Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Now That's A Fair Fight
I hate hunting. There’s nothing sporty about sitting in a bush or up in a tree for hours on end with deer piss on your shoes and pants or little devices that makes sounds that make the animals think it’s one of their own. There really isn’t. If it was so sporty, why are so many hunters so damn fat?
I’ve always said that humans should go out there and fight with what G-d gave them just like the animals do. That makes it a fair fight. And it is possible:
Man Kills Leapord With His Bare Hands
A 73-year-old Kenyan grandfather reached into the mouth of an attacking leopard and tore out its tongue to kill it, authorities said Wednesday.
Peasant farmer Daniel M’Mburugu was tending to his potato and bean crops in a rural area near Mount Kenya when the leopard charged out of the long grass and leapt on him.
M’Mburugu had a machete in one hand but dropped that to thrust his fist down the leopard’s mouth. He gradually managed to pull out the animal’s tongue, leaving it in its death-throes...
My natural instinct is to feel sorry for the cat but I of course understand why the man killed it. It was him or the leapord. But you’ll notice that he dropped his machete and fought fairly. Not like overweight, beer guzzling guys who think that chasing a fox on horseback is sport. Or using guns or cross bows to take down big game is sport. Or boating out to the middle of the ocean with lures and nets to catch a swordfish or whatever other trophy they are using to make up for their inadequate penis size. You know, there is absolutely no reason to kill wildlife. You have meat in the grocery store. People like to preach that there is overpopulation. G-d what a bunch of egotistical assholes humans can be. Nature has always taken care of that. Nature will always take its course. There is nothing natural about a human shooting a lion between the eyes with a crossbow just so they can display the head on their wall. Nothing.
I’m not against guns and I’m not against eating meat. I’m against hunting. It’s bullshit and I’m so not impressed with people who “bag” a big one using the above mentioned means. Swim out to the middle of the ocean and catch the fish after fighting with it. Walk out into the jungle and face that lion or ox face to face with nothing but your cunning mind and hands. Go deep into the forest and take Bambi down by the horns with just your strength. Fight off a bull without jabbing a 1 foot long steel spike in its neck first. Then I just might call you a sportsman. I’ll still think it’s stupid because there is no need to do it, but I might actually agree that it’s a fair fight that way.
