I just got a very discomforting email in which was a (much forwarded) story about a man who'd been out in the wilderness and been approached by a huge brown bear. Fearing for his life, he pulled out his hand cannon and blew the bear to Nowhereland. Included in this email were pictures of the man holding his kill up for the camera, as well as showing off his weapon of choice. As if it wasn't bad enough the guy was bragging about his achievement, he felt the need to invoke the assistance of the hand of 'God' in his slaughter by saying 'God was truly with me at that moment'.
Now, don't get me wrong here......I'm all for the 2nd Amendment. I own a gun. I'll use it if it means protecting myself or my loved ones........believe it. I am not, however, prone to go out killing animals in their own habitat. I mean, if a bear was to walk into my HOUSE, that's another story entirely. Sorry, Bear...you weren't invited. Nite Nite. I guess you could say that's how that bear felt about 'Mr. Po Dunk' sauntering into his place.
As for this man using a deity as the Jules Winfield to his Vincent Vega....I find it hard to believe that IF there were a universal creator that was omnibenevolent, omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent that he'd want to assist some redneck in murdering one of his creations. I just don't see that happening. This is a prime example of someone doing something shitty and using a 'God' as an assistant.
I'm not a PETA supporter by any means. In fact, one of my favorite t-shirts is a parody of this disgusting organization and reads : "P eople for the E ating of T asty A nimals". It's hilarious, admit it. You don't have to be some animal-rights proponent to find the email I received to be in poor taste. (I'm fairly certain this man didn't need this bear for food, by the way.)
This sort of thing wouldn't happen as often as it does (killing wilderness animals in self-defense or otherwise) if we weren't hauling our lazy, Ipod-toteing, McDonald's-eating asses out into the wild to build our homes and such. Where do we expect these animals to go?
