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Originally Posted by m21sniper
I was waiting for the first tree-hugging bambiist to post...
You are aware grizzly bears are known to feed on humans right? Survival of the fittest. Jeff was fitter than the bear.
Hey Bill, i laughed when Bambi's mommy got shot.  |
I gotta' disagree with you on this one.
Humans are known to feed on each other too - should we go around indiscriminately killing everyone just because they *might* end up being the one who's a Jeffery Dahmer?
I abhor hunting. Truly a disgusting pastime. And FWIW I'm completely unimpressed. Want to impress me? Go take the bear armed with exactly what the bear has - what it was born with. Then I'll agree with you that it's a "sport".
There is absolutely NO need to be going around slaughtering animals for no reason other than to go back home and brag to one's buddies (or online) about how "tough" one was because they happened to look through a scope and pull a trigger from long range - particularly when it's against defenseless animals like deer or elk.
Have I mentioned how utterly despicable this "sport" is?
I have no use for it - or those that participate in it, other than perhaps they give some justification for what's left of our Second Amendment to the politicians and unwashed masses who can't comprehend the intentions of the founding fathers when they provided us that right. To that end I suppose there might be SOME merit to it in this day and age, but it is still is a reprehensible behavior.
Note: If one is living in the remote wilds of Alaska, or the Amazon, or the Outback or somewhere like that hundreds of miles from habitation and NEEDS to hunt to survive, then fine. That ain't the case here. This is "sport" hunting at its most vile.
You're aware the Grizzly Bear is (among other things) the state animal of California and prominently featured on the state flag? They were all hunted to extinction in this state in the 1800s. Yep. Real fair fight there, huh? The bears must've really had an "even" chance huh? I really question the nature of someone that would just indiscriminately kill animals for no reason other than to brag about it. It's one very, very small step away from people who like to kill/torture animals for pleasure and that's one very, very small step away from those who end up becoming violent criminals or psychopaths. Why put onesself in that situation?
Sorry snipe (and others here) - I normally agree with you guys on a lot of things/issues, but this is one where I passionately disagree. I find this notion of just killing for the hell of it to be extremely unethical, in bad taste, despicable and the height of needless bravado. Can't some of you guys put your time/energy into something PRODUCTIVE? How about some legitimate conservation efforts? That'd be a good start... Something that actually BENEFITS our planet.