How can you devote nine grisly pages to a
rant on killing animals, by a guy who discredits himself – and all
reportorial objectivity – by telling us he’d love to machine-gun
coyotes? Shame on you. Your cover is sickening: a fool who kills a
big beautiful lion so he can mount its head in his den and brag
about killing it. That cat belonged to all of us. There oughta be a
law…
Edward Abbey was a gun-nut, but he made a
“necessary distinction between hunters and sportsmen … the hunter
hunts out of need; the sportsman kills for pleasure. For my part, I
admire the hunter and despise the sportsman.”
Hunters
kill game in order to eat it. SFW hates predators because they
threaten trophy deer herds. But predators only kill to eat, while
SFW zealots arrogantly kill for selfish and egocentric reasons.
Ironically, they are the true predators. If they want to be
regarded as Mighty Hunters, let them eat everything they kill. That
would slow them down.
Karl Malone fits right in with this
callous, disreputable bunch. He made a reputation for putting more
opposing players in the hospital than any other NBA player.
Bob Wood
Sedona,
Arizona
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Eat what you kill.
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