Malone, I have to admit that I too was not happy reading the rant on hunters. I kind of sometimes feel like vegans/vegetarians and meat-eaters can be likened to Christians and Muslims. Both think they are right. Members of both can be very passionate about their beliefs without tolerating the beliefs of the other group, to the point where they get downright aggressive. I have seen here on this site in the past verbal attacks on people who eat meat in general; not anyone specific. It makes you afraid to say anything for fear of being judged. I am not a vegan and probably will never be. And I am still a good person, and committing no sin by eating meat. So I do not appreciate the verbal attacks and like you, think that this site is not an appropriate place to do such a thing. All it serves to do is alienate people, who as you said, are only trying to help their cats with FeLV. It makes me think of PETA, and the horrible things that some of their members do in the name of protecting animal rights, like throwing food on someone high profile in public to humiliate them because they are wearing a fur coat. Sad, sad, sad. I will never agree with the senseless killing of any animal, via hunting only for sport or to make fur coats. But there's a big difference between hunting for food and making a fur coat for someone who is not nomadic and living on the range in Nunavut, Canada. And people will never listen to an opposing viewpoint if they are being attacked; they only get defensive and shut down, so the battle is lost before it is even started really. I am really sorry about your brother-in-law, and sorry that you were offended by the post. It would have hurt and angered me too to read that had my brother-in-law died the same way.
Thanks for speaking up, Wendy "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world - indeed it is the only thing that ever has!" ~~~ Margaret Meade ~~~ ----- Original Message ---- From: Malone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 2:57:02 PM Subject: Re: OT Deer Hunters How judgmental we can be! My family has hunted all my life—it is a food source that we value and are thankful for. By the way my brother-in-law died 2 years ago this deer season of a massive heart attack. He was making sure that there would be food on the table for his children that winter. Nice to know that you feel he deserved that because he killed a food source no different than a cat killing a mouse. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222
