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Poem in Memory of David Ignatow.

17 Tuesday Jan 2012

Posted by Frank Marafiote in Life, Literature

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David Ignatow, in memory, poetry

Poem in Memory of David Ignatow

I remember being in the library
watching you read,
a specter, a ghost
of a human being, the words
barely audible in that sacred room.

You warned us of a life in which
grown men raved for paychecks,
people were sent away
to spare rooms and loved ones
cried for more than we could
give or even promise.

Forty years later
I still remember your resolute horror,
fastened like a scar across my darkening eyes.

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Hunters are pedophiles with guns.

09 Monday Jan 2012

Posted by Frank Marafiote in Child abuse, Guns, Hunting, PETA

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Guns, hunters, killing animals, NRA, pedophile, pedophilia, PETA, Vegetarian

Hunters Kill for the Sheer Fun of It

Earlier today I received a comment from another irate hunter who cannot tolerate the idea that someone might despise their cruel and blood-thirsty sport.

In the comment he went on about how much he has done to “save” the wildlife and preserve their habitats. Talk about selfish and self-serving nonsense. Like many other hunters, he is like a pedophile who raises little girls, feeds them, clothes them, houses them, only so he can molest them — and then pats himself on the back for being such a good dad.

The truth is, the only reason hunters care about wildlife and the environment is that it means there will be more for them to kill.

Hunters are like pedophiles with guns. They take advantage of the helpless and those who are weaker for their own insane gratification.

Like pedophiles, hunters should be put in prison forever, locked up, and suffer the degradation from other inmates that they have caused their own victims.

No mercy for the killers.

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Hunters continue to cause more carnage in name of sport.

02 Monday Jan 2012

Posted by Frank Marafiote in Guns, Hunting, News

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Cheryl Blair, Guns, hunters, hunters shoot dogs, Hunting, hunting accidents, John Bergeron, killing animals, Norton MA, NRA, state trooper Bergeron

It seems like every other day I read another story about hunters who shoot other hunters, shoot themselves, fall out of trees, shoot family pets, or shoot innocent people who happen to be out in the woods.

Whenever I post these news items, I also hear the same lame arguments from hunters and the same profanity-laced comments towards me and anyone else who dares question their so-called right to play god and kill helpless animals. Unless a person lives in an environment where there is no other way to survive, hunting is not about survival or protecting the “balance of nature” within habitats. Hunting is about blood, death, fear, pain, and ego. Most of the comments are predictable, illogical, and very tiresome. Until I actual hear from a hunter who is willing to admit that they kill because it gives them a thrill and they love killing things, I do not plan to approve any other comments from hunters.

In today’s hunting story, a state trooper and hunter in Norton, Massachusetts, shot and seriously wounded an older woman who was out walking her dogs. The would-be killer this time is John Bergeron and the victim a neighbor named Cheryl Blair.

The woman’s husband, who is also a hunter, commented that Bergeron and other hunters need to be more careful about where they aim their weapons. Duh. How about they aim their guns at themselves, pull the trigger, and tell us what “sport” it is to kill?

Interesting, I think, that the trooper is not facing charges and that the “investigation is continuing.” If this guy can be so reckless and stupid, he should lose his job. Perhaps the next time he unloads his weapon “by mistake,” it will be to shoot an innocent person during a traffic stop or some other minor issue.

Here’s the story from the Associated Press –

NORTON, Mass. — The husband of a Massachusetts woman who was accidentally shot by an off-duty state trooper hunting deer after dark is questioning the trooper’s target identification.

The Boston Herald reports that the trooper apologized to the family. But the victim’s husband, also a hunter, says hunters need to pay attention and know their target.

Cheryl Blair was walking her two dogs Saturday when the trooper, John Bergeron, mistook her pets for a deer.

She is in a hospital recovering from surgery for a fractured pelvis.

Authorities say the shooting was accidental. A state police spokesman says Bergeron was properly licensed and faces no criminal charges. The investigation is continuing.

Bergeron, a neighbor of the Blairs’, did not respond to a request by the newspaper for comment.

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