From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To answer you question, the first word that comes to mind
>is 'arse h--e', but the more commonly accepted term -- used in polite
>company -- is anthropomorphism.<
>
>Actually, some of us who see human characteristics in animals, and vice
>versa, prefer to be called "cartoonists"
>(...but I'm sure I've been called ET's first suggestion by various victims
>in the past <G>).
Steve, & Tim,
Cartoonist, eh?
Well, I suppose you can be forgiven . . .
Okay, you're forgiven -- as long as you're a shooter too <grin>.
There are lesser trades & professions which are definitely
deserving of one's enmity, like professional liar (politician), professional
lobbyist (slut), professional bureaucrat (whore), and the like.
At least cartoonists work for a living.
I make the distinctions based upon the intent of the portrayed
characters. Like for instance, Bugs Bunny's creator (Mel Blanc) wasn't so
vociferously anti hunting as to whore-out his creation to the anti's.
And anybody who can come up with a character like Yosemite
Sam, is a good guy in my book. So I guess IG will definitely zero out my
chances of getting anything in firearms anytime soon (associating with
questionable characters <grin>).
To my knowledge, he wasn't anti much of anything. Some
people know where to draw the line.
My beef -- and presumably that of others as well -- is when a
cartoon character is made to appeal to the emotional part of the psyche
so much so that it causes negative feelings towards what should be a
positive, healthy and proper outlook on normal life.
The people that do those kinds of things are haters of humanity,
for the simple reason that they give the impression the it is okay for the
animals and insects to battle it out in some of the most violent and
gruesome ways possible in the name of survival, yet people are somehow
evil and despicable because we are supposed to assume some kind of
god-like aura and elevate ourselves above the natural.
They are also the same ones who insist on feeding their cats
and dogs vegetable based protein (how to turn a natural carnivore into
a vegetarian and cause all manner of malady in the process) in protest to
killing other animals.
These people are in extreme denial.
Of course, they never hint at just what it is we are suppose to
garner sustenance from (presumably air), and any consumption other
than vegetation is a definite no-no.
These are the kinds of people that are gaining popularity to
serve in public office almost everywhere. At some point critical mass
will be achieved, and these dullards will begin to dictate hard line policy.
I reckon that it will take a world-wide epidemic of one sort or
another to bring reality back into real sharp focus. Here's hoping that
when the pendulum swings back, that it does so with a vengeance.
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ET
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Perhaps we should have some cuddly gun owner soft toy with
his own cartoon strip!
Steve.
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