Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site talcott.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amdcad!decwrl!decvax!genrad!wjh12!talcott!gjk From: gjk@talcott.UUCP (Greg J Kuperberg) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Re: Flame Broiled Veal Message-ID: <140@talcott.UUCP> Date: Thu, 29-Nov-84 13:22:25 EST Article-I.D.: talcott.140 Posted: Thu Nov 29 13:22:25 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 2-Dec-84 03:43:19 EST References: <139@gcc-opus.ARPA> <878@ihuxx.UUCP> <168@harvard.ARPA> Organization: Harvard Lines: 26 > Last Sunday I was driving back to Boston, and coming up the Garden State > Parkway through New Jersey and New York, I saw a group of 3 cars coming > back from a hunting trip. Now I eat meat, and it doesn't offend me to > think of people hunting for food, but these men were obviously not > starving to death, so I assume they were hunting for sport. Between > them they had a total of 6 bucks and 2 bears tied onto their cars. With > dead, open eyes staring at me. I have not been as offended as I was > then in a long time. First of all, I was disgusted with these men, > looking so smug and proud of themselves for killing eight wild animals. > Very macho. I was not impressed. Second of all, why should I have to > look at these dead animals, tied onto the trunk of someone's car? At > the very least they could have covered them. But WHY DID THEY KILL THEM > IN THE FIRST PLACE? ... > Marie desJardins > marie@harvard The way I see it, since deer are overpopulated, it doesn't hurt me or you if the hunters take out a few. I mean, it might not be a nice thing to do, but it's *their* business, not mine. Just because I wouldn't do such a thing myself, it doesn't mean that they shouldn't be allowed to. --- Greg Kuperberg harvard!talcott!gjk "Eureka!" -Archimedes