Weapon ownership, pride, and respect have been part of the human species for the last 50,000 years. When i hunt deer, i am putting my psyche in touch with an important part of our human sphere of consciousness.
The hunter is a real part of all of us.
It has only been within the last 100-200 years that modern agricultural practices have replaced the woodscraft with managed farmed animals. We now live very much out of step with nature. Now some of our kind feel the hunter is an anachronism best left behind in our modern "safe" world.
Yet our children continue to play at hunting games. i had some "real" hippie friends in college. They were practicing pacifists and vegetarians. Their child would find bent sticks and play. Bang! They did not own a TV... We should not delude ourselves as much a we do. From the times before the Clovis point, our children have played at the hunt. We owe them the knowledge of safe, respectful weapon skills.
Our species is driven by desires. Our physical world is a lot more complex and difficult to survive in than our current worldview. Consider what it would take to gather and provision a root cellar for one winter. We now have the incredible luxury of boredom. We can purchase a years hard labor with a swipe of a plastic card. We have a tendancy to want more than we require. Most of our people now prey upon ourselves, to gain what we feel we need to exist. Walk onto the car sales lot and feel what its is like to be hunted. Compare the common sizes of the clothing closets in a modern home to one from only 50 years ago. One hundred years ago, if you wanted to hear music, it required live musicians. Our luxuries have enslaved us to require more and more things to support our vision of "the right way to live". Some of us work very hard to get a chin up on the ladder. Others covet, then steal to acquire the symbols of the luxurious life.
Our world has dramatically changed, yet we are still mortal humans.
We know so much, but are in touch with so little. The founders of the American experiment knew that we would continue onward to this point. This is why the Bill of Rights was written, to benchmark the rights that are the incarnate in all people.
These rights shall not be infringed,
and we owe it to the future to vigilantly educate and protect ourselves.
doc Zox
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"walk softly and carry a big stick, one that goes bang in .308 is fine"
The hunter is a real part of all of us.
It has only been within the last 100-200 years that modern agricultural practices have replaced the woodscraft with managed farmed animals. We now live very much out of step with nature. Now some of our kind feel the hunter is an anachronism best left behind in our modern "safe" world.
Yet our children continue to play at hunting games. i had some "real" hippie friends in college. They were practicing pacifists and vegetarians. Their child would find bent sticks and play. Bang! They did not own a TV... We should not delude ourselves as much a we do. From the times before the Clovis point, our children have played at the hunt. We owe them the knowledge of safe, respectful weapon skills.
Our species is driven by desires. Our physical world is a lot more complex and difficult to survive in than our current worldview. Consider what it would take to gather and provision a root cellar for one winter. We now have the incredible luxury of boredom. We can purchase a years hard labor with a swipe of a plastic card. We have a tendancy to want more than we require. Most of our people now prey upon ourselves, to gain what we feel we need to exist. Walk onto the car sales lot and feel what its is like to be hunted. Compare the common sizes of the clothing closets in a modern home to one from only 50 years ago. One hundred years ago, if you wanted to hear music, it required live musicians. Our luxuries have enslaved us to require more and more things to support our vision of "the right way to live". Some of us work very hard to get a chin up on the ladder. Others covet, then steal to acquire the symbols of the luxurious life.
Our world has dramatically changed, yet we are still mortal humans.
We know so much, but are in touch with so little. The founders of the American experiment knew that we would continue onward to this point. This is why the Bill of Rights was written, to benchmark the rights that are the incarnate in all people.
These rights shall not be infringed,
and we owe it to the future to vigilantly educate and protect ourselves.
doc Zox
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"walk softly and carry a big stick, one that goes bang in .308 is fine"