Todd,

Some things are black and white, others are not. The Nazis broke laws (would you like me to enumerate them for you?), trials were held, and violators were hung. You cannot possibly be so ill-informed to make such a comparison ( I refrained from saying what I really thought...giving you the benefit of doubt).

Moving on...

Animal husbandry has been around for thousands of years. It has been a major part of human evolution even in the most remote part of our planet. The Nenets of Russia, for example, have tended reindeer for thousands of years. And get this, they used fences to harvest them. Icelanders brought reindeer to their island for meat, fur, and economic gain. You can say the reindeer is the icelandic cow. They hunt them! They also allow others to hunt them! Is hunting a reindeer there any different than hunting_______( fill in the blank). Where can they go, it's an island for goodness sake? New Zealand...an island with once domesticated animals is hunted daily. In Europe, the concept of a "public trust" is completely foreign (animals are owned by the estate on which they are killed). The concept of "ownership" creates a tremendious amount of grey area (has ever since men began congregating). It is that grey area, individual rights protected by law, under discussion at present. What I find perplexing is how seemingly a well educated person, like you, can in one breath defend individual freedoms and in another express opinion to abrogate them. If I were to call it as I see it, I'd scream " Todd you Hypocrite!"

Now please do continue to exercise your first amendment right-even on the internet (see Reno vs.ACLU). Not unlike your right to hunt, many of us will honor your right to spew excrement.

One additional thought, could you provide us with the exact statute(s) which gives you the right to kill one of the people's injured deer. That would be great-thanks!