I defend the right to do this but reserve the right to consider it something less than hunting. If you can't grasp that simple concept which is in no way at odds with itself then I'm sorry for you. It's pretty simple. A good analogy would be that I support the right of free speech even for groups like the American Nazi Party while at the same time despising what it is that they have to say.
If for some reason you became king with absolute power, would you honor and yet despise? I surmise, probably not. The only thing you're missing from your arrogant kingdom is absolute power. Thus, it's easy for me to say, "LORD HAVE MERCY" when encountering people like you.
Another good analogy would be to consider African Americans less than "human" on the basis they are "different". Thank God a lot of good folks saw where that path was leading and abolished it.
I stand by my earlier claim unabashedly. Where our land is located and with what it would entail to contact the authorities (no cell service, very few homes nearby where a phone could be reached) and the likelihood (slim to none) that a county law officer would be dispatched to this area from Monroeville (well over an hour away) for nothing more than a suffering deer, I'd have put her out of her misery if she had been beside the only paved road in the area at midnight on the 4th of July. It's the merciful thing to do.
I am not going to argue the mercy of it. I would have done the same thing given the authority. I would never assume, however, I had the authority-even if my situation placed me ten thousand miles from Timbuktu! I'm not that arrogant. Had I killed the doe (mercifully) without authority, I would have immediately, or a soon as possible, notified the pertinent agency. Moreover, I would have accepted the consequences of my action. Did you do any of that? Did you have enough character to do the right thing, completely? Again, I surmise the answer is No. You grabbed absolute power for the moment and ran with it.
Thanks for some great insight Todd.
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