Post by Hen HannaPost by Athel Cornish-BowdenPost by Hen Hannahttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5909315/Kentucky-hunter-posts-photos-black-giraffe-killed-South-Africa.html
Giraffe
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/07/02/14/4DD7EF0E00000578-5909315-image-m-6_1530538765532.jpg
Kangaroo
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DfR1wzFUwAEP2h_.jpg
Post by Hen HannaPost by Athel Cornish-BowdenPost by Hen HannaKilling of Giraffe, Kangaroo (etc.) for fun -- is this all
completely legal?
And your point about English usage is ...?
A question all too often and too clearly justified around here.
Advanced math, anyone? Not that I'm complaining. Wanna hear something
about dogs?
Post by Hen HannaPost by Athel Cornish-Bowden(Don't bother to answer: if there is a point, you'll hide it as
usual behind weird formatting, horrible abbreviations and strange
punctuation, so no one will want to read it.)
Post by Hen HannaThese hunters take souvenir photos and then leave the corpses? --
If so, poachers seem more ethical in comparison.
Do these hunters object to Korean/Chinese eating of dogs, cats ?
That is worse. They are captives, and dogs are our shirt-tail kin.
Post by Hen HannaPost by Athel Cornish-BowdenAnd your point about English usage is ...?
That a mind obsessed with anomalies in formatting, punctuation... can
see phantom anomalies?
1. Compared to killing of Giraffe, Kangaroo (etc.) for fun,
I think there may be a good deal of that for some people. I usually
avoid physical violence because it never makes me feel good. I spend
hours of guilty self-doubt afterwards, wondering why I couldn't have
handled the problem better.
One time, though, a friend showed up at my apartment, drunk, I supposed,
and began a long confused tirade about some grievance he thought he had.
I put up with it for a while, and then told him to go home and sleep.
After that, he stood over me and shook his fist while he ranted. In the
end, I took him by the arm and began to escort him out, and he thought
we were going to wrestle. He was right, of course, but he didn't fight
fair (drunk) and soon began trying to gouge my eyes out. That was
enough, so I did something short, sharp, and painful to him and he left.
What I found interesting was that, that time, I felt great. A wave of
peace and contentment spread through my body and persisted for hours.
Maybe hunters get something like that; it may justify the killing to
them, although it doesn't to me.
I should add that my friend, an excellent fellow when sober, apologised
afterwards and could no longer remember his grievance. Luckily, he's
not a big drinker.
Post by Hen Hannaany objections to fox-hunting must be minor, microscopic.
Nonsense. Shooting a big animal with a powerful weapon is quite
merciful if properly done; the properly-hunted fox is chased until it is
exhausted, and then torn to pieces while alive.
Post by Hen Hanna2. If these hunters eat much of what they kill, they'd be much more
ethical and "respectful of life".
I have a feeling the meat doesn't go to waste. But it's a thought.
Maybe careless drivers who kill should be forced to eat their victims.
And how about you, hen, or may I call you Harrison? A carnivore, are
you? How respectful of life do you become when some bored and underpaid
manual labourer does your killing for you?
