This is reasoned debate?
Most of you by now have read about, and seen photos of the giant feral pig shot by an 11-year old boy in Alabama. This thing is definitely huge, and weighed in at well over 1000 pounds. Story Here
Well, the boy and his family have created a website in honor (?) of the accomplishment. The site has photos, the story, info about the young man and his family, and a place to post comments. Now, you just knew that there would be some negative comments posted. Not everyone agrees with hunting. Did you ever suspect that people would ever show their displeasure with comments like this:” hurry up enlist in the Army, I want to see you chased and shot at. And maybe beheaded on video for us to see….I will laugh while eating my veggie burger” ? Or maybe a comment like “You are a worthless piece of crap and i hope one day another noble american hunter such as yourself mistakes you for a large hog and shoots you about 12 times before your fat ass drops dead. They’ll definately need another backhoe in the woods to pick your body up with. I hope you’re enjoying your fame. Satan is going to have fun with you when you rot in hell.” This is an interesting one – “I hope you’ll be shot someday.. People like you shouldn’t live (yes i mean it) May you burn up in hell, pigh4ter!”. Then, there is this well-thought out little gem : “What the f**k is your fu***ng problem you fat a** b**ch. You fu**ing killed a f***ing innocent little pig. Does it make your fat a** feel good to kill such an innocent creature. Wow congratufu**inglations you fat ass fu**ing c**t. I hope the boars babies come back alive and eat your sausage link penis you, fat piece of sh*t. Fu**ing fat redneck. I hope demons come and haunt your fat ass for the rest of your life. Do you think your hot sh*t for this bitch? Well your not fat ass. Burn in hell you rotten piece of sh*t. F**K YOU!!!!! F**KING FAT ASS REDNECK PIECE OF SH*T!!!!!!!!!”
Now, granted, a lot of these comments were probably made by kids. The anonymity of the internet does make some brazen – it’s easy to say whatever you want, when no one can see you, or no one knows who you are. These visceral reactions though, should serve as a reminder of just what we are up against, when defending our sport. Would any of us post comments like this at a vegan website? I doubt it… Do must of us defend our pastime with the same passion and vigor? I doubt it…..
As a matter of fact, I have read some disparaging comments from hunters on the message boards… The gist of the comments being that this was a low-fenced hunt, and thusly – not worth defending. It may not be your cup of tea, but do hunters really want to be picking the fly feces out of the pepper, when it comes to these issues?
To learn more about the hog, the hunter, and to read more negative (and positive) comments, go to www.monsterpig.com
The brazen and insensitive comments posted by the anti-hunting hate mongers and levied toward Jamison is a sad and tragic affair. The same “lop off his head” crowd mentality was witnessed during the recent Jim Zumbo assault rifle debacle. Crowd behavior and psychology is a difficult state of mind to understand.
All too often, hunting free-ranging animals via fair-chase standards and pen-harvesting animals are often swirled together in a convoluted tactic commonly used by the Anti’s. I personally don’t consider “pen” hunts as hunting, in any aspect, but rather, I simply refer to them as penned harvests.
Some folks don’t believe that a disabled hunter shooting from a vehicle qualifies as hunting. This is yet another topic of debate that lends itself to be divisive. Exactly what we don’t need – when trying to perpetuate the traditions and heritage of hunting.
May 28th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
I believe it was in a 200 acre fenced in area. Although fenced that is a hugh piece of property to be hunting in. As far as the comments made by the anti-hunting crowd – oh well, that’s to be expected. I do defend my sport and gun ownership with a passion and have never backed off a discussion about it with the anti crowd.
May 28th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
Comments like this are very typical from animal right and anti hunters. What’s disturbing about that is that these same people claim to love animals and yet at the drop of a hat they spew hatred toward people. Mentally disturbed comes readily to mind here.
-Othmar Vohringer-
May 30th, 2007 at 12:53 am
[...] I generated some response with my post about the anti-hunters’ comments over at http://www.monsterpig.com Many of these comments were beyond venomous – they were downright hateful. You can read more at the original post, here. [...]
June 5th, 2007 at 11:11 pm