of a rifle --
>squeeze the trigger -- and watch a squirrel tumble out of a tree --
>and to it's death. Such awesome power !
>
>"Damn ! Ain't I something !"
>
>>While some trophy hunt, most use the animals they
>>hunt for food. People in rural areas hunt deer and elk for the meat they
>>provide,
>
>I have known a lot of men who spout that lie. All of them live a
>short distance from a grocery store. And none of them are on
>welfare.
>
>>Many hunters will donate their kills to homeless shelters so
>>the meat is not wasted.
>
>Then why did they kill it ? Because they got a kick out of killing
>it.
>
>>Often hunting is necessary to thin animal populations due to the fact
>>that civilization has eleiminated natural predators.
>
>That is true. But if hunting was abolished -- we could leave animal
>control to the government. Maybe they wouldn't get the same thrill
>out of watching a deer die.
I ran across this post on another group. It reflects my feelings
about hunting, so I thought I would share it with soc.retirement.