Friday, April 08, 2005

Hunters Can Get Mad Cow from Game

And that's a bad thing?
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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Maybe THAT'S what's wrong with the NRA!

11:51 PM
Anonymous said...

Really now Mac. While I detest factory farming, I see nothing wrong with someone hunting their own meat. Most hunters I've known have a much deeper appreciation of and gratitude for nature's bounty than the average healthfood store zombie. As for the "ethics" of not eating flesh, you might want to consider what this gentleman has to say.

I think we've been here before but I'll say it again: veganism is not healthy as a long-term diet. Humans are biologically omnivorous and require certain nutrients from flesh foods. Plant-based "approximates" of these essential nutrients are poorly utilized and do not function as effective substitutes. A lot of good information can be found here.

And speaking of veganism...

Q. How many vegans does it take to change a light bulb?

A. Four. One on whom they can fob off the unavoidable task while the other three anguish over how many animals were killed by the habitat destruction necessary to extract the minerals required to manufacture the bulb.

:oD :oD

10:16 AM
Anonymous said...

It's certainly a bad thing for hunters, but I suppose that it's a mixed blessing for the deer. Personally I prefer pork though. It's cheaper, and the fat can easily be cut away, unlike beef where it's apparently spread out among the muscle fibers.

11:14 AM
Mac said...

"Most hunters I've known have a much deeper appreciation of and gratitude for nature's bounty than the average healthfood store zombie."

You're probably right in many cases. But I still can't wrap my mind around the concept of celebrating one's love of nature by dressing up in mock-combat gear and blowing animals away. I suspect there's something rather sick there.

I love the outdoors, but I'd much rather take a walk.

3:26 PM
Anonymous said...

I do tend to think that so-called "sport" or "trophy" hunting is rather twisted, but I fail to see why hunting for sustenance, something humans (and most other life forms, at least on this planet) have done for millennia is somehow "abnormal", just because we've managed to develop more efficient tools for the task.

As for it being somehow "immoral", just because we've the ability to create such a concept, I'd have to say that I find it no less immoral to voluntarily adopt a lifestyle that jeopardizes one's long-term health, or worse yet, to enforce such a lifestyle upon one's offspring.

But hey, that's just me... *shrug*

6:31 PM
Anonymous said...

Mac -- Some of it truly IS sick. I've read stories about people who run game preserves, charge hunters a fee, take them out with guides, and guarantee that they'll come back with a deer or elk or whatever. Apparently, the hunting skills involved in acquiring such a "trophy" are pretty minimal. Personally, I grew up in a hunter/fisherman culture (nailed a few bunny rabbits myself) but was glad to outgrow it.

7:06 PM

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