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Sunday, 21 May 2017
quote [ A professional big game hunter from Tzaneen has died during a hunt in Gwai, in Zimbabwe, when a member of his group fired at a storming elephant cow and the animal fell on him. ]
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Bob Denver said @ 3:32am GMT on 22nd May
I appreciate what you're saying, Midden. I'm not certain but I believe that people who proselytise tend to do so with the best intentions—saving immortal souls etc. Those who argue for the greater institutions view themselves as "doing the Lord's work" on a grander scale. Your filial love for your father transcends any perceived general harm to humanity as a whole. But, what would happen if your father had been worse and had physically harmed or killed other people? There are those who believe(and I am one) that we share this planet with other species and that we have an obligation, as the technological leaders, to not cause distress or harm for amusement or trivial purpose.
That Botha made a living from that activity makes him reprehensible in my books and I won't mourn his loss. One day, there will be no more elephants amor leopards and his descendants will have to deal with the fact that it was their father or grandfather was partially but directly responsible for those species' extinction. They will have to deal with the same dichotomy that many children deal with—that their parent was both loving and a monster.
Bob Denver said @ 3:32am GMT on 22nd May
I appreciate what you're saying, Midden. I'm not certain but I believe that people who proselytise tend to do so with the best intentions—saving immortal souls etc. Those who argue for the greater institutions view themselves as "doing the Lord's work" on a grander scale. Your filial love for your father transcends any perceived general harm to humanity as a whole. But, what would happen if your father had been worse and had physically harmed or killed other people? There are those who believe(and I am one) that we share this planet with other species and that we have an obligation, as the technological leaders, to not cause distress or harm for amusement or trivial purpose.
That Botha made a living from that activity makes him reprehensible in my books and I won't mourn his loss. One day, there will be no more elephants nor leopards and his descendants will have to deal with the fact that it was their father or grandfather was partially but directly responsible for those species' extinction. They will have to deal with the same dichotomy that many children deal with—that their parent was both loving and a monster.
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Bob Denver said @ 3:32am GMT on 22nd May
I appreciate what you're saying, Midden. I'm not certain but I believe that people who proselytise tend to do so with the best intentions—saving immortal souls etc. Those who argue for the greater institutions view themselves as "doing the Lord's work" on a grander scale. Your filial love for your father transcends any perceived general harm to humanity as a whole. But, what would happen if your father had been worse and had physically harmed or killed other people? There are those who believe(and I am one) that we share this planet with other species and that we have an obligation, as the technological leaders, to not cause distress or harm for amusement or trivial purpose.
That Botha made a living from that activity makes him reprehensible in my books and I won't mourn his loss. One day, there will be no more elephants nor leopards and his descendants will have to deal with the fact that it was their father or grandfather was partially but directly responsible for those species' extinction. They will have to deal with the same dichotomy that many children deal with—that their parent was both loving and a monster.
