On Fri, 20 Apr 2018 14:15:19 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>I eat lots less of meat lately but I'm still ok with someone else
>doing all the dirty work. Your reason is why I quit hunting very
>young. It was fun to go out early, be in the woods or field to
>hunt but each time I actually killed an animal, it became serious
>and not so cool at all. I was hunting for sport, not survival and
>how dare I end a life...some cool creature that was just out
>minding its own business and having breakfast.
>
>One thing to buy a piece of meat in the grocery store. Another
>whole story to actually kill one, gut, skin it, etc. I don't
>condemn hunting...it just wasn't for me. So I quit and sold my
>gun.
>
>Live and learn.
>
>I occasionally see hunting shows now. Probably just a
>"politically correct thing" while the cameras are rolling but
>most times the hunter kills an animal, then walks up to it's dead
>body, and kneels down and says something like, "Oh Mr.Bear, Thank
>you so much for your sacrific. I do so much honor you and have
>great respect for you." Sometimes even ends with a tear or so and
>some sniffs.
>
>Me: Kiss my ass. If you respected and honored the bear, you
>wouldn't have shot it. Now you're all happy and bragging about
>your great kill, meanwhile that bear is dead.....DEAD! Humans
>suck, imo. The world needs to get rid of all of us. We do seem to
>cause all the problems.
>
>Pan to stuffed bear or just it's head mounted on the den wall.
>Great trophy?

A guy on Australian TV killed his pig. Then he invited his friends to
come and eat the pig, drink and have a party. He called it
"Celebrating the pig's life". The dead pig's life. The pig that he
just killed. Lol. People suck. I prefer animals.