Nash, et al... many times I have disagreed with your views on controversial topics on these boards, but many times you have made sense. This is not one of those times. The men, boy, and woman who died all had family and relatives who loved them. You're sneering disrespect for those affected by this tragedy deprives you of any right to the respect of the more mature members of the these bbs.
Bug,
Explain to me, if you can, how the human hunting of deer violates ANY law of nature. If you eat meat, but don't kill it yourself, you have a surrogate to do your killing for you. If you consumed that meat for any purpose other than to fulfill basic bodily needs, i.e. enjoyment, you are a hypocrite.
As a species, we did not develop in a vacuum. Human ancestors have hunted other animals for millions of years. We have always been, and will always be, part of nature. Branding hunting as cruel is an attempt to graft human "morality" onto an amoral natural system. The killing of a wildebeest by a lion may be "cruel" when seen in the context of human "sensitivity" but it is not evil. It is a necessary part of the natural system.
You may be content to be merely a "spectator" of nature. I, however, want to be a participant.
