RE: Hunting: My Collage for LMAC #194

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RE: Hunting: My Collage for LMAC #194

agmoore in Let's Make a Collage • last year

Oh please! I grew up in a community where every self-respecting farmer had several deer heads mounted. I know all the rationalizations. Your explanation of the 'joy' of hunting reminds me of what a serial killer might say. You have to get up close and appreciate that you are taking a life.

Native hunters truly did hunt for meat. They had to. They didn't make sport of it. They weren't bored. It was life for them, life they shared with the animals they killed.

To get pleasure out of killing, out of seeing something expire...that is a distortion of compassion. It must always cost us to kill. Killing even on a micro level makes killing acceptable.

I've no desire to listen to your hunter. I've heard it all.

Healthcare workers (the good ones) burn out because of the suffering they witness. When you are able to watch suffering, and you don't suffer, you have crossed a threshold that brings you further from compassion.

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litguru last year

Your explanation of the 'joy' of hunting reminds me of what a serial killer might say.

Please do not mischaracterize my words. I did not use the phrase 'joy of hunting' anywhere in my post, and then to call me a serial killer too boot is ridiculous.

Native hunters truly did hunt for meat. They had to. They didn't make sport of it.

You are mistaken on this. Native Americans also hunted for recreation. It was an important aspect of their culture, and like most cultures, they integrate 'the joy of hunting' into their social activites.

I've no desire to listen to your hunter. I've heard it all.

I see. Good to see that you have a well rounded understanding of this complex topic.

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agmoore last year

I never meant to suggest that you find joy in hunting. But hunters do.

A hunter gets up close and personal with the source of the meat.

O yes, they do. And they don't mind at all. They enjoy the outdoors. They enjoy the camouflage. They enjoy the guns. They enjoy the culture.

It's not that I'm closed minded. This issue is not new to me. You can't imagine how much I've read, how many videos I've watched. How many news casts I've listened to.

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litguru last year

This issue is not new to me.

It sounds like you're very passionate about the issue and have done in-depth research that has led to your current viewpoint. So, I can see where you're coming from.

Personally, I'm opposed to some forms of hunting practices but not others. At the end of the day, as you said, we're all hunters if we eat meat. How close we want to be to the final act and procedure is another matter. My grandmother used to raise chickens. I once saw her wring a chicken by the neck and throw it in boiling water to cook. I had the pleasure of defeathering the bird and realized at that moment that I wanted no part of the process. I do think others should have the right, within reason, to get up close to their game, as long they follow the proper laws.

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agmoore last year

Kind of like religion and politics--issue that people feel passionate about cannot be discussed dispassionately, I guess.

I always value your input, but you're right (my landlord used to chop their heads off, but I never had to defeather😕)

Hope you are having a peaceful day now that we have put this topic aside😆😇

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