And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saturday, August 29, 2015
Great, great grandfather to the lion killing dentist.
Hunting Puffins in the Faroe Islands. Smoked puffin breast is a traditional North Atlantic delicacy and puffins are harvested in the summer months. Photo c. 1900.
Yeah... and August isn't a good month to go there anyway because that's where everyone in Europe who doesn't speak English or Irish goes on holiday. ;-)
Trophy hunting supported Africa for years and still continues to fund areas that would be ignored by the West. There is nothing wrong with trophy hunting.
Saying that trophy hunting is wrong because you don't eat the animal is the same as saying that motorcycles are dangerous and unnecessary or that people who can afford Lamborghinis should take the bus since that car only supports their ego. If you don't like motorcycles, don't get after those who do. If you don't want to trophy hunt, that's OK, but don't get after those who do. Stop being a nanny.
Obviously the warning about people carrying
ReplyDeletebig sticks hasn't made it to the islands...
Hmmmm, maybe that explains why I didn't see any puffins at the Cliffs of Moher?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cliffsofmoher.ie/plan-your-visit/faqs/wildlife/#question1
DeleteYeah... and August isn't a good month to go there anyway because that's where everyone in Europe who doesn't speak English or Irish goes on holiday. ;-)
DeleteI don't think the dentist had roasted lion. Killing for food is necessary. Killing for self defense I understand. Killing for ego is something else.
ReplyDeleteExcellent distinction.
DeleteI have never eaten smoked puffin. I will remedy that the next time I'm in town.
ReplyDeleteTrophy hunting supported Africa for years and still continues to fund areas that would be ignored by the West. There is nothing wrong with trophy hunting.
ReplyDeleteSaying that trophy hunting is wrong because you don't eat the animal is the same as saying that motorcycles are dangerous and unnecessary or that people who can afford Lamborghinis should take the bus since that car only supports their ego. If you don't like motorcycles, don't get after those who do. If you don't want to trophy hunt, that's OK, but don't get after those who do. Stop being a nanny.
Dave
Hey!!!.... "Do you know the puffin man, the puffin man, the puffin man....."
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