Friday, December 14, 2007
Michael Vick... Meet the Son You Always Wanted
Speaking of senseless animal killings, is anyone else completely disgusted by the 5 year-old that shot and killed a black bear in Arkansas? Tre Merrit, an alleged ancestor of Davy Crockett (BFD), was hunting with his grandfather this week when they stumbled upon an innocent black bear. As such, Tre's grandfather told him to shoot, and he did (with his "youth rifle"- how appalling is that), killing the poor bear. Apparently, his grandfather shed tears of joy that the boy was able to murder the bear with one shot.
I mean, is this a sick joke? To start, why in the world would anyone teach a child to use a gun? Merrit began shooting and killing animals at 2. Where I come from, that's the sign of a serial killer. Last year, little kindergarden Tre shot and killed three deer. Isn't that lovely? This year, he bagged himself a bear. "I was up in the stand and I seen the bear," Merritt said. "It came from the thicket and it was beside the road and I shot it." If I were this kid's parents, I would be more concerned about his poor grammar rather than how many animals he can be trained to kill.
I believe it was (don't hold me to this) the Dali Lama that said a lot is revealed about a society by the way it treats animals. Let's apply that standard to this sicko family (I don't usually throw around insults like this, but nothing makes me angrier than the slaying of innocent animals). They kill for sport. That is so repulsive. I mean really, am I taking crazy pills, or is this not utterly repulsive. Don't believe me? Watch the video.
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Well, I see a difference between this kid killing a bear during a hunting trip and Michael Vick raising dogs to be predators and maul each other for sport. While I see both activities as cruel and pointless, I'd be more worried about Michael Vick than Lil' Tre here. Where we come from, teaching a kid to shoot a rifle at 2 and being proud that he's killed 3 deer and a bear by the time he was 5 is not the norm, but unfortunately, in many places around the country, hunting is a time-honored, traditional activity. Peoples' rugged ancestors were hunters and gatherers (and for all we know, Tre's grandfather might have fit that description when he was younger). While hunting doesn't usually serve the same purposes anymore, it's obvious that the familial bonding aspect is an important reason why the "sport" remains as common as it is. To me, it's kind of like racism, in that it's something that is morally reprehensible to many people, but is so ingrained in some family/community histories that it takes a longer time than we'd like to disappear.
Anytime an animal is murdered in cold blood- I give a shit. Or else, I wouldn't have written about it.
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