[lit-ideas] Re: Election Protection
- From: Andy Amago <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 15:29:27 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Election Protection
In a message dated 10/17/2004 8:05:48 AM Central Daylight Time,
aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
How people can shoot animals I will never know.
Hi,
Well, here in my town, I'm planning on taking a hunter safety education
class with Ben as soon as we find one.
I think it is that he might have to live in the wild someday. Well, that
is, if Bush is re-elected. If not, maybe his plane will crash someday or
he'll
be in another disaster.
A.A. Marlena, I hope you are not serious here. Certainly not much for the kid
to be optimistic about if you are serious.
Marlena: We also like venison--and there is an overload of deer in Missouri.
It's
awful. Even in suburbia we have deer running around in the evenings--and
going
from my home to one of the main streets, we've almost hit several through
the years.
A.A. There is an overload of people in the world too. Why not shoot them?
Marlena: I really don't know how Ben will do with the prospect--mostly he is
okay with learning to shoot for the 'target practice' concept.
A.A. The cigarette companies recruit kids while they're young to get lifelong
customers. The NRA recruits women knowing they will pass on their love of guns
to their children.
Marlena: I don't think I could kill just to kill--but to eat? Yes.
A.A. Eating low on the food chain takes something like one tenth the reserves
of the world compared to eating at the top rung of the food chain. Ironically,
animals are the least nutritious food around, especially stock animals. It's
almost like the animals' get the last laugh, by letting humans deal with a
variety of cancers and atherosclerotic diseases, and now mad cow disease.
Hunting deer for a "healthy alternative" still leaves a very concentrated
source of protein that stresses the kidneys. Excess wear and tear on the
kidneys is not a healthful alternative.
Marlena: Though I never
have...and don't know that either of us actually *will*. But, some of our
friends own some property down by the Lake of the Ozarks and are planning on
taking Ben with their son in the Springs so that the next hunting season
(2005)
Ben could go hunting with them. I don't really know if Ben will be able to
deal with it or not. I don't know if I could But, I think we need to
prepared for the odd events in our lives...
A.A. Young minds need to imprint experiences of security and joy. There's no
reason why an adult can't learn to hunt if they want to or feel the need to.
And certainly learning to hunt to deal with potential disaster is mind bending.
It says the world is not a secure place, prepare for the worst. If everyone
were a survivalist, would it be a world worth surviving in?
Andy Amago
Wondering who hunts on our list (animals, I mean...)
Marlena in Missouri
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