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Zrossk, I wasn't asking for a flame war, nor would I want this thread or any other thread shut down. I simply was informing browsers the intent of this thread so that they could choose to read it, or not.
If anyone wants to know why I post something, just ask me
I am easy to get along with.
Even though Ellie May Clampett and Paris Hilton would likely not get along well together, I can talk to both equally comfortably.
Somebody said that it is not natural for someone to kill animals. I can understand that thinking. I don't agree with it, but I understand it. I am a neanderthal I guess. I eat meat and fish. That meat and fish were living creatures at one time. When I catch a fish, I do it with a line, a hook and bait. I like the way the American Indian respected his catch. I in turn kiss my fish when I catch them and usually turn them loose thanking them for allowing me the pleasure of catching them. By the same token, I don't particularly relish killing a chicken, but that is what they were raised for..... at my place. I thank them for letting me enjoy their presence in the short time they have been there. I hunt rabbit, squirrel and deer as well. I am a hunter gatherer.
As a society, we have no problem taking the lives of innocent babies before birth, we have no problem killing those who break our laws. Do I necessarily believe in those tenets for myself personally? Does it matter? We live in America, a country designed with civil liberties for all, that society shall not infringe upon the individual freedoms we hold dear.
I guess I am rambling.....
Anyhow, I was proud of my dogs last night. It was raining hard and I let them out while I was checking my chickens. They brought me back a possum. There will be mixed emotions from the varied paople who read this, but as I ran inside to get the 22, the poor possum got away. I thought the dogs would keep it around or at least point me in the right direction but no.... The critter was long gone when I came back out.
