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Another "harvested" i.e. killed animal.
When it comes to killing wildlife, hunters are fond of using the euphemism “harvesting.” They don’t hunt, murder, or kill; they “harvest” their prey, which makes it sound benign and bloodless.
Today there is an article about 25 to 30 hunters in Arizona who apparently have gotten trapped in three feet of snow. According the article, there is a “desperate search” to find the hunters.
The way I look at this, their plight is just a fair outcome of the “man versus animal” ethic that they use to justify their macho rampages in the wilderness.
While I do hope that they survive and are perhaps using this time in the freezing cold to think about giving up this primordial game that they play, they should be allowed to fend for themselves, just as the animals they kill must fend for themselves.
If the hunters survive and live to tell their stories, fine. If not, their deaths are just a sad, pathetic result of their own foolishness.
Call off the search.
Let’s see if these so-called men can be as brave and wise as the animals they kill.
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Dude you are one messed up libtard
I’m a closet homosexual who likes to play with guns and with other men. Nothing turns me on more than hiding in the brush with other men, holding my gun, and waiting to kill something. I’m a sick bastard, but what really makes me scary is that I think I’m normal.
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Well, lets cut off your access to the organic market and see if you can survive on your own. Thought not. Plants are people too.
I’m a closet homosexual who likes to play with guns and with other men. Nothing turns me on more than hiding in the brush with other men, holding my gun, and waiting to kill something. I’m a sick bastard, but what really makes me scary is that I think I’m normal.
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Rake Morgan, you are a f**** (edited because the neanderthal commenter has to use profane language to make his point) retard.
I’m a closet homosexual who likes to play with guns and with other men. Nothing turns me on more than hiding in the brush with other men, holding my gun, and waiting to kill something. I’m a sick bastard, but what really makes me scary is that I think I’m normal.
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And here I thought democrats had no problems with hunting…
I’m a closet homosexual who likes to play with guns and with other men. Nothing turns me on more than hiding in the brush with other men, holding my gun, and waiting to kill something. I’m a sick bastard, but what really makes me scary is that I think I’m normal.
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It’s obvious that you have no experience with everyday hunters. A bullet normally kills very quickly: these winter snowstorms (and predators) normally put animals through a lot of pain before they eventually die. If you don’t like to see animals die, that is fine and just means you are human. I do however, suggest you think about population dynamics and what we hunters call “ethical hunting” before you write this kind of thing.
I’m a closet homosexual who likes to play with guns and with other men. Nothing turns me on more than hiding in the brush with other men, holding my gun, and waiting to kill something. I’m a sick bastard, but what really makes me scary is that I think I’m normal.
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What an idiot you are!!!
Wow
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I must profess to being unfamiliar with ‘Rake’ but I have to assume this writing is a trollish hack…??? Otherwise I’ll jus have to conclude that the far-right nut-jobs do, in fact, have their equally off-scale left nut-jobs…
First Amendment + internet = flourishing ignorance!
I’m a closet homosexual who likes to play with guns and with other men. Nothing turns me on more than hiding in the brush with other men, holding my gun, and waiting to kill something. I’m a sick bastard, but what really makes me scary is that I think I’m normal.
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Rake Morgan = Idiot
I bet he buys his meat where they make it, at the store… yeah they grow it on a magic meat tree… or something.
I’m a closet homosexual who likes to play with guns and with other men. Nothing turns me on more than hiding in the brush with other men, holding my gun, and waiting to kill something. I’m a sick bastard, but what really makes me scary is that I think I’m normal.
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“(edited because the neanderthal commenter has to use profane language to make his point)”
Oh grow up panty waist.
You wish harm on 30 Human beings currently in a dangerous situation & you don’t think you might catch some grief about it?
I’m a closet homosexual who likes to play with guns and with other men. Nothing turns me on more than hiding in the brush with other men, holding my gun, and waiting to kill something. I’m a sick bastard, but what really makes me scary is that I think I’m normal.
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You’re a pathetic excuse for a human being, Rake. The fact you have no concern for human life shows what kind of person you are. I could easily sit here and mock all the city slickers (such as yourself) who get lost/stranded/etc. in the woods and wilderness every year, but I’m not. You really need to get a life.
Also, last I checked, meat doesn’t grow on trees or in a lab, and hunting is a much more ethical way of procuring organic products than having a cow or pig slaughter. I’m sure you are probably one of the very misinformed who have no clue as to how the meat industry processes their product. For the record, the meat gained from an animal killed in its own natural environment through hunting is a much more natural and organic means than buying beef from a store. Try it sometime.
I’m a closet homosexual who likes to play with guns and with other men. Nothing turns me on more than hiding in the brush with other men, holding my gun, and waiting to kill something. I’m a sick bastard, but what really makes me scary is that I think I’m normal.
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Agreed ….Rake Morgan is an waste of oxygen for wishing harm on those hunters.
I’m a closet homosexual who likes to play with guns and with other men. Nothing turns me on more than hiding in the brush with other men, holding my gun, and waiting to kill something. I’m a sick bastard, but what really makes me scary is that I think I’m normal.
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It should be you out there with the tree across your head.
I’m a closet homosexual who likes to play with guns and with other men. Nothing turns me on more than hiding in the brush with other men, holding my gun, and waiting to kill something. I’m a sick bastard, but what really makes me scary is that I think I’m normal.
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You have no clue that you have no clue. So sad.
I’m a closet homosexual who likes to play with guns and with other men. Nothing turns me on more than hiding in the brush with other men, holding my gun, and waiting to kill something. I’m a sick bastard, but what really makes me scary is that I think I’m normal.
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Rake…Do you have a boyfriend?
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Why yes I do but am always looking for others.
I’m a closet homosexual who likes to play with guns and with other men. Nothing turns me on more than hiding in the brush with other men, holding my gun, and waiting to kill something. I’m a sick bastard, but what really makes me scary is that I think I’m normal.
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I have a boyfriend in Bozeman… Wanna hook up?
I’m a closet homosexual who likes to play with guns and with other men. Nothing turns me on more than hiding in the brush with other men, holding my gun, and waiting to kill something. I’m a sick bastard, but what really makes me scary is that I think I’m normal.
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Do you shave your junk, just in case i hear of someone.
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Sounds Great Jeffrey.
Luvs
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As an animal lover, my blue ribbon sheep and I welcome you both.
Hurry back Jeff_O
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Jeffy You might know my other significant other….Lee24?
He’s great in bed….under the covers.
I’m a closet homosexual who likes to play with guns and with other men. Nothing turns me on more than hiding in the brush with other men, holding my gun, and waiting to kill something. I’m a sick bastard, but what really makes me scary is that I think I’m normal.
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Looking forward to it Rake!
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Got a picture?
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Me too….hope you dont mind 2 of my other friends too.
Bricktop and Oldman1942
I’m a closet homosexual who likes to play with guns and with other men. Nothing turns me on more than hiding in the brush with other men, holding my gun, and waiting to kill something. I’m a sick bastard, but what really makes me scary is that I think I’m normal.
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Rake, I see that you live in a “small town in central New Hampshire”. Everybody knows that NE yankee’s aren’t known for their intellectual acumen. As for your comments on the Arizone hunters: your unintelligible codswallup is highly unamusing, please die.
I’m a closet homosexual who likes to play with guns and with other men. Nothing turns me on more than hiding in the brush with other men, holding my gun, and waiting to kill something. I’m a sick bastard, but what really makes me scary is that I think I’m normal.
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Spoken from someone who has never had to kill his own food.
I’m a closet homosexual who likes to play with guns and with other men. Nothing turns me on more than hiding in the brush with other men, holding my gun, and waiting to kill something. I’m a sick bastard, but what really makes me scary is that I think I’m normal.
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My sympathies go out to all the hunters and their families that are affected by this catastrophic situation.
As for this wanker of a blogger, what a shame the Doc didnt put him in the same bucket as the after birth when born. A sad example of the extreme animal right nutcases that advocate violence towards another human being. I would love to see where this knob jockey would get his food from if he didnt have a grocery store or a butchers nearby.
Latte sippa wankerism at its best!
I’m a closet homosexual who likes to play with guns and with other men. Nothing turns me on more than hiding in the brush with other men, holding my gun, and waiting to kill something. I’m a sick bastard, but what really makes me scary is that I think I’m normal.
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Robert summed it up very well. Hope they are found safe and well. These hunters are not murderers, rapists, child molesters or any type of criminal, they are normal people who gather their own food. They are the same as everybody who goes to the store to buy their food.
I’m a closet homosexual who likes to play with guns and with other men. Nothing turns me on more than hiding in the brush with other men, holding my gun, and waiting to kill something. I’m a sick bastard, but what really makes me scary is that I think I’m normal.
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Rake…just curious here…does it make a sound like a champagne cork when you pull your head out of your azz???
I’m a closet homosexual who likes to play with guns and with other men. Nothing turns me on more than hiding in the brush with other men, holding my gun, and waiting to kill something. I’m a sick bastard, but what really makes me scary is that I think I’m normal.
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Prayers sent ……. (please tell us you don’t have or plan to have children).
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You are a fool!
I’m a closet homosexual who likes to play with guns and with other men. Nothing turns me on more than hiding in the brush with other men, holding my gun, and waiting to kill something. I’m a sick bastard, but what really makes me scary is that I think I’m normal.
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Rake, now tell us you don’t eat any meat at all! Please tell us!
You hypocrite.
I’m a closet homosexual who likes to play with guns and with other men. Nothing turns me on more than hiding in the brush with other men, holding my gun, and waiting to kill something. I’m a sick bastard, but what really makes me scary is that I think I’m normal.
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Son, you are so screwed up, hoping that anyone dies. You need some serious help, ya libtard prick, I really wish one of these guys were related to you, you would have a far different outlook. These guys are Fathers, Brother’s, sons’s, and husbands to people.
I’m a closet homosexual who likes to play with guns and with other men. Nothing turns me on more than hiding in the brush with other men, holding my gun, and waiting to kill something. I’m a sick bastard, but what really makes me scary is that I think I’m normal.
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It amazes me how uninformed jackassery drivel like this can be written with a straight face and someone could read it and think it is enlightening.
I’m a closet homosexual who likes to play with guns and with other men. Nothing turns me on more than hiding in the brush with other men, holding my gun, and waiting to kill something. I’m a sick bastard, but what really makes me scary is that I think I’m normal.
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Well……..although he did’nt actually wish anyone dead….He’s still a prick
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I’m curious where you draw the line. Do sport fishermen caught in storms deserve your grace? How about New Orleans residents that ignore evacuation orders? What do you say, Rake, leave ’em on the roof to die? After all, “their deaths are just a sad, pathetic result of their own foolishness.”
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^_^
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So pray tell rake what do you eat and where do you get it?
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I’m curious where you draw the line. Do sport fishermen caught in storms deserve your grace? How about New Orleans residents that ignore evacuation orders? What do you say, Rake, leave ’em on the roof to die? After all, “their deaths are just a sad, pathetic result of their own foolishness.”
This is actually a good question when compared to the inane comments from most other hunters.
Where do I draw the line? There are several ways to structure ethical questions. One of them is to evaluate the intentions of the individual. The intention of hunters and fisherman is to kill an animal, so therefore I see their behavior as both unethical and immoral. Those who get stuck on roof tops in storms have no such harmful intentions. Yes, I would save them.
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I’m glad those poor deers are staying safe from the scary hunters. Hopefully they found a closet to hide in until the bad men go away.
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Unethical and immoral. You are describing your own life.
All life is dependent on the death of other life for the nutriants to sustain, no death, no life, fact of nature. If you eat meat but don’t kill it yourself, you hire an assassin like McDonalds or the butcher to do it for you, you’re still responcable. If you only eat stuff without a face you still are killing life before it’s time and have denied that life the chance to propagate. All those seeds from wheat in the bread you ate, that lettuce that was still alive when it was harvested, killed before it’s time.
I guess you and all your family/friends better quit being murders and stop eating. Plants are people too.
Kent
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“Where do I draw the line? There are several ways to structure ethical questions. One of them is to evaluate the intentions of the individual. The intention of hunters and fisherman is to kill an animal, so therefore I see their behavior as both unethical and immoral.”
Interesting, and how about ants, cockroaches, termites and mice, what are your intentions when they infest your house? Do you take the ethical route and move out of your home?
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Animals are people too, in little fur coats.
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How many lives were violently lost to your windshield as you drove to work and back, count them before you squeegy.
Kent
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All these little punks come on here trying to impune my character and they’ed better be careful about involving my boyfriends.
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I read your article and must disagree with you. Do you eat meat? If so, how was it killed/harvested? Do you eat vegetables? How was it killed/harvested? Scientist say plants have feelings too!
I hunt and I kill animals and we eat them. I harvest things from my garden, peas, corn, okra, tomatoes, etc…
You can believe what you want, but wishing harm on other people is not a good thing.
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A defensive action from what? You?
We don’t feel threatened by you, just humored with you as we were Timothy Treadwell. As much as Treadwell amused us, we never wished him killed by a bear..but figured it was bound to happen.
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I don’t know why I am bothering to respond to some of these questions. It is clear that most of you have no interest whatsoever in really discussing the issue of killing animals and are just asking your questions as a reflexive defense. I am not surprised.
That said, some of you have posed questions like this one —
I read your article and must disagree with you. Do you eat meat? If so, how was it killed/harvested? Do you eat vegetables? How was it killed/harvested? Scientist say plants have feelings too! I hunt and I kill animals and we eat them. I harvest things from my garden, peas, corn, okra, tomatoes, etc… You can believe what you want, but wishing harm on other people is not a good thing.
First, I do not eat meat or fish. I do not buy or wear products made from animals, and that includes leather and wool.
There is no comparison between plants and animals.
As Jo Stepaniak explains it: “Plants do not have a brain or central nervous system. Therefore, they lack the fundamental mechanisms to experience pleasure, pain, and suffering. Fear and pain would serve no purpose in plants because they are unable to escape any threat. Any rational person understands the striking difference between slitting the throat of a sentient animal and plucking a fruit or vegetable. Conscionable people are repulsed by animal slaughter; We are obliged to grow and use food responsibly, restore and replenish the Earth (through composting, recycling, and other environmentally-caring ways), buy sustainably produced commodities, and take only what is needed.”
Several of you mentioned insects. Anyone who studies entomology understands that pain as we experience it is based on our nervous system. We have special nerve cells called “nociceptors” whose sole purpose is to create the sensation of pain. Without those special cells, we wouldn’t feel pain. Animals have those nociceptors, fish have them, plants do not, insects do not.
And be honest: you do not really want a discussion about these topics. You are totally corrupted by your belief system and like pack animals almost a thousand of you have tried to change the subject from killing animals to plant life. You only do this as a defensive reaction.
Get real!
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Just a little correction Rake. It doesn’t take much google research to find out that insects do feel pain.
How do you feel about people eating crab, clams, mussels, etc…? All of those organisms possess a nervous system similar to insects and spiders. Heck some are in the same family. Am I a coward for catching those poor crab in a pot while I hide in my boat?
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The intention of hunters and fisherman is to kill an animal, so therefore I see their behavior as both unethical and immoral. Those who get stuck on roof tops in storms have no such harmful intentions. Yes, I would save them.
Me again. Okay, so we all get to choose. I see homosexual behavior as unethical and immoral, ditto for any liberals that believe the fruits of my labor are their entitlements. By the way, those that ignored the ‘Katrina’ warnings intentionally put the lives of their rescuers at risk – I view that as unethical and immoral also.
Let ’em all die.
Or, we could put all that judgement aside when lives are on the line and act in accordance with what is best in humanity. Hunters, vegans, gays, and stupid people all get to argue another day. One of the dead in Arizona was a fireman. I wonder if he asked what sort of person was at risk before he answered an alarm.
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“I’m enjoying this, too! I put out the bait and you maniacs came swarming here, just as I expected. Thanks for helping my blog. Keep visiting!”
No, no, THANK YOU for allowing us to present a rational argument for those who hunt. Thank you for allowing us to reach people who come to your site and leave only with your liberal, warped outlook on hunting. Hopefully you have provided us a chance to present those who who visit your site a chance to see just how far out there you really are, and give them a rational side to you your irrational rants.
No fish, no meat? Let me guess, you look like you are twenty pounds under weight, and haven’t seen sun in ten years.
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